IK-900

## History

The IK-900 was designed as a multi-role ship, in an attempt to break into the multi-role starship market, with an emphasis on combat capability. It was designed as simply as possible, but the combat-ship influences played a major role in the design, especially when fine-tuning its handling characteristics; the designers went through three separate hull designs before finally selecting the one used on release. The IK-900, similarly to the IK-400, had a separate version created for military use: the IK-901, slimmed down by removing the cargo hold and removing the oblique and lateral weapons mountpoints (each mountpoint actually increased the weight of the ship significantly, and while oblique and lateral mountpoints were used as a selling point on the civilian market, in real combat situations these type of mountpoints almost never saw use on subcapital ships, as pilots of these ships generally only used the ship's forward-firing weapons in combat). The IK-901's forward armament was increased to a total of 8 ultra mountpoints and 4 heavy pylons, each with a Standard HV Missile Launcher, and its turnrate was increased to 6 radians roll and 12 radians pitch and yaw. Its shield damage resistance was also increased to 15,000, with a recharge rate of 5,000 per second. The IK-901 also had better acceleration, being able to accelerate to its top speed (650 m/s) in 6 seconds and decelerate to a stop in 1.5 seconds. Both ships were very successful. The IK-900 sold over 200,000 units in its first 50 years on the civilian market, and the IK-901 saw a total of 40,000 units sold to the Protectorate Navy to serve as fighters, as well as sales of 5,000 to the Asgardian Defense Forces, 10,000 units to the AISN, 4,000 units to the UHW Navy, and 800 units to the LABS Navy.

## Overview

The IK-900 is a powerful, adaptable multi-role ship that is good at offense and defense, with a remarkable tough hull. It can be used as an escort or a transport, because of its speed, firepower, and cargo capacity. It was the predecessor to the CK-730 in the role of a light assault transport. The IK-900's handling, combined with its speed, makes it a superb dogfighter. Its well-rounded and powerful armament assists it further in being a superiority fighter. With scavenger equipments, this ship is a perfect addition to a scavenger/miner fleet. The IK-900 has a notably good range.

### Weapons Emplacements

4 ultra MPs fwd, 2 ultra MPs aft, 2 ultra MPs oblique fwd, 2 ultra MPs oblique aft, 2 ultra MPs lateral, 2 heavy pylons, 8 light pylons

Stock DPS Rating: 8,000

 Afterburner 2
 Afterburner 3

Date of Release: 3995

## Equipment Defaults

ISFTL Drive

Shields

STL Drive System

Reactor 12

Advanced Combat Scanner

Comm Relay

Threat Assessor

Bounty Informer

Heat Shielding

Atmospheric Drive

Stealth Package

ECM 3

Repair System 3

Fuel Scoops

Tactical Combat AI Computer

Ablative Cockpit Armor, Damage Resistance +500

Armored Fuel Tanks, Damage Resistance +500

### Equipped Weapons

18x Brock Industries Ultra Disruptor Cannon (4 fwd, 2 aft, 2 oblique fwd port, 2 oblique fwd stbd, 2 oblique aft port, 2 oblique aft stbd, 2 port, 2 stbd)

2x Brock Industries Antimatter Torpedo Mk1

8x Seldar Industries Foxhound missile