The Antonin-class carrier is a holdover from the late part of the Human-Skaald War, a design shelved when the practicality of using small craft without jump capability was in question during a war where capitol ships were regularly lost and planets were regularly being annihilated by weapons of mass destruction. It found new life in the Core Systems-Spartan War, where small carriers could project power with a squadron of fighters over more space without being considered as high-importance of targets as large battleships might be, and thus could take care of smaller skirmish groups without needing a large escort group. Following the end of the war, the Antonin-class has been retasked to high-risk areas as a pirate hunting platform. It is in this capacity that the Antonin-class has recently seen a resurgence of positive public opinion, as an actual (decommissioned) carrier, CSRS Sentinel, has been posited as the home base of the fictional titular fighter squadron, The Retributors.
| Antonin-class pocket carrier, Rev.C | d-Tons | Cost (MCr) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 5,000 tons | 450 | ||
| TL12 Closed Structure | Hull 50 | |||
| 2 sections each | Structure 50 | |||
| Armor | Ceramol | Protection 4 | 250 | 100 |
| Jump Drive | Jump 2 | 150 | 300 | |
| Maneuver Drive | Thrust 2 | 62.5 | 31.25 | |
| Power Plant | Power 2 | 100 | 250 | |
| Bridge | 1/section | 500 | 500 | |
| Computer | Core/3 | Rating 40 | 12 | |
| Electronics | Basic Military | +0 Jamming DM | 2 | 1 |
| Weapons | ||||
| Bays | 4-Missile Bay-Special-12 | 204 | 48 | |
| Turrets | 30-Triple Turret (beam/beam/sand) | 30 | 97.5 | |
| Ammunition | 720 Basic Missiles | 60 | 0.9 | |
| 400 Sandcaster Drums | 20 | 0.2 | ||
| Fuel | 1,200 tons | One Jump-2 and six weeks | 1,200 | |
| Cargo | 563 tons | 563 | ||
| Staterooms | 95 personnel (max) | 210 | 26.25 | |
| Low Berths | 49 personnel (max) | 24.5 | 2.45 | |
| Extras | Hotspur launch tube | 1,000 | 500 | |
| 3 Briefing Rooms | 12 | 1.5 | ||
| Craft | 12 F3 Hotspur fighters | Full hangars | 624 | 652.32 |
| Software | Maneuver/0 | - | ||
| Library | - | |||
| Intellect | 1 | |||
| Evade/3 | 3 | |||
| Jump Control/2 | - | |||
| Total | 4,437 | 2,977,370,000 Cr | ||
| Department | Crew | Crew Damage Track | ||
| Command | 10 | Dead (-) | ||
| Engineering | 5 | Survivors (-4) | ||
| Gunnery | 15 | Skeleton (-2) | ||
| Troops | 15 | Half (-1) | ||
| Flight | 35 | Weakened | ||
| Service | 15 | Full | ||
| Frozen Watch | 49 | Battle | ||
| Total | 144 | Overstrength | ||
| Passengers | Massively Overstrength | |||
