MRD-12 Modular Assault Frigate

[berserker]

Official Name: MRD-12 Modular Assault Frigate
Faction/Affiliation: Mandalorian
Classification: Modular Assault Frigate

Stock/Custom: Stock

Dimensions-
Height: 80m
Width: 80m
Length: 350m

Manufacturer: Concordia Shipyards

Energy Source:

• 3 SDD-5 Sublight Solid Rocket Boosters (Propulsion)
  
• 2 Trident Mk.5 Fusion Reactor (Life support, Weapons, Non-vital systems)

Hyper drive rating: 4, 12 (Back-up)

Crew Necessity: 120 (Skeleton Crew) 560 (Optimal)

Armament:

May contain any combination of the following armaments, provided they do not exceed maximum capacity

Standard Anti-fighter version:

• 5 Light Turbolasers
  
• 10 Medium Laser Cannon Turrets
  
• 15 Light Laser Cannon Turrets

Standard Anti-Capital ship version:

• 5 Heavy Turbolasers
  
• 20 Concussive Missile Batteries (6 tubes each, 32 Missiles per Battery)
  
• 10 Ion Pulse Missile Batteries (4 tubes each, 12 Missiles per Battery)

For Orbital Bombardment Roles:

• 10 Long-Range Turbolasers
  
• 4 High-Explosive M.I.R.V. Batteries (Non-Nuclear, 2 tubes each, 8 missiles per Battery. Each reentry vehicle may contain 2-6 warheads)
  
• 2 Nuclear M.I.R.V. Batteries (Nuclear, 1 tube, 2 missiles per Battery. Each missile may contain 4-12 warheads.)

Passenger Capacity: 120, Excluding Crew
Cargo Capacity: 100 tons, excluding hold for ammunition.
Consumables: 1 Year
Hanger Facilities/Starfighter Capacity: Can support 4 one-man fighters.

Other:

• 4 Viper Light Fighters
  
• Fully Equipped Med Bay
  
• XLN-62 Jamming Array

Statistics-

• Note: Effectiveness vs. Starfighters and Effectiveness vs. Capital Ships are inversely proportional. When Effectiveness vs. Starfighters increases, Effectiveness vs. Capital Ships decreases, and vice-versa. Highest number on either stat is the highest attainable for each category.

Speed: 5 (Unarmed stock)
Maneuverability: 4 (Unarmed stock)
Effectiveness vs. Starfighters: 0-5
Effectiveness vs. Capital Ships: 0-6
Armor: 6
Shielding: 6
Sensors: 5
Reliability: 5

Description/role:



(Images by eRe4s3r from DeviantArt)

With the sudden aggression of the Mandalorians against the rest of the galaxy came the need for new ships for their fleets. The MRD-12 Assault Frigate is a modular ship capable of taking on different roles, depending on what weapons are attached to it. Because the Mandalorians have limited resources, the MRD-12 allowed them to adapt to different situations without needing to build too many ships. From Anti-fighter roles, planetary bombardment, or even simple cargo hauling (The weapons and ammunition may be removed completely), the MRD-12 is the Manda’ade’s answer to them all.

The MRD-12 has numerous weapon compartments scattered on its exterior. When not in use, these compartments, which are mostly the same size, are sealed off. Each armament made for the ship has a part that is specifically tailored to fit into these slots, connecting them to the ship's targeting systems and ammunition holds, where munitions are belt-fed into certain weaponry. When the units need to be replaced, they are simply pulled out and a new type of armament is put in. The MRD's entire weapon system may be changed in a matter of minutes.

The MRD-12 is mainly constructed on Concordia's Shipyards, formerly shipyards of the Republic, as the mines on Mandalore's moon can belch out the vast number of resources needed to build hundreds of this ship and its weapon systems.

[Lemur, The Kool-Aid Guy]

OK, so you have a review as requested. In advance, I defer to Arheim or Xinder if they take issue with anything.

Dimensions. Height and width seem really high for the picture and overall length.

Crew should be like four times what you have here, and on the anti-fighter platform it doesn't make much sense to have heavy turbolasers. In the same way, concussion missiles seem a little odd for ship to ship. I've also never heard of ion torpedoes.

On the bombardment version, since it IS orbital, ballistic missiles wouldn't be needed, only the MIRV. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle)

Is there an app for the shuttles it has?

The stats all look good to my untrained eye.

So, the history. I'd like to hear a little more about what makes it modular and how and when the design was created. Particularly how the Mandos set up a shipyards big enough to handle this.

[Rugs]

What is an ion torpedo? I looked, but I can't find anything about them.

Secondly, and this is just a passing thought of mine, but I feel like modular vessels should be decent at their roles, but not particularly excelling at one in particular, since they weren't made for one certain role over another. Jack of a few trades, but master of none. That sort of thing. Assuming the stats here work the way they do everywhere else on the site, a 7 in anti-cap capabilities would be a bit high, at least in my mind. Especially for a ship that's so lightly armed; there are several ships with much heavier armaments with a similar score, so it stands out as odd to me.

[berserker]

Thanks for the input guys. I actually meant ion pulse missiles on the ion torpedoes thing. I was thinking of Photon Torpedoes. XD

Also clarified on the effectiveness stats a bit. The balanced version of this ship would actually have a stat of 2 (Starfighters)-3 (Capital ships), since those stats are inversely proportional. But I still lowered some of them. XD

Also made the proper adjustments, no more Shuttles, just the Viper Fighters and also expanded on the description. Thanks for helping out.

[A®heim]

Approved*








*If ya note the laser cannons are turreted.

[berserker]

I see what you did there. XD