IRS Medusa
Type: | Gravrig-Cruiser |
Place of origin: | Shireroth |
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In service: | 1643 AN - Present |
Used by: | Imperial Navy |
Planned | 1 |
Completed: | 1 |
Commissioned: | 1 |
Retired: | |
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Designed: | Pre-1606 |
Manufacturer: | Ryker Airships |
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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: | 155 mm Long Tom Autocannons x3 Launcher Modules x4
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Sensors and Processing Systems: |
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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