INTACT Ship Recognition Guide
Solar Federation
INTACT
London-class Heavy Cruiser Image
- Agility: 3
- Speed: 3
- Electronics: 3
- Stealth: 2
- Armor: 3 / 7 / 10
- Shields: 2
- Durability: 30
- Armament
- 4 Beam Cannons
- 3 Antiship Missile Launchers
- 6 Burst Cannons
- 1 Scattering Beam PD Array
- Small Craft
- 12 mobile suits
- 2 Marine assault shuttles
- Special
- Continuous-Wormhole Drive
- Transatmospheric (Slow)
- G-Float System
- Vessels such the SFS Calais are heavy cruisers designed for long-range unsupported operations. They have large stores and fuel capacity, as well as a scaled down version of the battleship drive system and weapon emplacements. These ships also have superior sensors and ECM system compared to the rest of the fleet, as well as large suit hangars. Unfortunately, the armor on the London-class is fairly weak for its size, and they must rely on ECM and superior range to survive a capital ship onslaught.
League of Outer Stars
CN-19 Bison Heavy Lift Dropship Image
- Agility: 3
- Speed: 3 (2 loaded)
- Electronics: 1
- Stealth: 2
- Armor: 2 / 4 / 6
- Shields: 1
- Durability: 5
- Armament
- None
- Cargo
- 3 Mobile Suits
- Special
- Transatmospheric (Fast)
- The CN-19 Bison is the standard League heavy dropship, the first spaceframes having entered service almost thirty years ago. Blunt and inelegant-looking they are nonetheless amply gifted in spare thrust and can lift substantial loads into orbit on aerolift trajectories or drop them down through atmosphere equally well. They are in fact one of the heavier classes of 'shuttles', at the upper limit of aerolift format. Larger unitary loads are normally loaded into vertical-lift vehicles (HLVs), but the abort and in-atmospheric transit ability of aerolift types such as the CN-19 has made them the preferred option for many operators.
- While originally intended to serve the varied militaries of the League as a mobile suit transport, by the time the Bison reached production it was marketed to civilian operators as well as the CC-190 and has subsequently become a common site among freightlines across a substantial segment of the Ring. Differences between the sister families are relatively minor, mostly involving elimination or simplification of military-grade components.
Saggitan Union
Cascade-series Main Battle Carrier
- Agility: 3
- Speed: 2
- Electronics: 4
- Stealth: 2
- Armor: 4 / 7 / 10
- Shields: 3
- Durability: 22
- Armament
- 1 Beam Cannon
- 12 Antiship Missile Launchers
- 1 Burst Cannon
- 4 Drone Controllers
- 1 Laser PD Array
- Small Craft
- 12 mobile suits
- 2 hangar pods, each of which can hold 3 mobile suits or 1 mobile armor/super robot.
- 1 CN-19 Bison Heavy Lift Dropship (carried externally)
- 1-3 Marine assault or utility shuttles (only 1 may be carried internally)
- Special
- Continuous-Wormhole Drive
- ZTT Jump Drive
- Transient Diffuser
Pirate and Local Militias
Skinner-class Escort Image
- Agility: 4
- Speed: 3
- Electronics: 1
- Stealth: 1
- Armor: 2 / 4 / 7
- Shields: 1
- Durability: 10
- Armament
- 6 Torpedo Tubes
- 3 Turreted Autorails
- 4 Cluster Missile Pods
- 1 Laser PD Array
- Small Craft
- Up to 2 mobile suits may be carried externally
- Special
- Continuous-Wormhole Drive
The Skinner class is an old patrol ship built en-masse by the Space Independence Alliance. Lightly armed with a trio of large-caliber autocannons for mobile suit defense, their torpedoes can still pose a threat to larger ships. Obsolete in the new SolFed fleet, most of these craft were refitted with a jump drive to give them interstellar range and moved to outsystem colonies for local defense, where a substantial number eventually went rogue or were captured by pirates. As such they represent a fairly typical light pirate ship.
Civilian
Seraphim
Naamah-class Research Frigate (stats represent typical militarized version)
- Agility: 3
- Speed: 3
- Electronics: 3
- Stealth: 2
- Armor: 3 / 5 / 7
- Shields: 2
- Durability: 10
- Armament
- 1 Pulse Cannon (concealed)
- 4 Antiship Missile Launchers
- 3 Burst Cannons
- 1 Laser PD Array
- Small Craft
- Up to 6 mobile suits
- Special
- Continuous-Wormhole Drive
- Transatmospheric (Slow)
- The Naamah is the standard Seraphim interstellar transport, a versatile design that entered service twenty years ago to replace the various prewar ships that the Seraphim were using at the time. Capable of atmospheric descent using onboard countergrav, rugged landing gear for rough-field landings and with large fuel reserves, the Naamah is ideal for use out in the Rim and beyond. Its hull is a fairly conventional cruciform shape, with fusion drives, CWD generator and fuel bunkerage in the the after block. The two side blocks are independently self-contained living and operations sections, each with sufficient environmental hardware to support the entire ship. The bow block is the largest, consisting mostly of a spacious modular mission bay with the ship's primary sensors at the nose.
- A large number of Naamahs have been built, mostly for the Seraphim though an increasing number (often older, second-hand hulls) have entered service with other governments, organizations or private owners. The 'mission module' design lends itself to easy modification for more specialist roles. These frigates also serve as surrogate warships for the Seraphim, factory fitted to include combat-rated shielding, enhanced electronics and multiple weapons and typically acting as motherships for 4 to 6 mobile suits. While these ships cannot compete with purpose-designed warships in direct combat, they are capable enough to protect Seraphim interests in the various brushfire conflicts of the known galaxy.