Orbital Unlimited Evader Class Heavy Saucer
The CSV1 was Orbital Unlimited's first, and most infamous, attempt to design a heavy combat ship. It was an innovative vessel, attempting to combine several technologies that were as yet imperfectly understood by the designers, and the resulting issues are the direct cause of the far more conservative approach taken to the CSV3 Intruder. It had a shift size of four (Commander, Pilot/Navigator, Electronics Officer, Tactical Officer), carried three shifts, and was supposed to also carry a medical officer and a ship's engineer, as well as a four person security/away team. There was also room for up to six mission specific personnel, depending on what the ship was currently assigned to do.The two main problematic issues were the Elerium Gravity Drive and Plasma Phase Impactor Cannon Turrets. The Elerium Drive was a late addition to the ship in an attempt to replicate the Normandy's full gravitational stealth drive system but proved to have problematic interference issues with the Dark Energy Core that resulted in random and anomalous gravitational conditions. (Notably, on the ships first test drive the artificial gravity flipped its vertical orientation for a full 30 seconds when both systems both hit full power for the first time.) It is as a direct result of this failure that most modern ships that wish to use that method of stealth just use a full up Tantalus system.
Meanwhile, the Plasma Phase Impactor Cannons were a cludge from more then six different technology bases, including poorly understood guesswork on how TSAB Telluric technology. The amazing thing about the Plasma Phase Impactor Cannons weren't their issues, they were that the system worked at all. Even so, any given ship was almost guaranteed to have at least one, and more commonly two, turrets offline due to maintenance failures at any given time. Despite that, while they were working the cannons were actually on the cutting edge of effectiveness. However, this was not considered worth the more then likely chance that the cannons would not be working when needed.
Out of the original production run of twelve, only six were completed before the contract was cancelled due to the ship's issues. Out of the produced six ships, one was destroyed in line of duty, four were broken down for scrap, and one is retained as a training vessel. (For both naval crew and maintenance personnel, depending upon what is currently malfunctioning.)Orbital Unlimited CSV1 Evader Heavy Saucer – Block I Mk. I.Length – 45.7 m/150 feet.Width – 32.7 m/105 feet.Depth – 10.0 m/33 feet.Power plants
– General Electric C-5 Antimatter spiked Hydrogen Fusion Reactor,
Boeing Mk III Thermal Reclamation System, solar absorbent surface (See
Defenses)Drive systems – Orbital Unlimited Mk IV Dark Energy FTL core, Avenger Class Elerium Gravity Drive, Poseidon Type VIII Contr-Grav lifter, 3 x
Turia Antimatter spiked Hyper-Impulse Engines, Mobius Group Type XII
Transworld Displacement SystemWeapons – 16 x
Lasertronix 2 MJ Pulse Point defence domes, 2 x Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal
Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (forward facing), Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal
Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (aft facing), 8 x Double Plasma Phase Impactor Cannon Turrets. Spinal Light Mass Effect Gauss Cannon.Defences
– Cerberus Systems Mk XXV Kinetic Barrier system, Systems
Alliance/Boeing Type IV Thermal Sink system, BT Class II ablative armour, Alien Alloy Hull,
Megadyne Type XVIII bioplastic radar absorbent/chameleon surface, Sarif
Industries optical camouflage system, Mobius Labs Class VI Electronic
Warfare Suite.Computer – Orbit Systems Mk II Quantum Processing Macroframe.Crew – 3 min, 18 standard. (Extra Compartments for up to 6 more individuals)Cargo
– 150 tonnes.
Range – 12 MonthsEscape – 5 x 5 person re-entry pods with Mobius Group Type IX Transworld Displacer Pack
The CSV1 was Orbital Unlimited's first, and most infamous, attempt to design a heavy combat ship. It was an innovative vessel, attempting to combine several technologies that were as yet imperfectly understood by the designers, and the resulting issues are the direct cause of the far more conservative approach taken to the CSV3 Intruder. It had a shift size of four (Commander, Pilot/Navigator, Electronics Officer, Tactical Officer), carried three shifts, and was supposed to also carry a medical officer and a ship's engineer, as well as a four person security/away team. There was also room for up to six mission specific personnel, depending on what the ship was currently assigned to do.The two main problematic issues were the Elerium Gravity Drive and Plasma Phase Impactor Cannon Turrets. The Elerium Drive was a late addition to the ship in an attempt to replicate the Normandy's full gravitational stealth drive system but proved to have problematic interference issues with the Dark Energy Core that resulted in random and anomalous gravitational conditions. (Notably, on the ships first test drive the artificial gravity flipped its vertical orientation for a full 30 seconds when both systems both hit full power for the first time.) It is as a direct result of this failure that most modern ships that wish to use that method of stealth just use a full up Tantalus system.
Meanwhile, the Plasma Phase Impactor Cannons were a cludge from more then six different technology bases, including poorly understood guesswork on how TSAB Telluric technology. The amazing thing about the Plasma Phase Impactor Cannons weren't their issues, they were that the system worked at all. Even so, any given ship was almost guaranteed to have at least one, and more commonly two, turrets offline due to maintenance failures at any given time. Despite that, while they were working the cannons were actually on the cutting edge of effectiveness. However, this was not considered worth the more then likely chance that the cannons would not be working when needed.
Out of the original production run of twelve, only six were completed before the contract was cancelled due to the ship's issues. Out of the produced six ships, one was destroyed in line of duty, four were broken down for scrap, and one is retained as a training vessel. (For both naval crew and maintenance personnel, depending upon what is currently malfunctioning.)Orbital Unlimited CSV1 Evader Heavy Saucer – Block I Mk. I.Length – 45.7 m/150 feet.Width – 32.7 m/105 feet.Depth – 10.0 m/33 feet.Power plants
– General Electric C-5 Antimatter spiked Hydrogen Fusion Reactor,
Boeing Mk III Thermal Reclamation System, solar absorbent surface (See
Defenses)Drive systems – Orbital Unlimited Mk IV Dark Energy FTL core, Avenger Class Elerium Gravity Drive, Poseidon Type VIII Contr-Grav lifter, 3 x
Turia Antimatter spiked Hyper-Impulse Engines, Mobius Group Type XII
Transworld Displacement SystemWeapons – 16 x
Lasertronix 2 MJ Pulse Point defence domes, 2 x Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal
Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (forward facing), Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal
Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (aft facing), 8 x Double Plasma Phase Impactor Cannon Turrets. Spinal Light Mass Effect Gauss Cannon.Defences
– Cerberus Systems Mk XXV Kinetic Barrier system, Systems
Alliance/Boeing Type IV Thermal Sink system, BT Class II ablative armour, Alien Alloy Hull,
Megadyne Type XVIII bioplastic radar absorbent/chameleon surface, Sarif
Industries optical camouflage system, Mobius Labs Class VI Electronic
Warfare Suite.Computer – Orbit Systems Mk II Quantum Processing Macroframe.Crew – 3 min, 18 standard. (Extra Compartments for up to 6 more individuals)Cargo
– 150 tonnes.
Range – 12 MonthsEscape – 5 x 5 person re-entry pods with Mobius Group Type IX Transworld Displacer Pack