Combined Clans of Bothuwai R&D project #4
Designation: Shadow Source-Class Frigate
Designer: Bartok Science Core
Purpose: Electronic Warfare vessel. Support craft
Scale: Capital
Dimensions: 401 X 99 X 102 Meters
Crew: 600
Passengers: 150 Troops (Security Personnel)
Cargo Capacity: 100 Metric Tons
Consumables: 1 Year
Hyperdrive: Class 1.0
Backup: Class 8.0
Sublight Engines: 15 MGLT
Nav Computer: Yes
Weapons Systems: 2 Mushroom Missle Launchers*
Shields-4 Shield Generators: 701 SBD
Hull: 501 RU
Support Craft: None
Fighter Capacity: None
Sensors: In addition to the standerd senors the ship contains 1 Omni-vu sensor package and 2 LongView-328.X jacked into a Universal Transceiver. The last system is a very new very experimental 'Wake' senor system**
Jammers: Seven large scale communications jammers.
Counter measures: 2 X Magnetoran Sweeps, 2 X Mimic launchers, 1 X Nightshadow, 1 X Screamer ***
Purpose:
This vessel was designed by the Bartokk science core to reduce the effectiveness of opposing fleet's, by targetting the very thing most pilots and captains rely on to effectively conduct a battle, sensors and communications. At the same time the Shadow Source also delivered a boost to its own fleet's preformance with increased sensor capibilities and communication's relay.
Notes:
* The Mushroom missle system can be safely described as a missle chaff system, but in conforming with the ship's purpose the chaff the missle releases is tiny sensor-distorting durasteel particles. Open its release these particles form giant clouds on enemy and friendly sensors. It's use is mainly reserved for defensive engagements.
** The Wake sensor system is designed to nulify oposing cloaked vessels. It is a basically an addon to existing system. When activated the sensor constantly eject energy particles in a fixed area around it. Then normal sensors take over and monitor this sphere. If at any time the particles is disturbed for no apparent reason this points to the location of a cloaked ship. This sensor system has its own seperate computer to constantly keep track of all designated ships and collate information from the sensors regarding the status of the sphere. However due to the massive amount of information being processed there is a chance the sensor might miss a cloaked vessel. Effective range of the system is 2 kilometers.
*** The Magnetoran Sweep is a wide-beam device that is used to disrupt targetting computers. The Mimic is a sensor drone that sends out sensory information along electromagnectic and holographic frequencies to make itself appear to be a real starship. The NightShadow system baffles and deadens the various emmisions of the ShadowSource providing a measure of protection for the ship. And finally the Screamer also a system designed to disguise ship emissions. This time its is targetted on friendly ship's ion drive emissions.