Changes: Rota-class

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An older class of "Fleet Destroyers," the Rota-class destroyer made use of several then-experimental technologies. Along with their heavy complement of lance torpedo tubes for their size, they had the experimental PD/SRAM (Point Defence/Short Range Attack Missile) system, which consisted of 8 rapid-fire Blackhawk Missile tubes that used modified fighter missiles for either medium-range point defense against fighters and incoming torpedoes, or short-range offensive use against larger warships. They also have an experimental pulse-fusion drive system that gives them a rather bumpy ride but good acceleration for such a small ship at a very low cost in reaction mass. Additionally, the nature of this drive system necessitated an extremely well-armored pusher plate at the aft end of the ship, and in combat this plate could be turned to face an enemy and harmlessly absorb incoming enemy fire, to a point, albeit at the cost of facing the ship's own weapon system firing arcs away from the incoming fire. Neither the missile or pulse-fusion drive system was ever used in another ship, and several ships in this class were cancelled before completing construction, but surviving members of this class are still in service 50 years later. This class is also the basis for the new Stornoway-class experimental advanced destroyers.

Known Ships[]

EFS Rota DF-1074

EFS Bluefields DF-1075

EFS Rabaul DF-1076

EFS Ulithi DF-1077

EFS Abbeville DF-1078

EFS Faslane DF-10 DF-1080

EFS Polyarnyy DF-1083

EFS Atsugi DF-1084

EFS Pusan DF-1085

EFS Singapore DF-1087

EFS Gibraltar DF-1088

EFS Guantanamo bay DF-1090

EFS Truk DF-1091

EFS Aviano DF-1092

EFS Cheyenne Mountain DF-1093

EFS Fort McHenry DF-1095

EFS Pearl Harbor DF-1096

EFS Cavite DF-1097

EFS Bremerton DF-1098

EFS Vladivostock DF-1100

EFS Fylingdales DF-1101

EFS Rammstein DF-1102

EFS Foggia DF-1103

EFS Brize Norton DF-1104

EFS Portsmouth DF-1105

EFS Solent DF-1106

EFS Oran DF-1107

EFS Santiago DF-1108

EFS Dharan DF-1110

EFS Keflavik DF-1112

EFS Petropavlovsk DF-1114

Behind the Scenes[]

This class was designed retroactively to be the basis for the later Stornoway-class way back in Season 4.2 by Martin Hohner. At the time, very little starship-based technobabble was established for this game, and Martin had recently read The Stone Dogs by S.M. Stirling, which featured interplanetary warships of this rough design. That's why this one class is so different from every other: at the time, it was the ONLY class designed. Ships in this class are named for famous military bases, naval ports, fortifications, and airstrips.

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-An older class of "Fleet Destroyers", the Rota class made use of several then-experimental technologies. Along with their heavy complement of lance torpedo tubes for their size, they had the experimental [[Blackhawk Missile]] system that used modified fighter missiles for either medium-range point defense against fighters, or short-range offensive use against larger warships. They also have an experimental pulse-fusion drive system that gives them a rather bumpy ride but good acceleration for such a small ship at a very low cost in [[Reaction Mass|reaction mass]]. Neither the missile or pulse-fusion drive system was ever used in another ship, but this class is still in service 50 years later.  This class is also the basis for the new [[Stornoway-class]] advanced destroyers.
+An older class of "Fleet Destroyers," the Rota-class [[destroyer]] made use of several then-experimental technologies.  Along with their heavy complement of [[Lance Torpedo|lance torpedo]] tubes for their size, they had the experimental PD/SRAM (Point Defence/Short Range Attack Missile) system, which consisted of 8 rapid-fire [[Blackhawk Missile]] tubes that used modified fighter missiles for either medium-range point defense against fighters and incoming torpedoes, or short-range offensive use against larger warships.  They also have an experimental pulse-fusion drive system that gives them a rather bumpy ride but good acceleration for such a small ship at a very low cost in [[Reaction Mass|reaction mass]].  Additionally, the nature of this drive system necessitated an extremely well-armored pusher plate at the aft end of the ship, and in combat this plate could be turned to face an enemy and harmlessly absorb incoming enemy fire, to a point, albeit at the cost of facing the ship's own weapon system firing arcs away from the incoming fire.  Neither the missile or pulse-fusion drive system was ever used in another ship, and several ships in this class were cancelled before completing construction, but surviving members of this class are still in service 50 years later.  This class is also the basis for the new [[Stornoway-class]] experimental advanced destroyers.
 ==Known Ships==
+*EFS Rota DF-1074
-Rota<br />Bluefields<br />Rabaul<br />Ulithi<br />Abbeville<br />Faslane<br />Polyarnyy<br />Atsugi<br />Pusan<br />Singapore<br />Gibraltar<br />Guantanamo Bay<br />Truk<br />Aviano<br />Cheyenne Mountain<br />Fort McHenry<br />Pearl Harbor<br />Cavite<br />Bremerton<br />Vladivostock<br />Fylingdales<br />Rammstein<br />Foggia<br />Brize Norton<br />Portsmouth<br />Solent<br />Oran<br />Santiago<br />Dharan<br />Keflavik<br />Petropavlovsk
+*EFS Bluefields DF-1075
+*EFS Rabaul DF-1076
+*EFS Ulithi DF-1077
+*EFS Abbeville DF-1078
+*EFS Faslane DF-10 DF-1080
+*EFS Polyarnyy DF-1083
+*EFS Atsugi DF-1084
+*EFS Pusan DF-1085
+*EFS Singapore DF-1087
+*EFS Gibraltar DF-1088
+*EFS Guantanamo bay DF-1090
+*EFS Truk DF-1091
+*EFS Aviano DF-1092
+*EFS Cheyenne Mountain DF-1093
+*EFS Fort McHenry DF-1095
+*EFS Pearl Harbor DF-1096
+*EFS Cavite DF-1097
+*EFS Bremerton DF-1098
+*EFS Vladivostock DF-1100
+*EFS Fylingdales DF-1101
+*EFS Rammstein DF-1102
+*EFS Foggia DF-1103
+*EFS Brize Norton DF-1104
+*EFS Portsmouth DF-1105
+*EFS Solent DF-1106
+*EFS Oran DF-1107
+*EFS Santiago DF-1108
+*EFS Dharan DF-1110
+*EFS Keflavik DF-1112
+*EFS Petropavlovsk DF-1114
 ==Behind the Scenes==
-This class was designed retroactively to be the basis for the later Stornoway-class way back in Season 4.2 by Martin Hohner.  At the time, very little starship-based technobabble was established for this game, and Martin had recently read The Stone Dogs by S.M. Stirling, which featured interplanetary warships of this rough design.  That's why this one class is so different from every other: at the time, it was the ONLY class designed.
+This class was designed retroactively to be the basis for the later [[Stornoway-class]] way back in [[History of the Game#Season Four (1999-2001)|Season 4.2]] by [[User:Martin The Mess|Martin Hohner]].  At the time, very little starship-based technobabble was established for this game, and Martin had recently read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Dogs The Stone Dogs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Stirling S.M. Stirling], which featured interplanetary warships of this rough design.  That's why this one class is so different from every other: at the time, it was the ONLY class designed.  Ships in this class are named for famous military bases, naval ports, fortifications, and airstrips.
 [[Category:Starship Classes]]