"I dread the day the D'Kelva no longer see us as children."
- Space Marshal Alexi Romanov
TPN Classified Report:
D'Kelva vessel: Seeking Ship Class
We haven't been able to gain much information on the D'Kelva ships. From what we understand they have some technologies that we are only to guess on. What is known is that we can only see there ships when they want us too, or very rarely when they don't notice us first.
D'Kelva ship hulls seem surprisingly fluid. It has been noted that they can change aspect quite quickly, the hull appearing to flow into a new shape. At least three forms have been seen, and cosmetic changes between ships suggest that these forms are not set, or if they are each individual ship is unique. Of the forms spotted, one was optimised for hypersonic travel, the others for slower atmospheric flight and free space travel. At very slow speeds the ship has been seen to flap, in the opinion of one witness "like a large manta ray".
Drives
Performance of around 10G has been calculated from long range scans. No emission other then faint light was observed from the drives. We suspect when the ships disappear they cowl their drives with their hull.
Our current best guess is that they use tachyon emission for real space propulsion.
The faster then light signature is similar to that of our own ships and we suspect they use a similar drive. No fuel tank has been noted however, though ships have been seen lurking in the upper reaches of gas giants.
Weaponry
Our current guess is that the beam mounted weapon that has been seen on their ship is some kind of high energy laser, similar to what we can build, but utilising far more energy. No use of matter projectiles has been seen, this would correlate closely with assumptions derived from how the D'Kelva engage on the ground.
Current Guesses on technical effects
X Ray Pulse Laser
TL18. USP (as beam laser +1)
Energy 5EP
Damage d12+d6 Radiation per USP
Range 60,000 km
Tachyon Drive
Performance approximately double that of normal drives
Plasma Feild Adaptive Armor
Adjust frame for flight
Regenerate damage (1 SI per EP expended)
Acts as Jump buffer, no jump fuel required, hull erodes instead, which can then be regenerated.
Cloaking (+20 to sensor checks)
Otherwise as TL15 class armour.
Wounded Prey
D'Kelva Seeking Ship Class
Statistics
200-ton Hull (Flattened Sphere) - Airframe
AC: 32 (18 vs. Meson Guns)
AR: 12 (TL-18)
SI: 115
Initiative: 46
Starship Size: Medium
Cost: Cannot be bought
Computer: Model/9 (PP: 65/14)
Avionics: Less than 10,000-ton
Sensors: 2 Parsecs (passive survey)
Communications: System Wide
Cargo: 20.0-tons
Performance
Jump-2 (Range effectivly unlimited)
Acceleration: 10-G
Agility: 10
Power Plant: TL-18 Antimatter (120 EP output, enough fuel for 40 weeks)
Fuel Scoops
Atmospheric Speeds:
NOE = 1,800kph
Cruising = 5,000kph
Maximum = 7,000kph
Defenses
Black Globe Generator USP:9 (110 EP capacitors)
Cloaking
Weapons
2x Triple XRay Pulse Laser Turret TL-18,
Confiration: 1x USP6 or 2x USP5
USP5: +5 To Hit, 5d12 +5d6 Radiation (18/x2)
USP6: +6 To Hit, 6d12 +6d6 Radiation (18/x2)
Range: 60,000km
Accomodations & Fittings
10x Den
Crew
No Crew Required
