The Terran Federation spans over a dozen inhabited systems and likely twice as many systems with some other form of minor presence such as mining facilities, stations and/or military installations.
In order to keep track of all civilian traffic and make sure no alien presence threatens the federal operations in any part of space many different classes of ships have been designed to defend this vast space. Below are one small aspect of this described in the brand new class of small patrol and reconnaissance vessels in military circles known as the Raven class Frigate.
RV-300 Raven class Recon Frigate
The Raven is a small recon and patrol ship with the main role of reconnaissance. It has some defence capabilities but are not suppose to engage any military armed combat ships. They do have some defence against torpedoes and a small railgun for point defence and to engage small crafts at close distances. The class came about in order to have a cheap and effective ship able to provide sustained control in a system. The class is also designed to operate with military strike groups to act as advanced scouts, they can then be operated from the Tigris class Support Carrier.
RV-300 "Raven" class Recon Frigate 2,500 tons 71 Crew 540.3 BP TCS 50 TH 122 EM 0
4876 km/s Armour 3-16 Shields 0-0 HTK 14 Sensors 66/84/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 6.52
Maint Life 2.92 Years MSP 185 AFR 50% IFR 0.7% 1YR 32 5YR 483 Max Repair 182.8125 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 100 tons Magazine 24
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 6 months Flight Crew Berths 2 Morale Check Required
SAAB Ion Star Drive P650-S (1) Power 243.8 Fuel Use 145.01% Signature 121.875 Explosion 15%
Fuel Capacity 178,000 Litres Range 8.8 billion km (20 days at full power)
Rheinmetall 10cm Railgun V30/C3 (1x4) Range 30,000km TS: 4,876 km/s Power 3-3 RM 30,000 km ROF 5
West Electronics BFC Tyoe-X R64-T5k (1) Max Range: 64,000 km TS: 5,000 km/s 84 69 53 38 22 6 0 0 0 0
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor R3-PB40 (1) Total Power Output 3 Exp 20%
Class-15 AMM Fixed Launcher (16) Missile Size: 1.5 Hangar Reload 61 minutes MF Reload 10 hours
Ashton-Harrison AMM-FC C7 (1) Range 7.6m km Resolution 1
Viper Mk-II Anti-torpedo-missile (16) Speed: 37,467 km/s End: 0.3m Range: 0.7m km WH: 1 Size: 1.500 TH: 312/187/93
Active Search Sensor AS5-R1 (1) GPS 8 Range 6m km MCR 537.4k km Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor AS38-R50 (1) GPS 1200 Range 38.1m km Resolution 50
Thermal Sensor TH6-66 (1) Sensitivity 66 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 64.2m km
EM Sensor EM6-84 (1) Sensitivity 84 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 72.5m km
Strike Group
2x SC-150 "Orion" Type-C Recon Craft Speed: 5159 km/s Size: 0.48
2x SC-150 "Orion" Type-S Recon Craft Speed: 5159 km/s Size: 0.48
Orion class Recon Craft
The Orion is the standard recon craft platform of the Federation, the Raven class Frigate have room to house four Orion class shuttles.
SC-150 "Orion" Type-C class Recon Craft 25 tons 1 Crew 10 BP TCS 0 TH 3 EM 0
5159 km/s Armour 1-0 Shields 0-0 HTK 1 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 10.31 Years MSP 5 AFR 5% IFR 0.1% 1YR 0 5YR 1 Max Repair 10 MSP
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 15 days Morale Check Required
Boeing Ion Star Drive EP25 (1) Power 2.5 Fuel Use 3394.11% Signature 2.50 Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 3,000 Litres Range 0.66 billion km (35 hours at full power)
Active Search Sensor AS22-R200 (1) GPS 640 Range 22.1m km Resolution 200
SC-150 "Orion" Type-S class Recon Craft 25 tons 1 Crew 10 BP TCS 0 TH 3 EM 0
5159 km/s Armour 1-0 Shields 0-0 HTK 1 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 10.31 Years MSP 5 AFR 5% IFR 0.1% 1YR 0 5YR 1 Max Repair 10 MSP
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 15 days Morale Check Required
Boeing Ion Star Drive EP25 (1) Power 2.5 Fuel Use 3394.11% Signature 2.50 Explosion 20%
Fuel Capacity 3,000 Litres Range 0.66 billion km (35 hours at full power)
Active Search Sensor AS13-R50 (1) GPS 160 Range 13.9m km Resolution 50
SS-230 Tigris class Support Carrier
This commercial class ship is built to support small corvette or frigate sized craft in remote places in the form of repair, refuel, rearm and transportation. The class have three large hangars each capable to support up to 2500t of ships and a minor 500t bay for servicing minor utility crafts. The Federation currently have three ships in active service (Tigris, Mekong and Volga).
SS-230 "Tigris" class Support Carrier 30,848 tons 273 Crew 2,019.4 BP TCS 617 TH 750 EM 0
2431 km/s Armour 4-87 Shields 0-0 HTK 55 Sensors 11/14/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
MSP 3,540 Max Repair 187.5000 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 8,000 tons Magazine 300
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Flight Crew Berths 160
SAAB Ion Star Drive C500-X (3) Power 1500.0 Fuel Use 3.75% Signature 250.000 Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,300,000 Litres Range 202.3 billion km (962 days at full power)
Viper Mk-II Anti-torpedo-missile (92) Speed: 37,467 km/s End: 0.3m Range: 0.7m km WH: 1 Size: 1.500 TH: 312/187/93
Barracuda Mk-I M-Class Torpedo (23) Speed: 28,543 km/s End: 24.3m Range: 41.6m km WH: 9 Size: 7.000 TH: 114/68/34
Active Search Sensor AS22-R200 (1) GPS 640 Range 22.1m km Resolution 200
Active Search Sensor AS13-R50 (1) GPS 160 Range 13.9m km Resolution 50
Thermal Sensor TH1.0-11.0 (1) Sensitivity 11.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 26.2m km
EM Sensor EM1.0-14.0 (1) Sensitivity 14.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 29.6m km
What type of patrol and recon do you employ to provide security or general awareness aside from ground based detection centres?!?