Terran Confederation "Southampton" Destroyer
Name: Southhampton Class Destroyer
Craft: Terran Confederation Southhampton Class Destroyer
Type: Destroyer
Scale: capital
Length: 490 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 346; skeleton: 35/+10
Passengers: 86 passengers; 46 Hospital patients; & 115 prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 6,400 metric tons
Consumables: 84 months
Jump Drive: x1
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 4
Atmosphere: 280; 800 km/h
Hull: 3D
Shields: 15D
Back-up Shields: 7D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 20 / 0D+1
- Scan: 40 / 1D
- Search: 60 / 1D+1
- Focus: 2 / 2D
Weapons
- 7 Dual Offensive Lasers
- Fire Arc: 7 turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 5D
Space Range: 1-3/8/15
Atmosphere Range: 10-300/800/1,500m
Damage: 4D
- Capship Missile Launcher
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 5
Scale: death star
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 2-150/375/750
Ammo: 10 ASM-436A Cruise Missiles
Damage: 192D
- Electronic Counter Measure Module
- Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-5/13/25
Atmosphere Range: 10-500/1,300/2,500m
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -1D
Gear:
- External Docking Port: 2
- Escape Pods: 12
Ship Complement
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.
Description:
Source:
- Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Southampton-class destroyer
- Wing Commander Information Center: Southampton-class Destroyer
- The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (pages 402-403)
- thedemonapostle