分类:伊德里斯系列

• 开始：在2545年，地球行星联合国（UPE）Weapons Development Bureau（WepDev）确定了Idris飞船的初始规格。这艘护卫舰是在First Tevarin War后，试图改革Earth's军事的一系列前瞻性计划的一部分。这些计划设想了一个和平时期的地球行星联合国，其边界显著扩大，包括从塔维因吞并的领土，以及对更遥远星球的殖民。伊德里斯号的具体要求是开发一艘85米长的轻护舰级飞船，该飞船可以停靠一对巡逻战斗机。这些轻护舰的建造成本更高，数量也比现役的舰艇更多，并将被迅速部署，以帮助快速发展的地球联合帝国（UEE）巡逻使用。新船的主承包商（包括设计和制造）通过无投标合同分配给了圣盾动力，一些组件和支持合同则被分配给较小的、现在已经不存在的公司。

• 原型：在2549年，船的原型在经过三年由外界评论员看来复杂的官僚主义的承诺的开发后开始它的太空试验。这艘船与最初设想的轻护舰的规格完全不同：它是一艘巨大的护卫舰级飞船，体积是最初提议的几倍，安装了一门巨大的轨道炮，并携带了一个功能齐全的飞行甲板，能够支持多种级别的战斗机和轰炸机。与评论员相矛盾的是，从提议的轻护舰到护卫舰的转变对相关人员来说是无关痛痒，并且似乎是自然的。随着战后帝国的现状变得越来越清晰，设计规范被修改了多次。帝国的皇帝梅塞尔结盟规划者们很快就意识到这个项目对建立他们自己的权力基础非常重要，他们与宙斯盾和其他承包商密切合作，特别是负责安装在第一次飞行的舰艇上的轨道炮的Aim-Krug，以扩大设计范围，为现代战舰定义一个模型。从原来的轻型护卫舰扩展到护卫舰是一个罕见的决定，它符合所有相关人员的最佳利益。为了强调该项目的重要性，第一艘以在Idris IV获得的recent victory命名，其已经被神话化为新帝国的基础元素。^[1]

• Flight I: In 2551, the first and the lead ship of the Idris frigate, UEEN Idris was commissioned in a ceremony at Aegis' newly constructed Idris System factory complex. The launch was attended by 地球联合帝国皇帝 Ivar Messer, who presented a famous speech seen today as a prelude to him taking increased control of the UEE in the name of public safety. The initial factory constructed by Aegis to produce the ships included six berths that would work around the clock. The first six Idrises laid down were all commissioned by May 2552 and began service tryouts then extended patrol assignments later that year. From the start, the high-tech ships were desired assignments for navy crewmen who correctly identified that the then-lavish ships would play a major role in coming events.^[1]

• Flight II: In 2553, a major delay in production occurred following the revelation that there were significant issues with the layout of the original six ships that made them particularly prone to fires. Poor placement of firefighting equipment and personnel combined with limited availability of shipboard retardants led to several significant fires, culminating in the deaths of seventeen sailors when one such fire spread to the forward magazine aboard the UEEN Ashton. Production of additional Idrises was delayed for eighteen months while a full review and redesign was conducted. In 2555, first flight-two Idris was launched. With the early issues resolved, Idris production continued at pace and the powerful frigates quickly became a common site around the Empire.^[1]

• Present: The average Idris-class frigate commissioned between 2560 and 2800 had a thirty-year operational lifespan; in modern days, this average has been nearly doubled through both updated technologies and a greatly specialized overhaul process that essentially rebuilds any given ship once over the course of a decade. Aegis has continued to expand the number of available berths at their Idris IV factory over the centuries as demand increases from both the military and civilian users. In August 2587, the original UEEN Idris was decommissioned with 43 tours and nine combat stars. As of June 2950, it is the sole remaining Flight I Idris, mothballed in drydock at MacArthur, where it is often discussed as a potential museum piece highlighting the military's role during the Messer era.^[1]

• Scrap: For the first two hundred years of production, Idrises were reliably scrapped upon decommissioning; a requirement specified by law for all capital assets by the early UEE government. While Aegis' shipbreakers were forbidden from salvaging and reusing systems, they were able to recycle roughly 35% of the scrap tonnage in the construction of newly produced frigates.

• Surplus: In 2801, with the passage of the first Surplus Act that gave approved civilian organizations the rights to bid on properly-demilitarized but still-functional spacecraft up to and including destroyer-class vessels. For Idrises, the keel-mounted gun needed to be permanently disabled and all classified subsystems, such as military-spec targeting software, needed to be removed. The law was primarily passed to allow citizens to purchase former freighters and the initial reception to the availability of former military frigates was generally cold. Within two decades, however, the need for larger-scale fighting ships had become greater and Aegis was forced to significantly expand its investment in mining corporations in order to make up for lost scrap resources. Simultaneously, additional citizen armament laws loosened the restrictions on what equipment could be sold off and to whom it could be sold to, gradually going from authorized militia forces to corporate and finally private entities.^[1]

• Civilianization: In 2875, as the demand for civilianized Idrises combined with expanding life cycles for existing military ships had outstripped the Navy's ability to decommission existing ships, Aegis launched first-ever Idris Peacekeeper (Idris-P), a purpose-built ship nearly identical in form to the military model (retroactively called the Idris Military or Idris-M), lacking only the main gun mount (which could be readily rebuilt on the secondary market). For the first time, civilian organizations could purchase not only the increasingly limited number of UEEN surplus ships but also commission the construction of their own spacecraft directly from Aegis. The popularity of the Idris platform, already cushioned by generations of developed support system, exploded and had quadrupled by the turn of the century.^[1]

• Aim: The Idris Corvette. Going to be cool (go with a slightly retro / older look for this compared to RSI lines).
• Builder: Aegis Dynamics
• Crew (max): 10
• Mass (empty): 38,000 kg
• Length: 85 meters
• Focus: Corvette
• Cargo Capacity: 100 tonnes
• The Idris has room to dock two single-seat fighters: Aurora, 300i or Hornet-level.
• Thrusters: 8 x TR4, 8 x TR3

Hardpoints

• 6 x Class 1: Equipped 2 x Behring M3A Laser Cannon
• 4 x Class 2: Nothing Equipped
• 12 x Class 3: Nothing Equipped
• 10 x Class 4: Equipped 4 x Behring M5A Laser Cannon (single-turret)
• The Idris has dual mount nose, tail, top and bottom turrets and single mount left/right turrets.