Flammarion (starship)

## History

The Flammarion was designed for a 3997 Protectorate Navy order for a compact, powerful fire support corvette. It was designed to be as maneuverable as possible while maintaining a somewhat stable platform for turret gunners to be able to fire their weapons more accurately; with the minimal power of the maneuvering thrusters available to UHW manufacturers, it was still quite sluggish in maneuverability. While it was designed specifically for anti-fighter/subcapital ship operations, it retains some anti-capital ship capabilities. The Flammarion's shield grid had to be redesigned twice due to power concerns, and eventually space was added for a third reactor to alleviate power drain. The decision to use octuple unmanned turrets equipped with QF Ion Pulse Cannons instead of manned turrets with fewer but more powerful weapons drew heavy criticism from the Protectorate Navy, but the design team kept the turrets as originally designed, citing power drain concerns, although with the addition of the third reactor the Flammarion's power grid would easily have been capable of handling more powerful weaponry. Its range was quite poor for a small capital ship, which led to its use primarily as a close support ship for supercarriers and other very large capital ships. The Protectorate Navy ordered 2000 units of the ship, and it sold an additional 17,000 units in its first 50 years on the civilian market. In addition, the UHW navy ordered 400 units of the ship, which were mainly used for space station defense.

## Overview

The Flammarion is a powerful, offensively oriented assault corvette. It is more aimed at anti-fighter operations, but retains some anti-capital capabilities. While it has great offensive power, its low maneuverability and poor handling as well as its fairly weak armor and exposed bridge position keep it from being an excellent ship in fleet battles. However, it can handle most pirate squadrons fairly easily. The Flammarion has a well-rounded armament, and a fairly good turret layout, although it is mainly intended as a flak support gunboat. It has a capacious cargo hold, making it a good trading ship.

### Weapons Emplacements

9 ultra MPs fwd, 4 ultra MPs aft, 4 missile-only heavy pylons, 4 standard heavy pylons, 12 light pylons, 6 ultra MPs lateral, 8 light turret MPs

Stock DPS Rating: 518,000

 Afterburner 2
 Afterburner 3

Date of Release: 3999

## Equipment Defaults

ISFTL Drive

Shields

STL Drive System

Reactor 20

Advanced Sensor Array

Military Comm Hyperrelay

Bounty Informer

Heat Shielding

Atmospheric Drive

Stealth Package

Type-2 Cloaking Device

MGI Combat AI Computer

ECM Power Doubler

ECM 3

Repair System 3

Electronics Shielding

Fuel Scoops

Plasma Collector/Recycler

UCP/Asteroid Scanner

TBA UCP Collector

TBA Escape Pod Collector

Squadron Telemetry Datalink

2x X1-class Escape Pod

### Equipped Weapons

25x Brock Industries Ultra Disruptor Cannon (9 fwd, 4 aft, 6 port, 6 stbd)

4x Seldar Industries Vortex HV Missile Launcher (2 fwd, 2 aft)

4x Brock Industries Antimatter Torpedo Mk1

12x Brock Industries Antimatter Burst Missile

8x Brock Industries QF Ion Pulse Cannon octuple turret