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T.N.F. Frigate Class 'Lancehead' Mk.III

Lancehead-class frigates are heavily armored warships specifically designed for long-range raids and assault strikes. Almost the size of a corvette, it does have all necessary capabilities to conduct long, independent cruises, including a refinery, assembler and mining drone. Its forward propulsion comes mainly from its Mass Driver, located in the rear. In order to bolster its offensive capabilities, a weapons module with missiles can be attached to the keel.

Lancehead crews are thouroughly tested and carefully selected based on mental toughness and cohesion, as spending months in the cramped and claustrophobic enviroment of the ship’s interior will take a heavy psychological toll. The small size of the crew also necessitates crewmembers who can take on multiple roles and handle these under pressure. Lancehead crews are therefore considered high-end, or even special forces, by the Fleet.

Although personal non-standard warpaint is forbidden by Fleet regulations, due to their status it is generally overlooked and accepted that Lancehead captains paint the frontal sloped armor sides to resemble eyes. This, coupled with the ship class name, makes giving the ships snake-related names normal practice.


General characteristics:
-Crew: 4+1
-Length: 85 m
-Width: 32,5 m
-Height: 25 m

Armaments:
-4x Gatling turrets
-4x Missile turrets
-8x Light (interior) turrets
-4x Nose-mounted rocket launchers
-4x Kinetic optically guided missiles

Countermeasures:
-5x Fixed decoys
-2x Decoy launchers


Features:
-An offensive payload rack with four kinetic missiles using Whip's Missile Guidance Script, ready to fire from toolbar #5.
-Has a Gravity Propulsion System which can accelerate the ship to 104 m/s in 12 seconds, or 9 seconds when combined with the rear thrusters.
-Reverse Gravity Propulsion System which will, when activated, decelerate the ship at an acceptable rate.
-Organized the Gravity Propulsion Systems into three timer blocks: One for forward movement, one for backwards movement, and one to deactivate both Gravity Propulsion Systems.
-Several combat repair welders throughout the ship, increasing the toughness of the armor and weapons.
-Bridge with LCD-screens showing the ship’s status (using MMaster’s LCD 2-script), control stations and a programmable block as the ship’s log.
-Decoy launchers, creating and launching a standard detachable decoy.
-An internal projector to aid in repairing the ship.
-An exterior drone bay with a Ceres standard mining drone.
-One Jump Drive with a range of 250 km.
-Airlocks compatible with T.N.F. ships and stations.
-Air vents are placed in ventilation shafts to save interior space.
-Automatic section lockdown when a leak is detected (Using Mmaster’s and Morphologis’ Oxygen Lockdown script)
-No rotors nor pistons.
-Contains fuel, ammunition and components – tested in survival.


Available T.N.F. Drones:



http://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=470646133




http://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=470957115




http://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=470234199


Known issues:
-If you are having trouble with friendly turrets firing on your decoys, try downloading the blueprint here. Then load this blueprint into the launcher projectors.
-Trying to launch a decoy at high speed may cause the welders to build the decoy into the ship, jamming the launcher.

Acknowledgements:
▪ The radar panel uses Whip’s Turret Based Radar script by Whiplash141.
▪ The information screens use MMaster's LCD 2 script.
▪ The screen showing the ship's heading is using Whip's Artificial Horizon Redux script by Whiplash141.
▪ Diagnostics screen is using the SIMPL|Ship Integrity Monitoring Program Lite script by Whiplash141.
▪ The missiles’ targeting system is controlled by Whip's Optical Missile Guidance Script by Whiplash141.