分類:伊德里斯系列

• 開始：在2545年，United Planets of Earth（UPE）Weapons Development Bureau（WepDev）確定了Idris飛船的初始規格。這艘護衛艦是在First Tevarin War後，試圖改革Earth's軍事的一系列前瞻性計劃的一部分。這些計劃設想了一個和平時期的United Planets of Earth，其邊界顯著擴大，包括從Tevarin吞併的領土，以及對更遙遠星球的殖民。伊德里斯號的具體要求是開發一艘85米長的輕護艦級飛船，該飛船可以停靠一對巡邏戰鬥機。這些輕護艦的建造成本更高，數量也比現役的艦艇更多，並將被迅速部署，以幫助快速發展的United Empire of Earth（UEE）巡邏使用。新船的主承包商（包括設計和製造）通過無投標合同分配給了Aegis Dynamics，一些組件和支持合同則被分配給較小的、現在已經不存在的公司。

• 原型：在2549年，船的原型在經過三年由外界評論員看來複雜的官僚主義的承諾的開發後開始它的太空試驗。這艘船與最初設想的輕護艦的規格完全不同：它是一艘巨大的護衛艦級飛船，體積是最初提議的幾倍，安裝了一門巨大的軌道炮，並攜帶了一個功能齊全的飛行甲板，能夠支持多種級別的戰鬥機和轟炸機。與評論員相矛盾的是，從提議的輕護艦到護衛艦的轉變對相關人員來說是無關痛癢，並且似乎是自然的。隨着戰後帝國的現狀變得越來越清晰，設計規範被修改了多次。帝國的皇帝梅塞爾結盟規劃者們很快就意識到這個項目對建立他們自己的權力基礎非常重要，他們與宙斯盾和其他承包商密切合作，特別是負責安裝在第一次飛行的艦艇上的軌道炮的Aim-Krug，以擴大設計範圍，為現代戰艦定義一個模型。從原來的輕型護衛艦擴展到護衛艦是一個罕見的決定，它符合所有相關人員的最佳利益。為了強調該項目的重要性，第一艘以在Idris IV獲得的recent victory命名，其已經被神話化為新帝國的基礎元素。^[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 Imperator 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]

The original Idris corvette is designed by Ryan Church (Freelance Concept Artist) in 2013 along with other contributors include Chris Olivia (Chief Visual Officer), Ben Lesnick (Community Manager), Dave Haddock (Lead Writer), Rob Irving (Lead Designer), Chris Smith (Lead Vehicle Artist), Pete Mackay (Designer), and Chris Roberts.^[3] The ship was announced in June 2013.

In 2014-03, the team from CGBot whiteboxing the flight deck interior found that the original concept was not sized to fit with the Hornet model as the original concept used the smaller Hornet model from the 2012 cinematics. Since the Idris need to carry multiple Hornets, the ship was upscaled to a frigate.^[4][5] The rework was handled by the Foundry 42 UK team, with contribution from Mike Northeast (F42 Senior Designer), Mark Skelton (CIG Art Director), Paul Jones (F42 Art Director), Stuart Jennett (F42 Concept Artist), Bjorn Seinstra (Senior Artist), Tom Johnson (F42 Project Manager), and Chris Roberts.^[5] This was just one of many large project changes made throughout late 2014 and early 2015, including ships, procedural planets, the starmap and the lore timeline.^{[缺乏引證]}

• 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.