Ayin-class Frigate
If knowledge is power then the inverse is that ignorance is a drain. After the Paluliki Incident, the Emuligar Republic opted for complete media silence and suppression of any information leaking from the project. Effective control allowed the Ayin-class Frigate to fly in from the dark. Integrating Kapisan-Ngladeni technology with a warship for the first time ever, the performance of its experimental railguns was straight up alien to other nations. Even more so to the Quadriarma Union who was locked in a war with the Emuligar Republic at the time.
Superconductors used in warship railguns are some of the most advanced materials ever made. They are designed to withstand incredible pressures generated by expanding conductive gases, lorentz forces, amperes measured in the millions, and temperature fluxes of up to 400 degrees. However, they do not have great fire rates. The temperatures involved effectively disable the superconductivity of the rails. The Ayin-class of Frigates utilize light railguns with conductors based on what was found in the string nodes. The miracle material dubbed Valterin is a superconductor with an unprecedented critical temperature of 400 degrees centigrade. The only operating caveat is the pressure required. Below 40 bars of external pressure, the critical temperature of the material drops. For railguns this is no issue. Bridge gas used to complete a circuit without requiring the armature to contact the rails exert up to 10 times the pressure required.
The role of the Ayins was purely that of an escort. The weaponry they sported was unproven and somewhat expensive. Valterin conductors are extremely difficult to extract from ruins and are tediously formed into a desired shape as the crystals of the metal alloy need to be oriented a specific way. A lack of missiles also meant the ship was less capable of performing anti-ship duties. Theoretically, the use of rapid firing railguns could perform a substantially more accurate form of missile defense. Indeed, this is what the Ayin-class excelled at.
Improvements in Superconductors
Superconductors used in warship railguns are some of the most advanced materials ever made. They are designed to withstand incredible pressures generated by expanding conductive gases, lorentz forces, amperes measured in the millions, and temperature fluxes of up to 400 degrees. However, they do not have great fire rates. The temperatures involved effectively disable the superconductivity of the rails. The Ayin-class of Frigates utilize light railguns with conductors based on what was found in the string nodes. The miracle material dubbed Valterin is a superconductor with an unprecedented critical temperature of 400 degrees centigrade. The only operating caveat is the pressure required. Below 40 bars of external pressure, the critical temperature of the material drops. For railguns this is no issue. Bridge gas used to complete a circuit without requiring the armature to contact the rails exert up to 10 times the pressure required.
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The role of the Ayins was purely that of an escort. The weaponry they sported was unproven and somewhat expensive. Valterin conductors are extremely difficult to extract from ruins and are tediously formed into a desired shape as the crystals of the metal alloy need to be oriented a specific way. A lack of missiles also meant the ship was less capable of performing anti-ship duties. Theoretically, the use of rapid firing railguns could perform a substantially more accurate form of missile defense. Indeed, this is what the Ayin-class excelled at.
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Repleoxt Navy
Kudamendy-class Frigate
Mid Quadriarma-Emuligar War
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Kudamendy-class Frigate
Mid Quadriarma-Emuligar War
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2 in combat; remainder scrapped
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Experimental Escort
4200 tons
240 Meters
107 Meters
64 Meters
Toroidal Fusion Reactor
8x fusion jets (4x retro)
24 m/s2
12
6x First pattern experimental point defense railguns
Citadel: 120mm
Hull: 55mm anti-frag
4200 tons
240 Meters
107 Meters
64 Meters
Toroidal Fusion Reactor
8x fusion jets (4x retro)
24 m/s2
12
6x First pattern experimental point defense railguns
Citadel: 120mm
Hull: 55mm anti-frag
I really enjoyed your style on this one - you went all in to describe the Ayin-class in detail. I hope to see much more of your world in the future - but this I picked for my reading challenge.