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--- starrangers:anson-class [2014/04/08 20:30] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ starrangers:anson-class [2018/07/31 23:23] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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+====== Anson class ======
 These are small paramilitary spacecraft built using a
-streamlined 300-ton (SM +7) hull, used by cultures who don’t
+streamlined 300-ton (SM +7) hull. They are
-consider the highly radioactive drive a problem. They are
+designed for local-space patrols, but can make interstellar
-designed for local-space patrols, but can make interplanetary
 voyages. A robot arm allows it to tow and work with damaged vessels and wayward satellites.
 It can blast straight into orbit from an Earth or Mars-sized world.
-This light patrol ship was built in truly huge numbers and is now used by auxiliary imperial services and some noble services and other uses.
+This light patrol ship was built in truly huge numbers and is now used by auxiliary imperial services.
-Originally a Nuclear Saltwater Rocket Engine local patrol ship, it was adapted to interstellar use by adding a reactionless engine and a FTL drive instead of some of the fuel tanks.
+Originally a Nuclear Saltwater Rocket Engine local patrol ship, it was adapted to interstellar use by adding a reactionless engine and a FTL drive instead of some of the fuel tanks. It retains the original engines to give is a boost in tactical situations.
-Currently most of the ships are in the reserve fleet(8 million+), but still almost 2 million are in some form of active duty.
+Currently most of the ships are in survey use(6 million), but still almost 2 million are in some other form of imperial active duty and almost a million have been transferred to local defense forces(that operated almost a million of them from before).
-The current plan is to phase all the active imperial use ones out of service within 8-10 years, other users have similar plans, though longer time spans for some.
+The current plan is to phase all the active imperial use ones not in survey service within 6-8 years, there are no plans to replace most survey service Ansons any time soon, though slowly more and more of them will be mothballed as they get better ships.
 Front Hull System
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    * [core!] FTL drive (FTL-1)
-^TL^ Spacecraft ^dHP ^Hnd/SR^ HT ^Move ^LWt.^ Load^ SM^ Occ^ dDR^Spd^ Cost^Prod/Inv^Notes^
+^TL^ Spacecraft ^dHP ^Hnd/SR^ HT ^Move ^LWt.^ Load^ SM^ Occ^ dDR^Spd^ Cost^Prod/Inv^
-|9 |[[Anson-class]] |50 |-1/5 |13 |1G/c +4G/15km/s |300 |17 |+7 |12ASV| 5| 1x |$8.93M|0/9.79m|
+|9 |[[Anson-class]] |50(30) |-1/5 |13 |1G/c +4G/15km/s |300 |17 |+7 |12ASV| 5| 1x |$8.93M|0/9.79m|