Class:
Frigate
Cost: 650
RUs
Build Time: 60 s
Support Req.: 10 SUs
Maneuverability: low
Acceleration: 75 m/s^2
Max Velocity: 398 m/s
Hit Points: 11,000
Repair Rate: 80/5 s
Sight Radius: 12,000 m
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Firepower:
500
Coverage: 3%
Mass: 50,000 tons
EMP Stun: 1.5 s
Leech Dam.: xx/s
Salvage Points: 2
Repair Droids: 3
Nav Lights: 7
Leech Points: 7
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Required Tech:
Frigate Drive
Upgrade Tech:
Afterburner
Repair Bots
Advanced Frigate Drive
Armor Level 2
Infection Vaccine
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Weapons: |
Mult.: |
Damage: |
Range: |
Fire
Time: |
Ram
Attack¹ |
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1,700 |
0
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30
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Cutting
Beam² |
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20/s |
0
m |
30
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¹Ram push
time 30 s; wait after ram 10 s.
²Upgradable (60 damage per second).
The Minion class of
heavy tugs is another pre-landfall design, which has been
resurrected and adapted to the unique needs of Kiith
Somtaaw. The original Minion design was used for moving
massive modular sections of the scaffold and Mothership into
position for final lockdown. For the Somtaaw, this frigate
class hull with a massive bow section, a heavy engine module
and built-in grapple capabilities was exactly what they
needed in an asteroid tug. With extensive modifications to
the high-output fusion drive and a redesign of the armor
layering, the newly christened Minion was ideal for pushing
very large asteroids out of dense, dangerous belts of debris
for fast processing close to the command ship. In
circumstances where a larger mass needs to be broken down in
order for Workers to harvest it, The Minion employs a
short-range fusion torch to carve up the target rock.
Since the Minion
is a relatively simple vessel to fly, the 5-man crew is
usually composed of non-combat flight officers fresh from
training, in order to give them experience in the field.
While this "on the job training" is highly
efficient, and frees experienced personnel up for more
complex vessels and tasks, it does lead to some unusual
interpretations of the Minion mission profile. Recently, the
mining fleet headed by the command-ship Kuun-lan was under
attack by a Turanic Raider fleet, backed up by a Chieftain
Class carrier. Standard Somtaaw procedure has all non-combat
vessels, including Workers and Minions, retreating to the
command ship at the first sign of battle, but two Minion
crews took it upon themselves to ignore this command.
Realizing that the pirate Carrier would eventually overwhelm
the Somtaaw Acolytes and Seekers, forcing a retreat from a
highly valuable belt of radioactives, the Minions drove
straight into battle and rammed the Chieftain broadside.
After grappling on and giving maximum power to their fusion
drives, the Minions were able to push the Pirate Carrier
deep into a fast-moving pack of asteroids, where the
larger ship was battered and finally destroyed by rock
impacts.
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