Corvette

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The Corvette is a small, long-endurance ship designed for reconasance and patrol. They carry enough supplies and equipment to remain in the field for up to three months. However, conditions aboard ship are extremly cramped, and whenever possible rews are rotated off.

The main armament of the corvette is a single large charged particle cannon built into the nose. Corvettes are designed to be extremly manuverable as this cannon can only fire in a single direction. Defensive armaments include quad beam turrettes mounted above and below the ship, which each provide a 360/180 field of fire. The corvette is also armed for anti-capital-ship combat, with two torpedoes and six N2 mines.

History

Corvettes have been in use since the days of the original Gudersnipe Army. There have been literally hundreds of classes and models over the millenia, and unlike fighters, most corvette designs do not last much longer than their design lifespan. In other words, a corvette designed to last for 50 years will do so, then a new unit will be designed to replace. As apposed to fighters, who's design classes can last up to 1150 years(such as the Condor-class.

Falcon Class

In A.Y. 6899, the new Falcon-class corvette was introduced, and completed basic proofing the following year. The Falcon is often described as a Harpy-inspired spacecraft, and comes complete with numerous design inovations built around the goal of making a class able to remain in production as long as the Harpy.