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Office of Vessel Recognition // ship-73

Aegis

System Defense Cruiser

Path 08 / RedoubtRedoubt Shipbuilding
Painted three-quarter view of Aegis, a fire-red, orange, bone, and stainless three-hundred-ton shield-vault cruiser with an architectural meson bay and lower-flank turret.
ship-73 / Canonical recognition plate48 m overall
Displacement
300 tons
Configuration
Streamlined
Tech level
11
Crew
15
Endurance
2 weeks
Cargo
57.25 tons

Operational profile

Recognition and use

The Aegis is a three-hundred-ton system-defense cruiser with heavy armor, reinforced structure, advanced electronics, and a meson-gun bay. Laser, missile, and sandcaster turrets plus three point-defense lasers protect it while the main weapon engages larger intruders.

A fifteen-person crew, medical support, repair drones, fuel processing, and a 57.25-ton hold permit sustained patrols within its assigned system. It has no jump drive and must rely on local bases or a carrier for deployment elsewhere.

Complete record / Revision 1

Construction dossier

All fields below are read from the active catalog record. “None” is explicit where the record contains no fitted item or option.

Registry

Catalog entry
073
Design ID
ct-source-ship-73
Schema version
1
Record revision
1
Status
Active
Vessel kind
Ship
Progression stage
Starter
Family
073 / Aegis
Shipyard path
08 / Redoubt
Construction price
222,470,000 Cr
Standard design
No

Hull and systems

Ruleset
Cepheus Trader Shipbuilding
Tech level
11
Hull code
ship-300
Displacement
300 tons
Configuration
Streamlined
Hull options
None
Structural options
Reinforced Structure (1 increment)
Armor
Crystaliron Whole Points
Armor layers
Not layer-rated
Armor points
11
Electronics
Advanced
Airlocks
Not separately recorded
Cargo
57.25 tons
External load
0 tons
Magazine options
None
Armament
Triple Turret: Beam Laser · Beam Laser · Sandcaster · Triple Turret: Missile Rack · Missile Rack · Sandcaster · Meson Gun Bay · 3 × Point Defense Node Mount: Point Defense Laser
Ammunition
72 × Standard Missiles · 60 × Sandcaster Canisters

Drives and control

Maneuver drive
J
Thrust
6 g
Power plant
J
Power options
None
Jump drive
None installed
Jump rating
None
Jumps carried
0
Power endurance
2 weeks
Control
Standard bridge
Additional passengers
Not applicable
Bridge options
Hardened Bridge · Holographic Controls
Computer
Model 3
Computer options
Bis
Software
Fire Control/2 · Point Defense 2
Additional fire-control stations
0
Unused fire-control stations
0

Crew complement

  • 1 Pilot
  • 1 Navigator
  • 1 Engineer
  • 2 Turret Gunners
  • 1 Bay Gunner
  • 1 Medic
  • 8 Others

Installed equipment, armament, and ammunition

  • 2 Staterooms
  • 2 Crew Berthings
  • 3 Head Toilet Showers
  • 8 Galley Spaces
  • 1 Armory
  • 1 Office
  • 2 Fuel Processors
  • 1 Emergency Low Berth
  • 1 Medical Bay (1 bed)
  • 1 Repair Drones
  • Triple Turret Beam Laser · Beam Laser · Sandcaster
  • Triple Turret Missile Rack · Missile Rack · Sandcaster
  • Meson Gun Bay
  • 3 × Point Defense Node Mount Point Defense Laser
  • 72 Standard Missiles
  • 60 Sandcaster Canisters

Mission classification

Primary role
System Defense Cruiser
Secondary roles
None
Mission tags
In System · Armed · System Defense Cruiser
Complete source ledgerEvery field in the catalog record, including empty lists and construction assertions.
Schema Version
1
Design Id
ct-source-ship-73
Revision
1
Ruleset Id
cepheus-trader.shipbuilding
Source Ids
  1. cepheus-engine-srd-2016
  2. ship-source-a-f
  3. ship-source-socs-7-9
  4. ship-source-tech-update-2350
  5. cepheus-trader-2026
Tech Level
11
Standard Design
No
Electronics
advanced
Bridge Options
  1. hardened-bridge
  2. holographic-controls
Unused Fire Control Stations
0
Cargo Millitons
57250
Catalog
Catalog Id
73
Family Id
73
Upgrade Path Id
8
Progression Stage
starter
Status
active
Vessel Kind
ship
Display Name
Aegis
Primary Role
system-defense-cruiser
Secondary Roles
None recorded
Mission Tags
  1. in-system
  2. armed
  3. system-defense-cruiser
Open Game Content Designations
  1. The complete original catalog entry and adapted construction data are Open Game Content.
Description Paragraphs
  1. The Aegis is a three-hundred-ton system-defense cruiser with heavy armor, reinforced structure, advanced electronics, and a meson-gun bay. Laser, missile, and sandcaster turrets plus three point-defense lasers protect it while the main weapon engages larger intruders.
  2. A fifteen-person crew, medical support, repair drones, fuel processing, and a 57.25-ton hold permit sustained patrols within its assigned system. It has no jump drive and must rely on local bases or a carrier for deployment elsewhere.
Hull
Id
ship-300
Configuration
streamlined
Armor
Id
crystaliron-whole-points
Points
11
Structural Options
  1. Id
    reinforced-structure
    Increments
    1
Drives
Maneuver
J
Power
J
Fuel
Jump Distance
0
Jump Count
0
Power Plant Weeks
2
Computer
Id
model-3
Options
  1. bis
Software
  1. Id
    fire-control
    Level
    2
  2. Id
    point-defense-2
Equipment
  1. Id
    stateroom
    Quantity
    2
  2. Id
    crew-berthing
    Quantity
    2
  3. Id
    head-toilet-shower
    Quantity
    3
  4. Id
    galley-space
    Quantity
    8
  5. Id
    armory
    Quantity
    1
  6. Id
    office
    Quantity
    1
  7. Id
    fuel-processor
    Quantity
    2
  8. Id
    emergency-low-berth
    Quantity
    1
Parameterized Equipment
  1. Id
    medical-bay
    Beds
    1
  2. Id
    repair-drones
    Quantity
    1
Mounts
  1. Id
    triple-turret
    Weapons
    1. beam-laser
    2. beam-laser
    3. sandcaster
    Quantity
    1
  2. Id
    triple-turret
    Weapons
    1. missile-rack
    2. missile-rack
    3. sandcaster
    Quantity
    1
Bays
  1. Id
    meson-gun-bay
    Quantity
    1
Point Defense
  1. Mount Id
    point-defense-node-mount
    Weapon Id
    point-defense-laser
    Quantity
    3
Ammunition
  1. Id
    standard-missile
    Quantity
    72
  2. Id
    sandcaster-canister
    Quantity
    60
Crew
  1. Role
    pilot
    Quantity
    1
  2. Role
    navigator
    Quantity
    1
  3. Role
    engineer
    Quantity
    1
  4. Role
    turret-gunner
    Quantity
    2
  5. Role
    bay-gunner
    Quantity
    1
  6. Role
    medic
    Quantity
    1
  7. Role
    other
    Quantity
    8

Record provenance

Sources and designation

Source record: catalog/ships/ship-73.toml

The complete original catalog entry and adapted construction data are Open Game Content.

  • cepheus-engine-srd-2016
  • ship-source-a-f
  • ship-source-socs-7-9
  • ship-source-tech-update-2350
  • cepheus-trader-2026