Arkapeli Orbital Defense Forces

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Once the Bostigians won the civil war for Arkapel the planet quickly began to rebuild their orbital defense fleet with the following types of vessels.

 

Pheonix class gunship

80 ft long

95 ft wingspan

 

armament

2 nose mounted heavy lascannons

2 nose mounted lascannon

1 dorsal twin heavy bolter turret

1 twin autocannon mounted on each wingtip

number in service 100

 

Thunderbird class monitor 

150 ft long

no wing span to speak of.

 

little more than a self propelled high orbit barge.

 

armament

3 macro cannons fwd/port/stbd

2 defensive autocannon turrets

4 casemate mounted quad heavy stubbers

number in service 30

 

 

Angel class orbital cutter

300 ft long

no wingspan of note

 

4 Macro cannons

1 Torpedo tube

1 Dorsal lance battery

12 defensive heavy lascannons emplacements 

number in service 9

 

the angel class cutter has the fuel capacity for 35 consecutive days, and can support a human crew of 45 for 40 consecutive days.

the angel class is the heaviest asset the Arkapeli PDF has available to protect the extreme reaches of the planet’s orbital space.