"Wombat-class" Hurricane-class Destroyer

=== Classification: ===
Hurricane-class Escort Destroyer 
Confederate Designation: Wombat 
Builders:
Unknown, probably quite numerous
Operator:
Protectorate Association
Preceded: Unknown
Suceeded by: Typhoon-class Escort "Maine Coon"
Completed for the Protectorate: Around 12 000
Type: Escort Destroyer
Displacement: 16 000 space tons
Length: 111m
Propulsion (space): Twin pulse turbine
Propulsion (warp): Hydrogen-Deuterium warp drive
Propulsion (jump): Buoy Connection
Effective range: 4 jumps before refuelling is required, up to 220 Warp jumps.
Crew: 120 crewmen, 140 Marines of different types
Armament:
12 x Extended Range Light Laser array, 4 on each side, 2 ventral, 2 dorsal 
2 x Extended Range Light Laser lance, fixed forward. 
24 x Pulse Laser anti-missile / CIWS 
Equipment:
Target painters (x2)
Shield:
120 Churchill-rated shield generators
Armor: Biopolymer-tungsten alloy, ranging from 120mm to 340mm
Drone bay: 4 "Sparrow" sensor drones
Battlepod complement: 2 Jasper-class hovertank
=== Description ===
The Hurricane-class is likely one of the most commonly seen Protectorate ship in production. A light, fast escort ship, the Hurricane is meant primarily for interception of other light ships and light combat patrols. With a very large complement of marines, Hurricanes are well-known to rush into action and attempt boarding action rather than relying on their main weapons as a mean of crippling enemy ships. Like most Protectorate ships of the early Terran space exploration era, this ship is armed with a wide number of laser arrays, which allows it to bring a large amount of firepower all over its hull, and a pair of Laser Lances, which effectively replaces torpedo tubes. This does make these types of ships quite vulnerable to the heavily, reinforced shielded Terran ships, that were built more or less in expectation of these types of vessels.
Over the course of the Protectorate War and Korrenian Conflict, a large number of Hurricane-class ships were heavily damaged or destroyed, and even their replacement, the better armed Typhoon-class, were no match for Terran or Korrenian ships of the same approximative tonnage.
Category:Protectorate
Category:Starship