Quixote
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| Quixote | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Introduced | 2350 |
| Production Year | 2350[1] |
| Use | Missile Frigate |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Cost | 6,721,052,000 C-Bills[citation needed] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 780,000 tons |
| Length | 715 m |
| Sail Diameter | 1,200 m |
| Fuel | 1,900 tons (4,750) |
| Burn Rate | 39.52 |
| Safe Thrust | 1 g |
| Top Thrust | 1.5 g |
| Sail Integrity | 4 |
| KF Drive Integrity | 16 |
| LF Battery | No |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 1,169.5 tons Improved Ferro-aluminum |
| DropShip Capacity | 6 |
| Crew | 277[2]
Bay Personnel: 54 |
| Grav Decks | 3 (1 x 120 meters diameter, 2 x 145 meters diameter) |
| Escape Pods/Life Boats | 40/44 |
| Heat Sinks | 1,177 (single) |
| Structural Integrity | 75 |
| BV (1.0) | 70,690[2] |
Contents
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, those originally found on the Lola Destroyer, a full 100 thousand ton lighter design. Political machinations and (seemingly purposeful) circumventing of the Admiralty by a Procurement Department bureaucrat led to the purchase of 250 of these dubious vessels. In an attempt to make the best of a bad situation, the SLDF Admiralty (see Note below) downgraded 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.[2]
The Quixote was surprisingly successful for a flawed design, and served as the undisputed escort frigate of the Terran Hegemony for nearly 200 years. A valuable addition to convoys led by the Farragut and later Monsoon battleships, the Quixote was ultimately phased out after the introduction of the well-rounded Congress-class frigate, though both Congresses and Quixotes served together during the Star League.[2]
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.[2]
Several unmodified Quixotes were later reactivated by the Word of Blake and participated in the Jihad.[citation needed]
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 abilities.[2]
The Quixote also has four Type 30 Naval Autocannons providing midrange and close-range kill power.[2]
Cargo[2]
- Bay 1: Fighters (12) 4 Doors
- Bay 2: Small Craft (6) 4 Doors
- Bay 3: Cargo (176,118.5 tons) 1 Door
Named Vessels
(See List of named Quixote-class WarShips)
Related WarShips
- Volga - requiring an escort and transportation vessel in 2709, Eaton AeroSpace used mothballed Quixote-class frigate hulls as the template for the new, successful Volga-transport.[3]
Gallery
Original Quixote from TRO:3057 Revised
Notes
Technical Readout: 3057 Revised attributes the reclassification of the ship to the Star League Admiralty. The introduction of the Quixote predates the signing of the Star League Accords by about 2 centuries. Likely, this can instead be laid at the feet of the Terran Navy.