Currently under development at HighGuard Enterprises’ Shipyard Bravo, this vessel is tasked with the quick deployment, basing and maintenance of a full squadron of Zamzara Shipyards' E5553 Wyvern frigates. The E5553 required slight modifications to docking hardware to allow successful mating with the Baltic. HGE has designated the modified Wyvern the ZZ E5553A. The initial prototype of the Baltic was constructed around the forward hull of a decommissioned Pleiades class starliner, but design aspects of that hull were deemed unsightly by Zsa Zsa of Zamzara, so the forward hull was redesigned to more closely match the Wyvern’s design aesthetic.
Designed to be a mothership of sorts for the frigate squadron, the ship's main mode of flight is a jump drive. Maneuvering thrusters are intended for docking and maneuver within secure basing facilities only. Lightly armored and unarmed (at present), the Baltic's main defense is to be elsewhere when hostilities commence, letting the Wyverns do the fighting. A cloaker has been installed but is only viable after the squadron has been launched, along with a full array of defensive systems to augment shields and armor.
Successful flight testing of the vessel's rapid launch and recovery system were completed just last week.
Features:
- Dual button controls to prevent accidental launching of carried squadron
- Automatic Docking rail reset to allow quicker recovery
- Safety lockout system to prevent a second E5553A from attempting to dock at an occupied hardpoint
- Primary Flight Control in dorsal bubble
- Docking status board
- Dual power generators producing over 2Me/s
- Quarters for 24 crew
- Crew’s Mess with forward observation port
- Infirmary
- 7K+ cargo capacity in Ship’s Stores
- Transporter facilities in Secondary Flight Control and rear Engineering spaces
- Three docking rings which can be easily updated to USD standards if required
- Interactive Engine Room components
- Docking Collars to allow Wyvern crews to disembark to the Baltic
- Amenities for housing of Wyvern crews
- Design of a compatible small craft to fit into lower bay
- Addition of anti-missile defensive batteries
- Mass: 11,474.3 (Blocks: 123,231) [total w/rail: 37,062.102]
- Length: 328m, Height: 225m, Width: 237m (Height and Width include pickup rails)
- Power: 7,413,348.6 (Dual docked generators form the core of the ship, providing over 2M e/sec)
- Thrust: 4,481.8; PowerCons/sec: 132800.0; Max Speed: 93.1 (blocks: 3984; Ratio to mass: 0.1)
- Total rotational potential: 0.1, 0.1, 0.4
- Shields: 296,316 (52,536 s/sec); Blocks R/C: 9,552/3,184; PowerCons: 52,536
- Structure Hitpoints: 3,848,895
- Armor hitpoints: 4,881,975
- HP Damage Penalty from systems amount: 1.1
Additional screenshots here on Imgur.
