Tri-Dra Class Cruiser

"Small, heavily armed, and to be built in the masses, these things will form the bulk of my Empire's fleet" Seldragia on Tri-Dra's shortly after the first one was finished.
A Tri-Dra is a common class of Dragoian starship.
==Technical Specifications==
*Crew Complement: 65
*Length: 310m
*First Produced: 2013
*Armaments:
**1 Semi-Moveable SoulTech Heavy Cannon
**24 Turreted SoulTech Light Cannons
**12 Turreted SoulTech Medium Cannons
**70 Turreted SoulTech Anti-Fighter Cannons
*Shields: SoulTech Shields
*Fighter Complement: 6
*Shuttle Complement: 3
*Engines:
**3 SoulTech Hyperdrive/Sublight Engines
*Sensors:
**1 SoulTech sensor arrays
*Constructor: Dragoians
==Overview==
The Tri-Dra is one of the most common Dragoian starships. A Tri-Dra will outclass most starships it's size, and even some larger than it, due to it's heavy weapons and powerful shields. Like all Dragoian starships, it is unbearably slow. The Tri-Dra class is normally deployed as either scout ships, or escorts for larger ships such as the Twin-DraX Class Dreadnought and the Sin-Dra Class Dreadnought. Their main weakness is the speed at which the Heavy, or main, Cannon buffer will charge, resulting in a pitiful rate of fire for this weapon.
==Common Tactics==
While a Tri-Dra is weak by Dragoian standards, it will outclass most other species' vessels with ease due to powerful shields and weapons. It is most prone to attacks from behind as neither it's main or even secondary weapons are mounted near the rear, this results in Tri-Dra's often pointing their figureheads towards their targets. If the enemy force is not capable of being engaged by the Tri-Dra alone, the Tri-Dra will launch it's 6 fighters, all of which are capable of inflicting heavy damage to an enemy ship. If a Tri-Dra is losing a battle, it will load as much crew as possible into it's 3 shuttles and have them evacuate via hyperspace while the Tri-Dra draws fire, if any fighters are still around when the Tri-Dra is destroyed, they will evacuate via hyperspace as well. Unlike other Dragoian vessels, the Tri-Dra is sometimes unsupported even if combat is expected, normal Dragoian tactics involve having the main ship engage the enemy, and if it is struggling, have a force of secondary ships (normally Tri-Dras) come in after hiding just beyond sensor range.
During full-fleet actions, Tri-Dras act as support ships to the fleets larger vessels, and are sometimes not even deployed from their parent vessels if the battle is too easy. As a support role, a Tri-Dra will normally engage the enemy forces support ships leaving the friendly forces larger ships to engage the enemy forces larger ships with ease.
==Notable Tri-Dra's==
*Keria
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