Ares Aerospace is proud to release our first dedicated light mining cruiser!
The Rockwell-V Class Light Mining Cruiser is built around a Diamond Pickaxe High Efficiency mining array, on a lightweight carbon-block space frame enabling a massive T/M Ration of 2.0, and sufficient internal volume for 1.3 million shields, crew facilities capable of supporting nine crew members, and a defensive weapon package (detailed below) that would put a dedicated corvette to shame!
Anything small and fast enough to catch this ship is going to wish it hadn’t, which means more harvesting potential with no risk from light raiders, which decreases the requirement for expensive escort services, which in turn leads directly to an increase in profits!
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Mass: 20,584
Blocks: 228,482
Length: 185 M
Height: 52 M
Width: 91 M
Mk 49,600 DPA class high efficiency ming array (24,800 Salvage Beams, 24,800 Cannons, divided into 248 sections of 100 M each.) linked to a medium capacity VOID-Storage cargo bay capable of holding just over 323,000 SM-KG of compressed matter.
Power Source - Zero Point Energy Grid backed capable of producing 1,957,657 SM Joules of power/second at maximum output with onboard power cells capable of storing 11,421,065 SMJ.
Engines - Quantum Effect Subspace Engines generating 43,450 SM-Newtons of thrust resulting in a Thrust/Mass Ratio of 2.0
Shields - Standard Medium Output Shield Grid generating a field capable of absorbing 1,297,222 SMJs of energy with a recharge rate of 19,063 E/S (3,466 Recharge, 14,392 Capacitors)
Twin Jump Core FTL System consisting of a primary and secondary jump Core. (Primary is 6750, with a backup of 1000 blocks)
Finally, a small hangar with room to house and maintain an Argus Class Lighter.
Blocks: 228,482
Length: 185 M
Height: 52 M
Width: 91 M
Mk 49,600 DPA class high efficiency ming array (24,800 Salvage Beams, 24,800 Cannons, divided into 248 sections of 100 M each.) linked to a medium capacity VOID-Storage cargo bay capable of holding just over 323,000 SM-KG of compressed matter.
Power Source - Zero Point Energy Grid backed capable of producing 1,957,657 SM Joules of power/second at maximum output with onboard power cells capable of storing 11,421,065 SMJ.
Engines - Quantum Effect Subspace Engines generating 43,450 SM-Newtons of thrust resulting in a Thrust/Mass Ratio of 2.0
Shields - Standard Medium Output Shield Grid generating a field capable of absorbing 1,297,222 SMJs of energy with a recharge rate of 19,063 E/S (3,466 Recharge, 14,392 Capacitors)
Twin Jump Core FTL System consisting of a primary and secondary jump Core. (Primary is 6750, with a backup of 1000 blocks)
Finally, a small hangar with room to house and maintain an Argus Class Lighter.
Standard Guided Plasma Missiles loaded into a 4 tube direct fire launch system. Our new armor piercing plasma missiles are designed to burn through multiple layers of the heaviest armor and inflict catastrophic damage inside the target's hull by massive heat transfer. (2000 Missile, 200 Damage Beam, 2000 Pierce with 4 forward firing tubes)
Quad Light Autocannon Array
(800 Cannon, 800 Cannon, 800 Punch with 4 Outputs)
Secondary Batteries:
Two light weight variants of our High Output Medium Autocannon turrets originally designed for our Tempest Class light cruiser. One mounted on the ventral hull, and the second mounted dorsally. This weapon system is equally effective at shredding fighters and suppressing escort level shields systems. (126 Cannon, 126 Cannon, 126 Overdrive, 2 Outputs)
Nine of our newest twin barreled Mk2 Medium Phalanx Systems of the same pattern as those we used for the point defense grid on our Spatha Class Escort Destroyers.
Quad Light Autocannon Array
(800 Cannon, 800 Cannon, 800 Punch with 4 Outputs)
Secondary Batteries:
Two light weight variants of our High Output Medium Autocannon turrets originally designed for our Tempest Class light cruiser. One mounted on the ventral hull, and the second mounted dorsally. This weapon system is equally effective at shredding fighters and suppressing escort level shields systems. (126 Cannon, 126 Cannon, 126 Overdrive, 2 Outputs)
Nine of our newest twin barreled Mk2 Medium Phalanx Systems of the same pattern as those we used for the point defense grid on our Spatha Class Escort Destroyers.
END RP
I got tired of flying around in an incredibly fugly, albeit effective, mining cruiser I had built around a year ago. I wanted something I wasn't embarrassed to be seen in, and incorporating my newer interior style.
I also wanted a more maneuverable, better armed mining ship both to make harvesting faster and to splash any pirates that came looking for trouble. Theoretically, anything this ship can't outfight, it should be able to outrun. Just pay attention and don't get ambushed
.This ship was designed to be an inexpensive larger survival miner mostly composed of regular hull blocks. On that note, the mining array is just under the legal limit for such things on the GenXNova server.
Other then that, I'm pretty happy with the interior and exterior, I really like the military-industrial aesthetic I pulled off here. Enjoy!
