Galactic Peace Keeper Alpha

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Highly regarded as the most powerful single-person fighter in the Space Police' historic arsenal, the Galactic Peace Keeper Alpha (GPK-A) has a long and storied history. It's existence began in the life dreams of it's designer, and culminated in his death during it's testing. A marvel of micro-engineering, it is an extremely versatile, agile and deadly weapon. After more than 20 years, it continues to be a source of design innovation and inspiration for the current generation of ship engineers.

Contents 1 Model Information 2 Design Specifications 2.1 Propulsion Systems 2.2 Offensive Configuration 2.3 Defensive Configuration 2.4 Computer Systems 2.5 Other Systems 2.6 Systems Schematic 3 History 4 Other Notes 5 Imagery

Model Information

• Model Number: 6886FA
  
• Designer: Gary Schneider
  
• Manufacturer: Schneider Independent Working Group
  
• Date Comissioned: January 1, 2141
  
• Date Delivered: July 2, 2144
  
• Comissioned By: Space Police Corps Of Engineers
  
• Number Manufactured: 25
  
• Number In Existance: 24
  
• Number In Service: 23
  
• Vessel Type: Special Operations Fighter

Design Specifications

Propulsion Systems

• Power Plant Design: SIWG-EN-5ST
• Travel Modes:
  • Interspacial Conduit via HiPer Array
    • Maximum Jump Distance: 12 ly
  • Conventional Faster Than Light (FTL)
    • Maximum FTL Velocity: Magnitude 6.5
    • Stable Cruise FTL Velocity: Magnitude 4
  • Sub-Light Cruise
    • Maximum Sub-Light Velocity: 0.25c
  • Attack Velocity
    • Maximum Attack Velocity: 1000 kph
    • Nominal Attack Velocity: 350 kph
  • Atmospheric Maneuvers with Anti-Grav Assist

Offensive Configuration

• 4 Wing-Mounted SIWG-LC-100 Laser Cannons
• 2 Wing-Mounted SIWG-TL-100 Dual Port Torpedo Launchers
• 1 Prototype SIWG-HD-100 HiPer Array

Defensive Configuration

• SIWG-SS-100 Photoelectromagnetic Shield System
• Ultraflexar Hull Composite See 'Other Notes'
• SIWG-ST-100 Stealth System
• SIWG-MR-100 Matter Synthesis Repair System

Computer Systems

• Primary: SIWG-SL-2000 Artificial Intelligence System
• Secondary: SIWG-SL-050 Package Control System
• Emergency Backup: SPCE-TNC-001-A Telemetric/Navigation Control
• Computers are directly linked via 1Tbit Fiber Optic Computer Interconnect
• Computer-to-Hardware preemptively controlled via dedicated signal lines through Computer Bus Delegator (CBD)
• In event of CBD failure, computers can control hardware directly via CBD Bypass Bus, in first-come/first-served fashion

Other Systems

• SIWG-SC-100 High Gain Sensor and Scanning Package
• SIWG-SW-102 Strategic Adaptation Package
• Modified SPCE-MGR-102 Mass Gravitation Package
• SIWG-TP-100 Small Object Teleportation Package
• SIWG-PS-100 Long Range Pilot Stasis System
• Life Support, Lighting, Hatch Hydraulics, and other support systems.

Systems Schematic

History

• Gary Schneider, an up and coming spacecraft designer, was commissioned in late 2140 to design a one-of-a-kind special operations fighter, more capable and deadly than any other ship in the Space Police arsenal. Work began in January, 2141. Schneider, a renown genius, had a dream, a ship of unparalleled design. Being an outside-the-box thinker, he devised an array of interdependent highly adaptable systems, mounted in a specialized spaceframe made entirely of armor material. This dream became the GPK-A.
• Being better at systems design and quantum physics, and not so at names and aesthetics, Schneider reused some previous ideas. The GPK-A shares it's namesake, general layout, and even Model Number with the earlier Galactic Peace Keeper fighter/cruiser. The primary aesthetic differences being the lack of Prisoner/Passenger pod, dedicated engine compartment, and fixed wing configuration.
• Because of their significant destructive power, relative invincibility and extremely long manufacturing time, only 25 GPK-A's were commissioned. Only 24 still exist, with 23 in active duty. Serial number 000 exploded during testing. Serial number 024 is in the permanent custody of the Space Police Corps of Engineers. Numbers 001 thru 023 are in active duty, engaged in special operations and reconnaissance missions.
• The very first model, Serial Number 000, was destroyed during testing, with Gary Schneider inside. He was trying all manner of maneuver, weapons tests, and engine output configuration, including ones seemingly impossible, trying to find any sort of configuration weakness. While testing the HiPer array, it was mistakenly put into a configuration that caused a feedback in the HiPer Capacitor. This feedback caused an explosion, destroying the ship. Due to GPK-A's Ultraflexar hull design, the ship was merely ripped into several large pieces instead of being disintegrated. These pieces are on display at the <<FEDERATION>> Astronautical Museum.

Other Notes

• Spaceframe: Unlike most Space Police designs (spacecraft aluminum with electroplated Reflexar or Ultraflexar), the GPK-A's hull is composed of 98 percent Ultraflexar electrochemically bonded to the other 2 percent, an ultra-thin carbon nanotube space frame in a unibody construction. The majority of the machine, including some circuitry and conduits, is a single bonded piece. Because it is constructed primarily of armor, weapons of intense magnitude or duration are required to inflict any significant hull damage.
• Repairs: Due to the nature of the hull design, physical repair of any hull section that cannot be repaired by the on-board matter synthesis system requires an extensive tear-down/rebuild procedure to re-bond the space frame. The down-time caused by this process makes it unsuitable for use in most Space Police vessel designs.
• Adaptation: GPK-A has a strategic adaptation software package that allows it to adjust it's weapons and defensive systems to best cope with it's target or aggressor. Incoming ordinance is scanned when it impacts with the PEM shielding. The software analyzes the unique signature of the ordinance and adjusts the PEM shielding to best defend against that weapon. The adaptation software can also utilize the GPK-A's matter synthesis based Torpedo Launchers to create specialized "Ping" torpedoes, that when impacting enemy shielding or armor, will resonate. The software can scan the resonance and then adapt the Laser Cannons, Torpedos, and even the HiPer array to best penetrate enemy defenses.
• Known Vulnerability: The HiPer Array Feedback Vulnerability is the only known weakness in the default design. Because of the complexities of the system, and the loss of Gary Schneider, no one has been able to determine how to correct the fault. The fault has been left in place, and any pilot certified to fly the GPK-A is trained to never put the HiPer array in such a configuration.

Imagery

Overhead Profile

Rear Overhead Profile

Overhead

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