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Finally got into the mood to type a spec report and description...here it is.

Tech Specs:
Weapons
2 Hydra Waveform Plasma Cannon (both front mounted)
8 Missile Bays
12 Phalanx Point Defense Octets
4 Dual Plasma Turrets
Crew
220

Description

The Tempest class Tactical Cruiser is the first military ship to be equipped with a short range Waveform Plasma Cannon. The new unconventional weapon fires plasma in streams, radically different than the bolts fired by standard Plasma weapon systems. The result is the ability to "chain" the attack from one target to the next in a single stream, causing utter devastation to capital ships in close proximity to one another. The weakness of this design is that the Tempest's shields must be dropped in order to fire this weapon, creating a window of vulnerability from enemy bombers. The Tempest relies on friendly escorts for anti-fighter operations, as this is one of the few capital ship designs without a fighter bay.

So far, only 2 of these fearsome capital ships exist due to the cost of the Waveform Plasma Cannon.

Description
Finally got into the mood to type a spec report and description...here it is.

Tech Specs:
Weapons
2 Hydra Waveform Plasma Cannon (both front mounted)
8 Missile Bays
12 Phalanx Point Defense Octets
4 Dual Plasma Turrets
Crew
220

Description

The Tempest class Tactical Cruiser is the first military ship to be equipped with a short range Waveform Plasma Cannon. The new unconventional weapon fires plasma in streams, radically different than the bolts fired by standard Plasma weapon systems. The result is the ability to "chain" the attack from one target to the next in a single stream, causing utter devastation to capital ships in close proximity to one another. The weakness of this design is that the Tempest's shields must be dropped in order to fire this weapon, creating a window of vulnerability from enemy bombers. The Tempest relies on friendly escorts for anti-fighter operations, as this is one of the few capital ship designs without a fighter bay.

So far, only 2 of these fearsome capital ships exist due to the cost of the Waveform Plasma Cannon.