Welcome to the ships database. A visual and descriptive breakdown of all the known ships in the Edge of Chaos universe.
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VS-10130a Capital Class Carrier
Manufacturer: Von Schelling Industries
Length: 1.5km
Mass: CLASSIFIED
Crew: CLASSIFIED
Maneuverability: Very Low
Offensive Systems:
CLASSIFIED
Defensive Systems:
CLASSIFIED
Drive Systems:
CLASSIFIED
The Capital class carrier is one of the largest ships in space.
Though ships are often retrofitted to carry fighters and other vessels,
the Capital Carrier is a specialised launching platform capable of
deploying a wide variety of fighters, interceptors and even patcom and
corvette class vessels. Typically the Capital class is used a flagship
by large Government and Corporate navies, and is never deployed without
appropriate escorts, as its size makes it an obvious (though very
tough) target. The exact defensive capabilities of the Capital class
are unknown, being classified, but it is believed to be armed with
numerous wide-aspect turrets, and military sources suggest it has at
least one anti-capital ship beam weapon. Capital class carriers
replaced the old Alabama class carriers after the Alabama class was
deemed to be too vulnerable due to heavy combat losses. The prototype
Capital carrier was designed using a Danube class cruiser frame fitted
with an Alabama's launch frame, though the final version is larger by
50% than the two ships combined.
NSO-1502 Advanced Command Section
Cals Command Section
Manufacturer: NSO Laplace
Length: 28m
Mass: 110t
Crew: 3 - 4
Maneuverability: High
Offensive Systems:
Light PBC Cannon
Defensive Systems:
LDA (Upper)
Drive Systems:
Standard Thruster Array
LDS Class 1
The NSO-1502 Command section is a direct descendant of the
classic NSO-401 command section. Though designed as the primary control
section of a patcom or corvette class vessel, it is in fact an
autonomous space vessel in its own right. A major improvement over
earlier models is the inclusion of a Class 1 LDS drive which enables
the ship to travel interplanetary distances - albeit somewhat slowly.
The military version also sports a hardpoint for a Light PBC Cannon or
comms laser, following earlier concerns of vulnerability to attack if
separated from its mother vessel. Typically it carries a command crew
of three to four - a Commander, Pilot, Gunner ( on military vessels )
and an Engineer. It is believed that at one point NSO Laplace
experimented with a one to two-man version, but the project was
abandoned before it reached production, due to the highly complex
nature of the avionics required. No prototype is known to exist.
