Ring Alliance Navy Area Interceptor
An old UNE design captured during the colony riots in 2144, given numerous upgrades and new livery by RA engineers. The navy originally claimed eleven craft of this type, but decades of service and lack of maintenance had brought this number down to just four operational craft, with a fifth testbed model.
Its main armament is a megawatt-scale diode-pumped UV laser, capable of engaging targets at thousands of kilometers. Two rotary cannons provide good point defense, but the ship is not meant for closer range combat, as it lacks any kind of armor except micrometeorite shielding. Missile hardpoints can be added.
The main three engines are simple solid-core nuclear thermal rockets. They aren’t that efficient, but the impressive thrust warranted a gimballing system to be added. This lets the warship rotate itself quickly if needed.
As with most spacecraft, try not to get hit in the propellant tanks. Or the nuclear reactor.
50.6m length, 28.1m width
Found in-game as "RAN Area Interceptor", key bindings have descriptions
