Type-4 (Ship)

The Type-4 Pursuit Vessel, officially called the Phantom-class in Trident service, is an agile gunship and light corvette built by PlazWorks and is in service with the Trident Foundries military, as well as other powers and private citizens.

Description
A massive update to the older Type-3 Pursuit Vessel, the Type-4 is essensially a brand new ship compared to the older vessels.

Exterior
The exterior of the Type-4 has been given a complete overhaul, originally to conform to the stringent Expeditionary Force standards. An entirely new midsection gives the vessel a lot more interior space than before, and a rebalanced aft end ensures the vessel's proportions are sound.

The bottom rear fins have been reinforced and flattened to serve as fixed landing points, while a landing gear that also doubles as a docking point door has been installed in the lower midsection, just behind the cockpit section.

Interior
The large cockpit has been redone as well, and it now has seating for three; pilot/captain, weapons officer, and a third seat for general duties. The section also features two beds, which allows for longer-term operations and shift work, and a small medical area. Two small windows were installed on the sides of the cockpit section to give the crew an alternative view of space.

Systems
The Type-4 features an advanced ramscoop system in the forward ends of the thruster pods, using technology first pioneered in the Mjolnir-class Frigate. This allows the vessel to be vastly more self sufficient than other Trident vessels. The ramscoops also double as a particle filtration system, allowing the Type-4 to gather particle samples for study by larger ships.

Type-4s are armed with a single Plasma Beam emitter below the cockpit, replacing the Type-3's rapid Plasma cannon. It is also armed with four Fusion Missile launchers firing "Meteor" missiles.

History
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