<br /><img width="1024" src="/files/u78/CFS_Rhiannon_1.jpg" alt="CMS Rhiannon undergoing shakedown" height="768" title="CMS Rhiannon" /><br /><br />Undergoing testing by the Clarion Royal Marines, the <em>Christianna</em>-class torpedo frigate uses a Size 6 spaceframe and a pair of size C pion engines as the basis for a strike version of the standard frigate.<br /><br />The torpedo frigate is armed with a pair of turreted railguns, a chin mounted railgun battery and eight torpedos, using its powerful engines for fast strikes and relying solelly on its railgun battery for point defense, and a reflective hull and masking screens for anti-beam defense, this lack of defensive equipment being the design's major weakness.<br /><br />So far, the Royal Marines have fielded five protoype TFs: the class ship<em> Christianna</em>, the<em> Rebekah, </em>the<em> Audrianna, </em>the <em>Rhiannon</em> and the <em>Margaurite</em>, with the <em>Margaurite</em> being equipped with seeker missile racks instead of torpedos.<br /><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><<lightgraybox>><br /><b>Name:</b><em> Christianna</em>-class torpedo frigate</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>HS</b>: 7</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>HP</b>: 35</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Engines</b>: 2 Class C Pion </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Max ADF/MR</b>: 4/4</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>DCR</b>: 70</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Life Support</b>: 9</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Crew Accommodations</b>: 9 </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Passenger Accomodations</b>: None</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Cargo Capacity</b>: 5 units</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Computer Level/Function points</b>: 4/128 </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Computer Programs</b>: Alarm, Lockout, Damage Control, Installation Security, Pion Engine, Astrogation, Railgun, Torpedo(Seeker Missile), Masking Screen, Self-Destruct<br /><b>Astrogation Equipment:</b> Deluxe</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Communications Equipment</b>: Videocom, Subspace Radio</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Sensor Systems</b>: Skin Sensors, Cameras, Energy Sensors, Radar, White Noise Broadcaster</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Weapons:</b> RG(×2), RGB, TT(×8) OR SM(×10) </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Defenses</b>: RH, MS</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Ship's Vehicles</b>: Launch(10-person)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Other Equipment:</b> N/A</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>Total Cost</b>(unfueled): Cr. 32, 500,000</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><</>><br /> <br /><strong>New Weapons Systems:<br /><br />Railgun(RG):<em> </em></strong>A massdriver which accelerates 12.7 millimeter projectiles to relativistic speeds, causing slightly more damage than a laser cannon, while requiring less space than a laser.<br /><br />MHS:3(MHS:5 if turreted), HDR: 3D10, Range: 10 hexes, DTM: -10. Restrictions: LTD(15 100-round bursts)<br /><br /><strong>Railgun Battery(RGB)</strong>: A battery of four massdrivers firing 7.62 millimeter projectiles at relativistic speeds.<br /><br />MHS:2, HDR: 2D10, Range: 8 hexes, DTM: -10.<br /><br />Restrictions: LTD(18 100-round bursts)<br /><br /><strong>Railgun Pod(RGP):</strong> A gunpod containing a pair of linked 5.56 mm massdrivers. Used by fightercraft and bombers.<br /><br />MHS:1, HDR: 1d10+5, Range: 6 hexes, DTM: -10.<br /><br />Restrictions: LTD(10 200-round bursts) </p>