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Gliese class corvette

The Gliese class corvette was designed as a relatively cheap and easy to build, yet effective warship. High speed, manouverability, and firepower (for its size) are its main characteristics.


Lacking guided missiles or other high-tech, subgrid-needing devices, the vessel might be at a disadvantage when faced with such enemies. While the threat of guided missiles can be countered effectively with good piloting, high aceleration, and use of short jumps to dodge, the perhaps greater threat of small grid turrets, with their high firepower can pose a bigger problem. However, these drawbacks are countered by the fact that the Gliese is much simpler to build than any such ships, allowing for faster production rates and simple maintenance.


Like many of the newest ships developed, the Gliese is based on a sphere with an equatorial ring hull. This desing provides ample volume for its mass, whilst the ring provides needed extra surface for thrusters and weapons. Another benefit of the spherical desing is an equally fast turning rate in all directions, making the ship highly manouverable. The decks are arranged perpendicular to the main thrust array, allowing the vessel to land easily on planets. Similar to its larger sister, the Betelgueuse, its not well suited for atmospheric combat when compared to dedicated airships, though.

The Gliese features the traditional “prow first” approach to combat, equiped with a heavily armed prow with imbeded decoys to draw enemy fire. Propulsion is mainly based on hydrogen, with a backup of ion thrusters.




Mass: 1,022,562kg

PCU: 12,407

Block count: 1,139

Weapons: 10 gatling turrets 4 missile turrets

Aceleration: 14.7m/s^2 forwards, 4.9m/s^2 side/backwards

Cargo space: 14 small containers (218750L)

Jump range: 2000km











All scripts by script wizard whiplash141. Inspired mainly in Perry Rhodan vessels. Named after the red dwarf Gliese 581