The addition of missile bombers to the Cetan's flight wings introduced a requirement for re-arming missile fighters and bombers. Additionally, increased maintenance life was desired for the Cetan. The resulting new class, the Cetan B, has somewhat reduced hangar capacity and range but now includes a missile magazine and improved maintenance life. As the enemy's home system is only about 5b km in diameter, the reduction in range should not be a problem and the improved maintenance life should improve time-on-station. By my estimates, the Pegasus takes about a year to arrive on station, resulting in a useful deployment time of at most 1 year for the Cetan before it requires overhaul. Since combat missions are generally measured in days or hours (or less), this should be adequate for many mission types. With 3 or more Cetans and good mission planning, a single Pegasus could theoretically keep a Cetan on-station continuously. While the deployment time of the Cetan is 1 year, it only has 2 months worth of maneuvering capability, so it is expected that for much of it's deployment it will be kept in a stationary orbit rather than continuously maneuvering.
Cetan B class Escort Carrier 70,000 tons 1,460 Crew 12,370.1 BP TCS 1,400 TH 12,000 EM 0
8571 km/s Armour 10-151 Shields 0-0 HTK 384 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 80 PPV 68.14
Maint Life 3.20 Years MSP 19,731 AFR 560% IFR 7.8% 1YR 2,904 5YR 43,557 Max Repair 2000 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 15,000 tons Magazine 703 Cryogenic Berths 1,800
Captain Control Rating 4 BRG AUX ENG FLG
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Flight Crew Berths 300 Morale Check Required
Chaimberlin-Sherman Internal Fusion Drive EP4000.00 (3) Power 12000 Fuel Use 107.33% Signature 4000 Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 13,616,000 Litres Range 32.6 billion km (44 days at full power)
Single Chaimberlin-Sherman Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (1x4) Range 30,000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 30,000 km ROF 5
Quad Chaimberlin-Sherman Gauss Cannon R300-85.00 Turret (2x16) Range 30,000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 30,000 km ROF 5
Chaimberlin-Sherman CIWS-160 (8x8) Range 1000 km TS: 16,000 km/s ROF 5
Chaimberlin-Sherman Beam Fire Control R32-TS16000 (50%) (3) Max Range: 32,000 km TS: 16,000 km/s 69 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaimberlin-Sherman Active Search Sensor AS39-R100 (50%) (1) GPS 2100 Range 39.8m km Resolution 100
Chaimberlin-Sherman Active Search Sensor AS68-R500 (50%) (1) GPS 10500 Range 68.1m km Resolution 500
Chaimberlin-Sherman Active Search Sensor AS8-R1 (50%) (1) GPS 21 Range 8.6m km MCR 771.7k km Resolution 1
ECCM-1 (3) ECM 10
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes