Guide:Guardian (USAF)
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| Guardian | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Category | combat spacecraft |
| Operational | 2045-xxxx |
| Constructed | 3+ |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | xxxm |
| Beam | xxxm |
| Height | xxxm |
| Mass | <25,000 mt |
| Performance | |
| Max Speed | 0.xxc |
| Endurance | xx |
| Complement | |
| Crew | xx
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| Canonicity | |
| Design | Guide: Verne
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Notes
- In Guide:Verne, the Verne class is derived from the design of the Guardian, with "a huge cone similar to the postwar Liberty hulls yet technologically less ambitious and consequently more robust." I literally see the nacelle-less main body of the Verne serving the same function for the Guardian, but with a far less prominent nose cabin. They will have "fission NTR reaction engines" that will be replaced for the Vernes, with a suggestion that the Guardians have several exhaust nozzles.
- The Vernes also replaced "half the fuel tankage as well as all the particle cannon from the original blueprints" (presumably of the Guardians).
- "Alterations to (the original Guardian) hull form were minimal."
- At least three Guardians were constructed pre-war, as three were in orbit following the conflict. It's possible/likely that more were built and lost during the conflict and additional ones were being constructed (at least partially) on the surface, or the unconstructed ones were part of the planned modification of the original series.
- These ships could serve from forward deployed locations, such as Aphrodite "stations" or asteroid bases. Some will be stationed in Earth orbit come 2053, in order to serve as early forms for the Verne design.
- DD: The Guardians have "thermal protection tiling" similar to the US space shuttle, as the USAF intended to have them engage in "atmo skipping" as a combat tactic, in order to confuse targeting of enemy weaponry. By rapidly slowing or changing vector, the craft would not be where the enemy anticipated.
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