Quixote

Quixote
Production information
Manufacturer	???
Introduced	2350
Use	Missile Frigate
Tech Base	Star League
Cost	6,721,052,000 Cbills
Technical specifications
Mass	780,000 tons
Length	715m
Sail Diameter	1,200m
Fuel	1,900 tons
Burn Rate	39.52
Safe Thrust	1 g
Top Thrust	1.5 g
Sail Integrity	4
KF Drive Integrity	16
LF Battery	No
Armament	18 x Killer Whale Missiles 24 x White Shark Missiles 24 x Barracuda Missiles 4 x NAC/30 6 x NL55s
Armor	1,169.5 tons of Improved Ferro-aluminum armor
DropShip Capacity	6
Crew	56 officers, 145 enlisted / non-rated, 76 gunners, 150 marines and 54 bay personnel
Grav Decks	3 x (120-meters and 2 x 145-meters diameter)
Escape Pods/Life Boats	40/44
Heat Sinks	1,177 (Single)
Structural Integrity	75
BV (1.0)	70,690
BV (2.0)	???

Description

The Quixote-class frigate was originally designed as a battlecruiser, however cost-saving attempts not only reduced the Quixote's size but resulted in the ship receiving engines too small for it. Political machinations among the various Terran Hegemony Departments also led to the purchase of 250 of these dubious vessels. In an attempt to make the best of a bad situation, the SLDF Admiralty modified the design into a missile frigate and thus created a slow but heavily armed vessel, tasked with convoy defense against craft too small to be targeted by naval-grade direct-fire weapons.

The Quixote was surprisingly successful for a flawed design, and served as the undisputed escort frigate of the Terran Hegemony for nearly 200 years. Ultimately, the Quixote was slowly phased out after the introduction of the well-rounded Congress-class frigate, though both Congresses and Quixotes served together during the Star League.

Following the introduction of the Congress, the Quixote was slowly put into mothballs, a move that paid dividends when, 150 years after the commissioning of the first Congress, Eaton AeroSpace used these mothballed hulls to construct the new Volga-class transport.

Several unmodified Quixotes were later reactivated by the Word of Blake and participated in the Jihad.

Armament

The Quixote’s main armament consists of eighteen Killer Whale missiles. Supplementing these missiles are twenty-four White Shark and twenty-four Barracuda missile launchers. The ship also mounts six Type 55 Naval Lasers, to assist in the design's long range attack ablities.

The Quixote also has four Type 30 Naval Autocannons provide for mid-range and close range kill power.

Cargo

• Bay 1: Fighters (12) 4 Doors
• Bay 2: Small Craft (6) 4 Doors
• Bay 3: Cargo (176,118.5 tons) 1 Door

Named Vessels

Taurian Concordat

• TCS Vendetta - A Taurian warship supplied by the Word of Blake in May 3074. The ship was equipped with nuclear-tipped missiles. The ship was used during the mid-3070s in multiple strikes against Davion worlds, among them the world of Midale where the Vendetta's nuclear weaponry killed over 10 million people. In July 3075, the Vedetta had arrived over the world of Brusett, however it was forced to engage the Fox Corvette, FSS Kathil and its aerospace forces. In this encounter, the Vendetta was able destroy the Kathil but was itself seriously damaged in the fight. Forced to withdraw, it lost the battle, including the loss of all its dropships after attacking the FedSun's planet with nuclear weaponry.

Related WarShips

• Volga - requiring an escort and transportation vessel in 2709, Eaton AeroSpace used mothballed Quixote-class frigates chasses as the template for the new, successful Volga-transport.

References

• Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 16
• Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp. 144, 220-221