Type XIX Interdiction Vessel
| Type XIX Interdiction Vessel | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class name: | Type XIX Interdiction Vessel |
| Namesake: | N/A |
| Builders: | Deimos Steel Works, Enlis Drive Yards, and others |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Deep Void Interdiction Vessel |
| Displacement: | 7,549 tonnes |
| Length: | 318 m |
| Beam: | 33.1 m |
| Height: | 58 m |
| Complement: | 285 |
| Power Generation: | P-a2b HP Kaur-Pena Reactor |
| Propulsion: | 2x D-a2b Impellers Class 5 Transition Drive |
| Sensors Systems: | KW/SY-13C Hermes Sensor Array Mk IV Kraken Torpedo Control System |
| Electronic Warfare Systems: | Mk VIIc Nyx Emissions Reduction System 5x Flight 6C Dixie Decoys |
| Armament: | 2x Mk IX 30 kg DP Reinhold Gun (2x1) 4x L/30 Sustainer Torpedo Tubes 4x Mk XII Anchor Interdictor Engines 2x 8.8 cm FlaK-80 (2x1) |
| Shielding: | Mk IV Priwen Ravelin Array |
| Armor: | Hull:20 cm |
The Type XIX Interdiction Vessel is a deep void interdiction vessel in service with the Imperial & Federal Navy. Interdiction vessels fill a very specific role within the Imperial & Federal Navy, and thus operate under the auspices of Interdiction Command, rather than being a part of either the Scouting, Battle, or Reaction Fleets of any given Fleet Group. Although it is the size of a light cruiser, the Type XIX is very lightly armed and armoured, and a weak ravelin array. Its high pressure reactor limits the amount of power available to its impellers, warp, and transition drives, which makes the vessel very slow at both STL and FTL travel. However, the Type XIX is equipped with an Emissions Reduction System (ERS), which is capable of masking the vessel's detectable emissions of most forms of radiation to levels equal to or below the standard deep space background level.