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Valkyrie Cruiser (Demilitarised)

An SSC developed missile cruiser Valkyrie class that has been stripped and refitted with cargo bays.
With the success of the conversion of the Gemini class cruisers and resale to the public, a second project was developed with similar considerations as the first. The Valkyrie class missile cruiser was selected due to it's lack of versatility and use to the SSC, who had no need for missile ships at the frontier. Missile production facilities and most of the racks and tubes were removed, cargo bays and structural braces were put in place to fill up and support the void. The project was mildly successful, not as popular as the first, but was deemed good enough.

Due to the replacement of the missile production facilities, the ship features good power generation, but as some of the fore capacitor banks were also removed to make space for cargo bays, forward power storage may take a while to initially charge, there should be no problem after the first charge during normal use. The ship also has good manuverability for its sizeto make up for the fact that the vessel is lacking armor compared to other ships in the field.
Two forward missile tubes were installed to add long range offensive deterrance for the relatively weaker armored ship.

The ship comes with four small turret mounts and two tiny turret mounts. It also has two missile tubes with sixteen missiles each (not inclusive of the one preloaded in the tube).
It also has two repair drones for combat repairs.

There are some drawbacks to the conversion, as the hull was thin and was not designed to account for the inertia of hauling cargo, the ship may be prone to heavy structural damage if some key braces are destroyed. This was exceptionally true if the forward missile batterys get blown up, as they sit right snug to a major bulkhead anchor point. This was part of the reason why they were not as well recieved as the gemini conversion program.

Disclaimer
Base Sprite obtained from a mod done for "Starsector" by Fractal Softworks, with conditional use permissions.
http://fractalsoftworks.com/
Mod "Kitbash Database" by Tartiflette
http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=9320.0