This is a heavily armored, multi-mission, interplanetary cruiser.

This ship was originally designed as a battle rider, but now it mostly forms the backbone of the major local defense fleets.

It uses a 10,000-ton (SM +10) unstreamlined hull that is about 100 meters long, and is equipped with spin gravity for crew comfort during long interplanetary voyages.

The main armaments are a forward particle accelerator for ship killing and a missile battery for anti-ship and planetary bombardment missions. It also has a laser battery for self defense, a sizable hangar bay for small craft such as drop ships, and enough room in its habitat for a platoon of marines and their equipment.

Front Hull System

• [1-3] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 300 ).
• [4!] Major Battery (fixed mount 3 GJ particle beam).*
• [5] Hangar Bay (300 tons capacity).*
• [6] Habitat (two luxury cabins, 10 cabins, 15 bunkrooms, six-bed automed sickbay, briefing room, gym, minifac fabricator, 100 tons cargo).
• [core] Control Room (C9 computer, comm/sensor 10, 10 control stations).*

Central Hull System

• [1-2] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 200).
• [3!] Secondary Battery (10 turrets with 300 MJ lasers).*
• [4] Secondary Battery (10 fixed mounts with 32cm missile launchers).*
• [5-6,core] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points each)*.

Rear Hull System

• [1-2] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 200).
• [3-6] Hot reactionless thrusters(8G total)

* One workspace per system.

The usual crew consists 40 personnel (8 officers, 16 petty officers and 16 ratings). There are 10 bridge operators (captain, tactical officer plus two watches each comprising a pilot, engineering officer, navigator/sensor operator, and gunner), 10 turret gunners, 20 technicians in two watches, plus any small craft crew.

About 1/10 of these cruisers are self deploying interstellarly with only 6G thrusters and a 1 pc/day star drive.