Daemon Class Cruiser

Daemon Class Cruiser
Size (metres, W×H×L)	750 x 250 x 1500
Cargo capacity	35
Cargo bay extension	Unknown
Maximum speed	0.32
Manoeuvrability	Roll: 0.4 Pitch: 0.2
Energy banks	Unknown
Energy recharge rate	4.0
Gun mounts	2x Fore, 2x Aft 2x Port, 2x Starboard
Missile slots	12
Shield boosters available	No
Military shields available	No
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	OXP
Available to player	No
Base price	Unknown

Origins

When the Thargoids stepped up their raids against the regions of space controlled by the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds, the GalCop Security Council began tendering bids to produce a military vessel to counter the increasingly more advanced and more powerful Thargoid vessels being encountered in the spacelanes and close to planets. Many prestigious companies tendered designs and prototypes for testing including the Ramon Security Limited (RaSeL), a division of the Marett Space Corp.. After investing hundreds of millions of credits into their bid, Ramon Security lost out to Aegidian Shipyards, the company that produced the Behemoth. GalCop gave it's reasons as being that the Behemoth required fewer crew, had launch capabilities and was noticably cheaper to buy.

Facing imminent financial ruin and the threat of re-amalgamation back into Marett, RaSeL did the only thing possible, they defied GalCop's directive to dismantle their production lines and began selling their ships to any military powers that could afford their prices. Thus the Daemon Class Cruiser went into circulation as a Military capital ship. Many governments purchased the impressive ship, the most notable being the Eszausveian Dictatorship, who set about buying large numbers of the vessel to swiftly and effectively cow the oft-times fractious civilian populace.

Notable Features

At first glance, the sheer size of the Daemon is obvious. In almost every way, it dwarfs the Behemoth, longer, higher and wider and bristling with offensive firepower and protected by layers of Zieman energy deflection shields. Amongst it's primary arsenal, it boasts military-yield LF90 laser systems, auto-tracking laser turrets and a large missile pylon exclusively equipped with Faulcon de Lacy HMX5 ECM-Hardened missiles. Another exceptional weapon system, developed specially for the Daemon is an array of upgraded high power plasma cannon which function both as point defence and, with slightly less effect, as direct fire weapons. These systems alone make the Daemon Class Cruiser a fearsome prospect for even the most deranged Commander, and might even give a moment of pause to the fear gland-less Thargoids.

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