Nyx-class SpecOps Vessel
Named after the greek deity of the night, the Nyx-class is the most advanced vessel currently in service within the Greater Imperium, surpassing even the Octavia-class. However, contrarily to the behemoth that the Octavias are, the Nyx are but small bugs, smaller even than the Hemiolia-class corvettes which were recently added to the Pikasistani arsenal.
The vessel, in service within the Imperii Arcanii, is however not designed to perform active combat missions, but to conduct Special Operations far from Imperial jurisdiction, taking advantage of its odd shape and material composition to evade all but the most advanced sensor systems within the galaxy. History:
The tensions with the Divine Sovereignty of Houseidou was the catalyst of the expansion of the Imperii Arcani into more than a domestic protection agency with an embryonic network across the galaxy. As time went on, funds allocated to research aimed towards countering the expansionist Houseidians were concentrated into three main sectors of researches. Detection, which led to the Quantum Membrane Scanners, Dissuasion, which saw massive investments in antimatter warheads, and Intelligence. The intelligence sector used most of the funds allocated to create what was meant originally to be a new generation of scout vessels capable of gathering information without being spotted. As time went on however, the stealth capabilities of what was dubbed as Project Tenebris at the time led ultimately to the Nyx-Class. The new class of vessel, however, didn't see action until after the Borealian Campaigns and the signature of the Treaty of Zhuque. It is now deployed in a variety of assignments, monitoring the respect of the Ruzian Concord with the Houseidians, but also conducting reconnaissance missions in the Borealis sector and in Gamma, operating from a Pikasistani "grey site" in Sternenstaaten space. Equipment:
The Nyx-Class is equiped with state of the art scanning and stealth systems, its relatively thin hull being coated in High-Density Reasonance Coating, making it nearly impossible to be detected by traditional scanners. In addition, it's hull and weapon systems are all cooled using liquid hydrogen and an array of radiator fins which can be deployed if the ship ever gets too warm to maintain optimal stealth capabilities. Weapons system are also actively cooled by liquid hydrogen, allowing it to destroy incoming projectiles and to return in its near-invisibility state at a moment's notice. The four Hexa-X VLS systems are also designed in order to maintain the exact position of the vessel hidden, using low-velocity magnetic ejection and remote activation in order to be launched at a safe distance from the vessel if it ever needs to fight back against a serious threat. Finally, the vessel is equipped with 12 Tenebrae breaching pods designed to approach silently from their target before spot welding themselves on their target, allowing for Arcanii to infiltrate or board target vessels. |
Specifications: Name: Nyx-Class Designation: SpecOps vessel Length: 75 meters Width: 49 meters Height: 44 meters Armour: 0.3 meters of HDRC coated Graphene 0.5 meters of Amorphous Boron-Nitride aerogel 0.4 meters of Graphene Primary Weaponry: 4x Hexa-X Prototype VLS Point Defenses: 8 Supercooled Twin-Laser PD-platforms 6 Supercooled PDCs Known vessels:
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