Interdictor

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Interdictor Pocket Warship
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Use	Assault Patrol WarShip Escort Interdiction Ship Capture
Type	Military Aerodyne
Tech Base	Inner Sphere Advance
Technical specifications
Mass	9,400 tons
Structural Integrity
Length	175 meters
Width	meters
Height	meters
Drive System	Fusion Engine
Safe Thrust	7
Max Thrust	11
Fuel (tons)
Fuel (days)
Armament	2 x AR-10s 2 x Light Sub-Capital Cannon 9 x Heavy PPCs 20 x Large Variable Speed Pulse Laser 9 x MML 9+w/Art IV 10 x AMS
Armor	???
Crew	5 Officers 10 Enlisted/non-rated 12 Gunners 46 Bay Personnel
Passengers	None
Heat Sinks	244 (488)
BV (2.0)	21,836

Description

The Interdictor was first built by the Word of Blake Protectorate after, its military was served number of defeats and lost number of its WarShip assets. Utilizing new technologies that had become available, their engineers used Achilles Assault DropShip as basis for the new design. The ship designed to intercept and capture inbound/outbound vessels, using its superior speed and threat of its superior firepower. The ship also uses it marine compliment to seize and secure captured vessels.

Deployment

The design since it premiered, the ship has been seen deployed in pairs to Blakist held worlds or assisting Shadow Divisions in their special operations. As of 3076, roughly 30 of the design have been seen in various star systems. The ships had been used interdict smuggling, as well attack. Highly notable use of the Interdictor was in the 2nd battle of Odyssey, where two of the ships used in brief re-capture of the Ruins of Gabriel by the Blakist. These particular ships, fought coalition forces, and managed to use nuclear weaponry to destroy sizable chunk of Gabriel before flee area. One of the Interdictors was destroyed in course of the battle with the Ghost Bears in May of 3075.

Armaments & Capacities

The Interdictor is heavily armed with Capital and conventional weaponry. Principal anti-WarShip armaments include two AR-10 launchers with its six Killer Whale and fourteen Barracuda capital missiles. The ships also equipped with two experimental Sub-Capital Cannons with forty rounds shared between the guns. Interdictor also has array of Nine-tube Multi-Missile Launchers, guided by Artemis IV Fire Control Systems, including one dedicate protecting ship's aft quarter. Ship is also equipped with Advance tech weaponry, including twenty Large Variable-Speed Pulse Lasers, backed up by nine Heavy Particle Project Cannons. The Heavy PPCs around out the ship's offensive armaments, which some of mentioned weaponry above are found in every section of the ship. As for defense, the ship has been equipped with nine Anti-Missile Systems in all its weapons arcs.

The Blakist engineers equipped the ship's main engine to push the ship to maximum thrust of 11, with 400 tons of fuel feed from.

The ship's hull is protected with 112.5 tons worth of Heavy Ferro-Aluminum armor.

Cargo

The ship has three transportation bays. Cargo Bay 1 is the home to the ship's hanger for two small craft with 2 launch bay doors. In Bay 2 is a Infantry Bay, where the ship's 36 battle armor enhanced marines are quartered. The bay has one access door. In Bay 3, is ship's cargo bay. It store up to 566 tons worth of dry storage, and has two access doors.

Variants

• Interdictor Sub-Capital Pocket Warship - Second variant of the Interdictor is a anti-ship vessel, verses interdiction/capture ship. The design externally is identical to original design. However, the ship has been given array of anti-ship weaponry at cost of its marine, cargo and missile weaponry. Ship's capital and sub-capital weaponry include; Killer Whale launcher (10 rounds), 1 Piranha sub-capital missile launcher with (10 missiles), 4 Sub-Capital Lasers/1 in each wing , and pair of Medium Sub-Capital Cannons with one in each wing section. The ship's conventional weaponry includes; 10 HPPCs, 14 Large VSP Lasers, and 5 Anti-Missile Systems. The ship's cargo capacity been reduced to 128 Cargo tons (with 2 doors), only retains room carry a single small craft. BV (2.0) = 20,610

References

• Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, pp 118-119, 133-134