Terran Confederation "Southampton" Destroyer

Name: Southhampton Class
Craft: Terran Confederation Southhampton Class Destroyer
Type: heavy destroyer
Scale: capital
Length: 490 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 346
Skeleton Crew: 52/+10
Passengers: 86 & 115 prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 6,400 metric tons
Consumables: 35 months
Cost: 195,109,041 credits
Jump Drive: x1
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 3
Atmosphere: 260; 750 kmh
Hull: 2D
Shields: 6D+2

• Back-up Shields: 3D+1

Sensors

• Passive: 40/1D
• Scan: 100/2D
• Search: 200/3D
• Focus: 4/4D

Weapons

• 14 Offensive Lasers

Fire Arc: 7 dual turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-8/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 100-800/1,500/3,000m
Rate of fire: 7
Damage: 4D

• Missile Launcher

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 5
Scale: death star
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-50/100/150
Ammo: 10 ASM-436A Cruise Missiles
Rate of Fire: 6
Damage: 20D

• Electronic Counter Measure Module

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -2D

Gear:

• Matter/Anti-Matter Reactor
• Akwende Drive
• External Docking Port: 2
• 1 Hospital Module: Fully stocked hospital with 46 beds.
• Repair Bay Module: ship may repair structures and ships up to its own size.
• Ramscoop
• Escape Pods: 192
• Eighth Hanger Bay Module: 45,000 cubic meters of flight deck
• Carrier systems: Ship may launch and receive 2 ship every 6 rounds.

Ship Complement

• F-42 Hellcat-V Space Superiority Interceptors: 5

Description: The Southampton-class destroyer was a warship that was widely used by the Terran Confederation during the Terran-Kilrathi War. It is also used extensively by the Union of Border Worlds.

The Southampton is everything a true destroyer is: A small, heavily-armed warship capable of taking on any capital ship without the need for fighter escort. It fills many roles on the front lines, including system patrol, escort ship, and capital ship interceptor. Many Confederation task forces include at least one of these powerful warships as an escort, defending the fleet carriers that would otherwise be destroyed by the Kilrathi.

Some models of the Southampton class possess a small fighter bay, located on the stern of the ship between its engines. Ships with this feature are capable of carrying a small half squadron of fighters, numbering five ships.

The Southampton was serving in just about every sector along the front lines by the later stages of the Terran-Kilrathi War. Two famous ships in this class were the TCS Sheffield and the TCS Coventry, which served alongside the TCS Ajax in Destroyer Squadron 67, the task force assigned to escort the TCS Victory. Famed Terran pilot Jason Bondarevsky commanded DesRon 67 on the Coventry, and was badly injured when that ship was crippled by a Kilrathi mine (Bondarevsky recalled it is a missile strike in 2670) during the Behemoth debacle. Both vessels participated in the numerous engagements fought by the Victory up until the end of the war.

Southamptons served with both the Confederation and the Union of Border Worlds during the Border Worlds Conflict of 2673.

Source: thedemonapostle; The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 402-403)