Helios Class Very Fast Picket

Helios Class Very Fast Picket	Helios Class Very Fast Picket
Class Overview 	Class Overview
Planned 	24
Completed 	8
Active 	8
Launch Year(s) 	2018-Current
Operators 	The European Federation
General Characteristics 	General Characteristics
Type 	Anti-Aircraft Picket
Length 	116m
Beam 	28m
Draught 	14m
Powerplant 	2x Pandora “Hephaestus” Advanced Sludge-Electric generators. 8x ASRG.
Speed 	59kn
Complement 	150
Armament 	
*1x “Bale Eye” Ultraviolet Anti-Aircraft Laser
*24x Onager VLS Canisters, each holding up to eight Skybane SAMs, eight Buckler ABMs, a single Granite multi-purpose guided missile, or a single ASTER-30 dual purpose ABM/SAM.
*4x Ballista VLS Canister, each holding a single Icarus-II SAM, a single Phantom ERW/EMP cruise missile, or a single Obsidian anti-ship guided missile.
*2x 30mm SCGS.
*3x Testudo 20mm CIWS.
*6x RMG 12.7mm.
*2x DFW GMG.
Systems 	
*Panopticon Tactical Support Uplink.
*12x Testudo Radar Array.
*Various redundant long range radar, sonar, and electro-optical systems, for acquiring sea and air based targets.
*Flare and decoy launchers, and other sundry ECM systems.
*Long range RF Jammer.
*Anti-Laser/Missile Smoke.
Aircraft Carried 	
Either
*4x Dragonfly (Naval Attack Configuration)
or
*1x Salamander (Naval Attack Configuration)
An answer to faster, more maneuverable airborne suits and hostile aircraft, the Helios makes use of it’s trimaran design to rapidly reposition on a strategic, operational, and tactical level. Deploying it’s powerful ultraviolet laser and advanced target acquisition systems to make short work of any airborne target, the Helios is a vital part of the EuF’s air defense doctrine, safeguarding the continent’s vast borders against intrusion. Giving up a considerable portion of its deck space to an aft landing pad for the Dragonfly or Salamander helicopter gunships to extend the range at which the Helios can detect foes, few can escape detection, and fewer still can evade interception.
Category:European Federation
Category:PACYOA: TE
Category:TE Technology