Operation M.
The First Battle of Pluto.
It's a battle that's a distraction in order for the Amaterasu to be successfully retrieved.
Many lives would be taken by this suicide mission.
On that battle, the Yukikaze is supposed to be sunk and the Kirish...
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Name: EDFS Montana
Namesake: The family of the unbuilt Montana-class fast battleships. In particular, the USS Montana herself, which in turn is named after the American state of Montana.
Class: Montana-class Spacefaring Battleship
Hull ID: SBB-67
Affiliation: United Nations Earth Defense Force Space Navy
8 x Nuclear Cosmo Turbine auxiliary engines - Fuel: Hydrogen via nuclear fusion
Single Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), usage limited to start other engines - Fuel: Plutonium-239 via nuclear fission
Propulsion: 2 x Main Spacefaring Thrusters @15 meters diameter
2 x Secondary All Purpose Thrusters @5 metres diameter - Capable of thrust vectoring
24 x High Power Manuvering RCS Thrusters capable of 360 degrees of roll, pitch, and yaw
Speed: Cruising speed at 1.5 Astronomical Units/hour (225 million Km/h, 139 million mph)
Top Speed at 2.5 AU/h
Capable of FTL warp
Complement: 500; 20 after 2202 refit
Armaments: 225 cm bow Wave Motion Gun
• Main Guns 7 x 3 19-inch (480mm)/46 cal Positron Shock Cannons; 20-inch (508mm)/50 cal after 2202 refit - 4 on the upper deck, 3 on the keel
• Secondary Guns 6 x 1 6-inch(152.4mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose Pulse Positron Shock Cannon - 4 on upper deck(2 each on port and starboard), 2 on keel(one each on port and starboard)
6 x 2 6-inch/ 54 cal dual purpose Beam Positron Shock Cannons - Placement same as 6-inch Pulse Shock Cannons
• Torpedoes 4 x Triple 25 inch(635 mm) torpedo launchers equipped with subdimetional implosive warhead torpedoes - Placement same as 6 inch Shock cannons
6 x 65 cm diameter forward facing torpedo tubes, 3 per side
4 x 65 cm diameter aft-facing torpedo tubes
• Missiles 1 x 18-cell 60 cm diameter VLS missile launchers located at keel in bow
2 x 8-cell 60 cm diameter VLS "chimney launcher" located at 2 smoke stacks
2 x 10-cell 60 cm diameter torpedo launcher, one each on port and starboard
• Anti Air 48 x Triple Barrel 40mm Bofors long-range anti-aircraft plasma auto-cannon; 64 after 2202 refit
94 x 20mm Oerlikon mid to point defence anti-aircraft laser autocannons; 110 after 2202 refit - 24 quad mounts; 30 refit, 40 triple mounts; 48 refit, 30 duel mounts; 32 refit
8 x 30mm GAU-8C(Compact) Avenger CIWS point defence rotary laser autocannon; 12 after 2202 refit
10 x 11-cell RIM-116 CIWS long-range defensive missile launcher; 12 after 2202 refit
Shielding/Defences:
Wave Motion Shield - Shield remains at peak efficiency if powered by both Engines, meaning little to no degradation even under continuous fire from a Wave Motion Gun (c.2201 statement, EDF and S. Sanada)
Reflektierend coating, based on salvaged Garmillian Migobueza coating - Upon further study, this coating is no longer necessary for other EDF ships due to its inability to protect against advanced positron fire (c.2201 statement, EDF)
Hard Light Decoy Drones, fitted in 2201. - Projected decoy produces a radar cross section similar to the size of the ship its projecting from. This has deceived multiple different radar systems that operates without visual confirmation by human operators. (c. 2201 trial run, EDF)
Asteroid Ring Generated Offensive (ARGO) System, fitted in 2202, w/Hard Light Decoy Drones implementation - Using the Drones and covered by asteroids or debris, an armoured and durable "clone ship" can be created to protect the ship by drawing enemy fire away or to lure enemy vessels into a wild goose chase. (c. 2201 proposal, S. Sanada)
