USS Virinat
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 1:17 am
The USS Virinat is an Aquarius Class Light Escort.
She is about 75 meters long and has a crew of about 50 people.
These ships are fast, swoopy and very maneuverable. They have two roles in the line of battle. They chase down and destroy ships smaller than themselves or they stand back from capital ships exchanging broadsides, and throw fire at the enemy ship.
Over time crews have discovered, as with P-38s, or B-25s from WWII it's possible to add a surprising number of big guns on the forward arc of these ships.
The Virinat carries too many plasma weapons. But during the first exchange of fire in an engagement, she can fill the sky with fire. This makes her a good attacker and raider, in combination with more well-rounded ships. In a prolonged engagement, she'd have to stagger the fire of her weapons to manage waste heat
The USS Virinat usually hangs out with the USS Yellow Submarine and escorts that ship, or is docked to her.
As a Light Escort, the Virinat is not very comfortable by modern Starfleet Standards. See the interiors of the USS Defiant from DS9. No holodecks, no specialized labs. Volume is at a premium.
The USS Virinat is named for the Romulan Farming Colony that many of her crew called home until it was massacred by Elachi.
She is about 75 meters long and has a crew of about 50 people.
These ships are fast, swoopy and very maneuverable. They have two roles in the line of battle. They chase down and destroy ships smaller than themselves or they stand back from capital ships exchanging broadsides, and throw fire at the enemy ship.
Over time crews have discovered, as with P-38s, or B-25s from WWII it's possible to add a surprising number of big guns on the forward arc of these ships.
The Virinat carries too many plasma weapons. But during the first exchange of fire in an engagement, she can fill the sky with fire. This makes her a good attacker and raider, in combination with more well-rounded ships. In a prolonged engagement, she'd have to stagger the fire of her weapons to manage waste heat
The USS Virinat usually hangs out with the USS Yellow Submarine and escorts that ship, or is docked to her.
As a Light Escort, the Virinat is not very comfortable by modern Starfleet Standards. See the interiors of the USS Defiant from DS9. No holodecks, no specialized labs. Volume is at a premium.
The USS Virinat is named for the Romulan Farming Colony that many of her crew called home until it was massacred by Elachi.