Ronin-class

The Ronin-class is a class of light destroyers constructed and fielded by the military of the Trident Foundries, using a revolutionary new stealth technology. They were a favourite ship of the various rebel factions during the Trident Revolutionary War, and were frequently modified by those factions.

Description
Using a revolutionary new cloaking device, the agile, light Ronin-class can go deeper into enemy territory than any other Trident ship. It's powerful alpha-strike weaponry can deal with most threats when it is forced to engage hostiles, and its highly sensitive sensor equipment can scan and record large amounts of intelligence for friendly forces. Its four huge sublight thrusters allow the vessel to quickly escape any fight it cannot win.

The Ronin-class specializes in hit-and-run attacks supported by its cloaking device, and is highly unsuited to a direct fire role; this was shown during the disastrous Operation Pincer, where Ronin-class vessels were pressed into the direct fire role against superior Odium vessels and subsequently picked off rapidly.

The Ronin-class was a favourite of the rebel factions during the revolutionary war, and was frequently modified to reflect the rebel sects' needs at the time. A common modification was the removal of the engine external armour plating, to ease maintenance on the huge thrusters.

Exterior
The Ronin-class is built from the same basic components as the Resurgent-class frigate in differing combinations, in addition to a fully custom bridge module, engines, and turret mountings.

A hangar aperture is located at the bottom of the primary hull section; it is large enough for a single Mersu-class shuttlepod.

Interior
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Systems
The Ronin-class is built around its cutting-edge stealth equipment, including the new cloaking device, which bends light and radiation around the vessel to hide it from sensors and visuals. An extremely power-hungry system, while using the cloaking device all other systems except sensors must be powered off to avoid major instability.

Ronin-class vessels are conventionally armed, with two high-yield fusion missile launchers and two medium plasma cannon turrets flanking the central hull. Four light PD turrets are mounted on the four sublight thrusters, with a fifth located at the bottom of the primary hull, ahead of the hangar aperture. Ships of the class also have four multipurpose mine/buoy launchers at the extreme aft end of the craft.

History
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Notable Vessels

 * TRV Avenger CV-251