RCSN ACTA-243-A Inquisitor Tactical Assault Carrier

CRAFT STATS AT BOTTOM CREDIT TO HelyusHD FOR LUA WIZARDRY! After the undeniable success of semi autonomous drone technology the Consortium Security Officials were pushed in to backing a limited carrier program to bring drone upport to the front lines. The lack of popularity in the programs initial stages lead to several questionable design choices leading to a lack of speciality; instead dividing capability over several mission profiles greatly reducing effectiveness in combat. The product of the initial stages of the program was the Inquisitor Class Assault Carrier, and while an unpopular vessel design, it paved the way for some of the greatest warships of the RSCN. At a length of 116m and a width of 39m, the Inquisitor is the largest vessel in its weight class beating the 121 Dewalt Class Escort Cruiser by a sizeable margin. This size is due mainly to the Inquisitors two ventral hangar bays configured to carry up to six Manticore or Signis drone craft on retractable racks for easy deployment in combat and protection when in transit or undergoing repairs. These internal bays pose a weakness for the vessel however forcing designers to jam critical subsystems in to ever smaller spaces allowing little room for adequate armour for a front line warship. As such the massive material investment coupled with the ships unpopularity relegated the inquisitors to the rear of battle formations being seen as more of a hindrance by fleet commanders than in important asset. The weapons load out of the Inquisitor is predominantly designed for long range engagements carrying twelve radar guided Inabes ATG medium yield missiles, divided between two broadside mounts and 2 experimental Argon Kinetic Rockets, later used on the Uroken Class Light Destroyers. These weapons while potent were experimental at the time and no effort has been made to modernise the carriers offensive armament over the years. What the carrier lacks in offensive capability it more than makes up in defences. Servi