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The CDS Chrysaetos is a multirole/assault cruiser. Unlike the dedicated assault Merlin, the Chrysaetos is capable of punching a significant portion of its weight. It can be sent in to clear out enemy frigates before beginning an assault on an enemy base with either missiles or troops. It can also carry a small fighter wing, has reasonable cargo space, and can perform well in any situation. However, it is primarily designed around erasing enemy bases from reality or supporting troops during operations inside those bases.
It carries 32 flak drones, 6 torpedoes or assault shuttles, 56 standard turrets, 4 long-range beam turrets, 4 point defense autoguns, and 7 midsized turrets. For onboard weaponry, it has 4 cascading nuclear missile tubes, a semi-phased siege laser, a small cutting beam, a nanotech retrival beam, counterkinetic cannons, rapidfire missile arrays, long range VLSMs, and a heatseeker dispersal system.
Many of the innovations in the Chrysaetos' design are being applied to second-generation Merlin frigates. These include the nanotech retrival beam, which can remove walls, doors, and other obstacles to troops in a base without the chance to kill the troops. (Or course, a faction field disables this. That is why a regular cutting beam has been added, as well.)
One of the two main hangers.
Secondary hanger
Cargo bay
One of the two medbays
Main bridge
One of the two secondary bridges
Reactor control
Tests revealed that the cascading missiles were more effective than cobalt-enhanced missiles. Also, they revealed that a planet's gravity remains constant until it abruptly disappears
Intimidation shot
The CDS Chrysaetos is a multirole/assault cruiser. Unlike the dedicated assault Merlin, the Chrysaetos is capable of punching a significant portion of its weight. It can be sent in to clear out enemy frigates before beginning an assault on an enemy base with either missiles or troops. It can also carry a small fighter wing, has reasonable cargo space, and can perform well in any situation. However, it is primarily designed around erasing enemy bases from reality or supporting troops during operations inside those bases.
It carries 32 flak drones, 6 torpedoes or assault shuttles, 56 standard turrets, 4 long-range beam turrets, 4 point defense autoguns, and 7 midsized turrets. For onboard weaponry, it has 4 cascading nuclear missile tubes, a semi-phased siege laser, a small cutting beam, a nanotech retrival beam, counterkinetic cannons, rapidfire missile arrays, long range VLSMs, and a heatseeker dispersal system.
Many of the innovations in the Chrysaetos' design are being applied to second-generation Merlin frigates. These include the nanotech retrival beam, which can remove walls, doors, and other obstacles to troops in a base without the chance to kill the troops. (Or course, a faction field disables this. That is why a regular cutting beam has been added, as well.)
One of the two main hangers.
Secondary hanger
Cargo bay
One of the two medbays
Main bridge
One of the two secondary bridges
Reactor control
Tests revealed that the cascading missiles were more effective than cobalt-enhanced missiles. Also, they revealed that a planet's gravity remains constant until it abruptly disappears
Intimidation shot
