Raptor-class Frigate
Blue Phantom Chronicles
Description
The Raptor-class Frigate is a medium-sized capital ship used by Khetarian corporate forces as well as concern officials as a mobile base of operations and to protect their most valuable assets in pirate infested sectors. Incorporating a host of offensive and defensive weaponry for area superiority its large forward hangar offers space for fighters or supply craft.
Raptor Frigates are to be regarded a hybrid between a frigate and a destroyer. While their slender shape seems disadvantageous under direct assault, it also reduces their overall profile, compensating for only moderate shielding. On the offensive the spread-out weapon layout allows for a wide firing arc for a majority of the ship's weapons.
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Armament
14 dual Turbolaser Turrets
2 Warhead batteries
Basic Info
Name: Raptor-class Frigate
Theme: Blue Phantom Chronicles
Type: Capital Ship - Frigate (?)
Manufacturer: Chicono Shipyards
Used by: KCL Corporate Forces
Crew: 900, 300 Troops
Statistics
Dimensions: 400 x 276 x 147 meters
Shield Strength: 992 SBD
Hull Rating: 668 RU
Top Speed: 24 MGLT
Accel / Decel: 4 / 10 MGLT/s
Maneuverability: 8 DPF
Hyperdrive: Yes
Status
v1.1 Released
January 17, 2021
Remake in Progress
Author Information
Original Design: Vince T
Model & Textures: Vince T
OPTing: Vince T
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Raptor Frigate
HD Remake
Hangar Closeup
"Hornet" Artillery variant
Dev notes & Origins
The Raptor's design originated as a tiny sketch I drew into a small notebook, which, unfortunately I lost, leaving and forgetting it in a train I was riding.
Some extracted bits of the HD remake would serve as foundations for the creation of other ships like the Seraphim.
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HD Remake
That remake is actually older than some of my current non-HD ships. In fact, if you look closely you may find that ships like the Seraphim or the Titan-class Battlehsip are actually using parts of the HD-Raptor's neck section. Yup, I'm that lazy!
Main focus, apart from more details is to rework the shape of the head section: Shrink down the hangar, fix some odd shapes of the module and partially close up those weird gaps towards the rear of the head.