Tempest-class Strike Frigate
Species: Human
Ship Type: Tempest-class Strike Frigate
Ship Class: Frigate
Dimensions: 1.5 km long, 0.4 km abeam at fins approx.
Mass: 6.1 megatonnes approx.
Crew: 30500 crew, approx.
Accel: 4.7 gravities max sustainable acceleration
The Tempest is a specialized frigate produced in the Calixis and surrounding sectors. It trades long ranged firepower for heavy, short-ranged broadsides designed to devastate enemies at ‘knife-fight’ distances. To get to those distances, Tempests have triple-armoured prows and boosted drives, and often carry assault boats and large complements of ratings for boarding actions. These larger quarters and hanger bays have been found very useful for other, more commercial purposes as well.
Officers:
Rogue trader Captain Karfa Von Ulm
Survivalist, Technophile. Aims to complete augmentation of the body. Enhanced cybernetic cogitator implants.
Strategium Optimus, Ballistic skill +5, Scrutiny +10 Left hand and bodyguard of the captain.
Tech-savant Myrion, Tech-use +15-Heavily augmented and in some ways more an extension of Tech-priest Krylov than individual person.
Helmsman Leger, Pilot +10, Tacticae Imperialis +5 Freshest of officers. Has not yet sacrificed limb for the survival of crew.
Adeptus Mechanicus Logi Lexico Arcanus Mycola Krylov has augmented himself as a part of the ship’s drive and has become infused to all the data revealed to him by the machine spirit.
Machine spirit
Enthralled: Rite of Duplessence has been performed between Magos Mycola Krylov and the machine spirit of the star vessel. Krylov has been innovating with STC technology to almost a heretical degree.
Past histories
Mechanicus Experiment: Ship has been modified by Cult Mechanicus to further Quest Of Knowledge. +5 Detection, +5 Logic skill checks
Speed: 8 Manoeuvrability: +18 Detection: +17
Hull Integrity: 36 Armour: 19 Turret Rating: 1
Space: 42 SP: 40 Weapon Capacity: Dorsal 2
Population: 100 Morale: 100
Power: 35 / 45 Space: 35 / 42 Crew rate: 40
Essential Components
Good quality Jovian Pattern Class 2 Drive Pow: +45 Space: 9
Strelov 1 Warp Engine, damaged Pow: 10 Space: 10
Geller Field Pow: 1 Space: 0
Single Void Shield Array Pow: 5 Space: 1
Armoured Command Bridge Pow: 2 Space: 2
M-1.r Life Sustainer Pow: 3 Space: 1
Pressed-crew Quarters Pow: 1 Space: 2
Mark-100 Auger Array Pow: 3 Space: 0
Supplemental Components
Good quality Armoured Prow Pow: 0 Space: 4
Crew Reclamation Facility Pow: 1 Space: 1
Modified Cogitator Interlink Pow: 1 Space: 1 (a living tech-priest fused with the ship’s drive)
Upgrades:
Experimental Void Abacus
Weapon Components:
Dorsal: Mars Pattern Macrocannons Pow: 4 Space: 2
Dorsal: Mars Pattern Macrocannons Pow: 4 Space: 2
Note 1: The vessel has a plenty of Space and Power free as the captain and tech-priest Krylov head, as Omnissiah wills, to the great voyage of looting archeotech components and integrating them to the ship.
Note 2: The star vessel does not have the Navigator. Warp translations are guided by the fusion of Krylovs cogitational power and the vessels machine spirit manipulating the Void Abacus. This method of a warp travel, if ever hinted to the Imperium, will raise the wrath of Navigator Houses.
Note 3: Regulated machine cult of cannibalism has become the cultural distinction among the crew. Across extended voyages the crew members have been distributing their limbs and organs to nourish the crew. For those offerings they have been augmented with cybernetic replacements as an gift from the Machine God.
!GM notes! Incomprehension warning