USS Sidewinder

USS Sidewinder


 * 600 meter - Edge Class - Superfast Destroyer -5044
 * Keel laid in 5036-
 * Completed at Ross Torus in 5044
 * Joint Venture - Enroe-DeNoir-Karthan-Shipyards

Aim was to create a a bare bones[1] very fast hunter. Able to bridge great distance with great speed and also fast at sub light manouvering.

The Edge Class links to an external Engine booster pack, that pushes the ship to 56,000 times the speed of light and achieves an operation range of 25,000 light years.

The Booster pack can be jettisoned and simply replaced. Refueling and engine FTL engine maintenance can be accomplished in less than an hour.(when a spare module is available)

The Edge class has only one TL sniper cannon, and relies heavily on the latest generation of a ligher version of  ship to ship missiles having its roots in the Loki torpedo and the Hotoreth Needle. These new missiles jointly developed with

the Hotoreth. Using the time proven concept of revolving launchers, the Edge class can launch and engage multiple targets up to maximum scanner range (3 LY)

The new ZEUS-BOLT missile packs half the destructive power of the laterst Loki torpedo but, can easily link into swarm mode making up for that, tenfold.

The USS Sidewinder features many new features not seen in Union Ships before. She is the first official ship featuring the Narth Matter elevator technology (It had been tested by the crew of the USS Tigershark (refit))

The USS Sidewinder is the first of 20,000 Ships ordered by the fleet, As the design directly competes with the Raptor Class od SII (Prototype USS Verocius )) and United Shipworks Taifun Class (Prototype USS Beast )

Fleet decided to order 20,000 of each, compare them by a year field trial and then decide.

[1] The Sidewinder has very little in terms of recreation or