USS Ticonderoga
Hull Classification: DD-20
Class & type:
Valley Forge Class Destroyer
Complement:
22 officers, 298 enlisted
Armament:
4x Electromagnetic rail system
16x 50 caliber anti-ship gun, mounted on eight turrets
4x 38 caliber twin-barrel point defense cannons
20x Superluminal torpedo tubes
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The third Valley Forge-class destroyer commissioned by the Union Space Navy, the USS Ticonderoga entered service in 2265.
The "Tico" served with distinction during the pivotal final engagement of "Operation Black Sword", where she and two Hulick-class destroyers, USS Saratoga and USS Ranger, successfully engaged and destroyed a superior enemy taskforce that was en route to attack the civilian hospital complex in the Beta Aquilae star system. By activating their stealth suites and hiding in the system's Kuiper belt, the three destroyers were able to play cat and mouse for 26 hours with the enemy taskforce and lure them into orbit around the system's Jovian gas giant. The planet's gravity well limited the movement of the enemy's larger battlecruisers and carriers, and evened the odds for the more nimble destroyers.
Ships of the Valley Forge-class:
Valley Forge, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Yorktown, Antietam, Gettysburg, Normandy
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Credit to Red Spacecat for his amazing USS Saratoga, which is the inspiration for this design.
USS Ticonderoga
Hull Classification: DD-20
Class & type:
Valley Forge Class Destroyer
Complement:
22 officers, 298 enlisted
Armament:
4x Electromagnetic rail system
16x 50 caliber anti-ship gun, mounted on eight turrets
4x 38 caliber twin-barrel point defense cannons
20x Superluminal torpedo tubes
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The third Valley Forge-class destroyer commissioned by the Union Space Navy, the USS Ticonderoga entered service in 2265.
The "Tico" served with distinction during the pivotal final engagement of "Operation Black Sword", where she and two Hulick-class destroyers, USS Saratoga and USS Ranger, successfully engaged and destroyed a superior enemy taskforce that was en route to attack the civilian hospital complex in the Beta Aquilae star system. By activating their stealth suites and hiding in the system's Kuiper belt, the three destroyers were able to play cat and mouse for 26 hours with the enemy taskforce and lure them into orbit around the system's Jovian gas giant. The planet's gravity well limited the movement of the enemy's larger battlecruisers and carriers, and evened the odds for the more nimble destroyers.
Ships of the Valley Forge-class:
Valley Forge, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Yorktown, Antietam, Gettysburg, Normandy
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Credit to Red Spacecat for his amazing USS Saratoga, which is the inspiration for this design.