Star Rangers

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These are small paramilitary spacecraft built using a streamlined 300-ton (SM +7) hull. They are designed for local-space patrols, but can make interstellar 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.

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.

Currently most of the ships are in the reserve fleet(8 million+), but still almost 2 million are in some form of active duty.

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.

Front Hull System

• [1] Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 5).
• [2!] Major Battery (turret with 100 MJ laser).
• [3] Habitat (cabin, bunkroom).
• [4] Habitat (two sickbay beds).
• [5] Habitat (cell, five tons cargo).
• [6] Secondary Battery (two fixed 20cm missile launchers; 12 tons cargo).
• [core] Control Room (C5 computer, comm/sensor 5, three control stations).

Central Hull System

• [1] Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 5).
• [2] Robot arm
• [3-5] Fuel Tanks (each with 15 tons of uraniumsaltwater fuel with 5 km/s delta-V).
• [6!] Reactionless engine (1G acceleration)

Rear Hull System

• [1] Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 5).
• [2]Engine Room (one workspace).
• [3-4] Fission Power Plant (one Power Point)
• [5-6] Nuclear Saltwater Rocket Engines (2G acceleration each)
• [core!] FTL drive (FTL-1)