Project "Michael"

[Dartes]

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Combat Necessity

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As a new member of the IRG organisation, there has been a lot for me to understand and to study regarding how IRG operates but I must admit I was fascinated.
All this technology, here ready to be used.

Since the first time I had my first conversations with Dr.Erzie, he always told me to get my own ship and that, as I'm an engineer, I could make use of the knowledge that they posses. So the best idea that came in my mind was to reconstruct an already existing ship and trying to improve it where it's possible.
The ship is a R1-Series, P-"Lich" Edge Worlds Very Heavy Fighter, very common ship in the deep Omicrons.

Technical data of base vessel

• Structural Integrity: 11,200
  
• Cargo space: 70 units
  
• Max Impulse speed: 80 m/s
  
• Max Cruise speed: 350 m/s
  
• Max Angular Speed: 66.61 deg/s
  
• Power output: 11,400 u
  
• Power recharge: 1,160 u/s
  
• Thruster: Yes
  
• Max thrust speed: 199 m/s
  
• Hardpoints:
  • Normal weaponry: 6
    
  • Turrets: 1
    

Sabre's counter part. More agile and faster than the Sabre yet less armored. Mostly used in the deep omicrons by Zoners as escorts for their convoys against pirates and nomadic forces.

A ship that personally has always made me curious about it, it's design and it's combat capacities,but I think it can be improved even further:

• Structural upgrade
  
• Powercore upgrade
  
• Weaponry upgrade
  
• Scanning Capacities upgrade
  
• Propulsion upgrade
  
  

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  • Structural upgrade:
    The Lich doesn't have any particular alloy that builds the structure, just some basic Hull Panels which are aquired from a lot of places, so it doesn't resist very well to harsh conditions. Due to this, I came up with the solution of building a new alloy which would be able to resist to the most harsh conditions(from heavy radiation to weaponry fire) to increase its survivability.
    The alloy would be a based Iridium (Ir) alloy which gives very good resistance to corrosion and resistance against Gamma, X-ray, Alpha radiations. It is also provides resistance against high temperatures. Then the alloy would contain Tungsten (W) which provides very good resistance against Beta radiations and in combination with Carbon© its durability increases significally by becoming a tungsten carbide. The last part of the alloy is Titanium (Ti) which provides significant kinetic resistance and temperature resistance along side corrosion resistance; it's a light metal which reacts with Hydrogen (H).
    The the alloy would be: Ir(WC2)2(TiH4)2
    The quantities required of this alloy won't be needed in big quantities as only a small layer applied to the structure of the vessel should apply all the protection needed.
    
  • Powercore upgrade:
    Power capacities in a vessel are very important. In the Lich's case, it holds a normal powercore which provides only a limited power output without having the possibility on applying any prototype weaponry that IRG posesses. Therefore instead of the regular powercore, on the vessel is going to be applied an Ingenuus Power Cell to increase the power output and the longevity of the vessel far from any base.
    Applying one of those would also imply that on this ship can be upgraded all the main systems and would also require to change the cooling system to "Lambda Helium Channels":Compressed liquid helium moving thermal energy nearly instantly from source to sink, where normal cryo-equipment transfers the heat to thermal exhaust ports.
    This way, the Powercell is well kept without the risk of blowing off.
    
  • Weaponry Upgrade:
    Looking on the market, there are a lot of choices for weaponry, from pulses to laser type weaponry. What intrigued me is a type of weaponry I've found in the Archives, called "TDGWM5K" and I could acess the datas of it:
    
    TDGWM5K Technical Data

    • Structural integrity: 5500
      
    • Kinetic damage: 20.00
      
    • Energy damage: 400.00
      
    • Power Usage: 74.00 u/proj
      
    • Rate Fire: 8.33
      
    • Efficiency: 5.4054
      
    • Projectile speed: 750 m/s
      
    • Range: 600 m
      

    Prototype pulse weapon of non-human origin. The TDGWM5K gets its unwieldy name from a single decoded string in the weapon's designation code. It is a pulse weapon calibrated for very high refire rate, well beyond typical equivalents. Despite its mysterious origins, it is manufactured to be compatible with typical human hardpoints.
    The other 4 hardpoints, will be filled by CL-e "Advanced Flashpoint" Civilian Laser Cannon as a temporary solution till something more efficient comes out:
    
    Advanced Flashpoint Technical Data

    • Structural integrity:
      
    • Kinetic damage: 277.00
      
    • Energy damage: 138.50
      
    • Power Usage: 68.00 u/proj
      
    • Rate Fire: 8.33
      
    • Efficiency: 4.0735
      
    • Projectile speed: 750.00 m/s
      
    • Range: 600.00 m
      

    This is a laser-based weapon that provides a high refire rate at a reduced damage output.
    The turret hardpoint will be also filled by CL-d "Flashpoint" Civilian Laser Turret which is the turret version of the CL-e "Advanced Flashpoint".
    With this weaponry system, the Lich should become more efficient in combat against any small sized vessel.
    
  • Scanning Capacities Upgrade:
    With the increasing of the power output with the Ingenuus Power Cell, there can be applied also modifications to the scanner. The basic scanner has a very low range of scanning and in any hazardous enviroment, most of the times doesn't work properly, that's why the scanner will receive a series of improvements.
    As the power that the receiver of the scanner receives increases drastiacally, the energy conductors and the power relay will have to be improved with a more conductive and more resistant material, and in our case would be platinum and copper alloy (PtCu3) which increases the electrical conducibilty.
    The transmission array will also receive an upgrade, which will amplify the distance of it.
    
  • Propulsion Upgrade:
    On the civilian market there are many models of propulsion systems available, but none of those are efficient enough for this Lich, therefore we'll be using the Ingenuus Power Cell's propriety again.
    We know that the Azurite gas, in its gas state can be excited and produce ions and quark radiation, ions can be used for power, and radiation can be used to re-excite the gas for more ions until the gas is depleted so, we're going to modify an already existing Ion Engine (ZN-140 Border Worlds Engine) to use use an Ingenuus Power Cell to excite Azurite gas as a propellent therfore creating more ions and boosting its capacities.
    

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    At the moments the numbers are being ran to see how many commodities are needed to achieve this ship ASAP, so we can start testing it and maybe it can be the first success as member of the IRG organisation.
    The commodity list will be sent to Dr.Erzie as soon as it's completed.
    

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