IRS Medusa

From ShireWiki
Revision as of 15:03, 10 December 2016 by Kaiser dominus (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search

IRS Medusa

Gravrig plain.png
Type: Gravrig-Cruiser
Place of origin: Shireroth

In service: 1643.6336 AN.ASC - Present
Used by:
New flag Shireroth.png
Imperial Navy
Planned 1
Completed: 1
Commissioned: 1
Retired:

Designed: Pre-1606
Manufacturer: Ryker Airships

Length: 192 m
Beam: 30 m
Propulsion: Mortis G.I.R. Engine (Gravitational-Inversion Rig)
Range: 4,150 km
Endurance: 5 days manned
Maximum Altitude: 6,100 m
Speed: 20 knots loiter speed
300 knots cruising speed
381 knots maximum speed
450 knots "do not exceed" speed
Complement: 781
Vehicles carried:
Armament: x3 155 mm Long Tom Autocannons
A-70 Sylver launcher x2
Sensors and Processing Systems:
  • Panopticon Suite
  • SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar
  • S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar
  • 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS
  • 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar
  • 1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar
  • Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System
  • Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
Cost: 319.1B Erb
3,500 Anunia Points

The IRS Medusa is a gravitational inversion rig in service with the Western Armada of the Imperial Navy of Shireroth since 1643 Ab Nortone. It is the latest iteration of the long-running Project Mortis an enduring attempt by Shireroth as well as, formerly, the Kingdom of Babkha and an independent Elwynn to reverse engineer and replicate the anti-gravity technology of Jasonia and Menelmacar.

The Medusa incorporates significant amounts of software lifted from the Babkhano-Elwynnese Panopticon programme, a suite of electronic hardware and programs designed to achieve total information awareness over the battlefield, although the Babkhans invariably abused the programme to create a system of domestic mass-surveillance.

Development History

Main Article: Project Mortis & Panopticon