Mender Class Mobile Refit Station
The Mender-Class Mobile Refit Station is a class of Black-Water, Mobile Refit Station designed to repair, refuel, and rearm the various ships of the Atreus Aerospace Command and construct orbital stations and surface installations if required. The Mender-Class is operated by the Confederacy of Atreus, and the Pan-Veiidic Commonwealth.
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Mender-Class
Mender-Class Mobile Refit Station
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| AASC Mender (ARD-01) On Sea Trials around Kerbin. c.2203 | |||||
| National Origin | Confederacy of Atreus | ||||
| Production History | |||||
| Designed | |||||
| 2197 - 2201 | |||||
| Produced | |||||
| 2202 - 2203 | |||||
| Designer | Odyssey Aerospace Aeronautical Design Office | ||||
| Unit Cost | 335898(√) | ||||
| Number Built | 2 | ||||
| Service History | |||||
| In Service | |||||
| 2203 - N/A | |||||
| Used By | Confederacy of Atreus | ||||
| Spacecraft Characteristics | |||||
| Launch Mass | 1,227,700 kg | ||||
| Dry Mass | 555,700 kg | ||||
| Length | 76.6 m | ||||
| Width | 20.2 m | ||||
| Height | 8.5 m | ||||
| Propulsion | 6 RE-M3 "Mainsail" Chemical Rockets | ||||
| Maximum Thrust | 9000 kN | ||||
| Specific Impulse | 310 seconds (2410 m/s) | ||||
| Complement | 60 | ||||
| Armament | 16 Self-Defense Interceptors | ||||
| Spacecraft Carried | 7 Repair Berths | ||||
Design and Development
As Atreus Aerospace Command (AASC) doctrine continued to develop and inevitable casualties and loses became obvious to the Admiralty, the AASC understood a requirement for a dedicated logistics platform to ensure if the ships of the AASC remained combat capable even in the event that they were crippled in battle.
With the contract requirements issued out to corporations in 2197, the Odyssey proposal quickly pulled ahead of Northwind and Starline's proposals for its 6 side-mounted refit berths, as well as its smaller repair workshop mounted ventrally amidships. Additionally to its repair capacity, the soon to be Mender-Class had expansive damage control lockers, part warehouses, and fuel bunkers providing even more logistical capability than the other proposals.
The Mender-Class also serves as a command center for logistical operations at the fleet level, with a flag-bridge to accommodate a flag officer to manage even system-wide logistics and includes a suite to fit both smart and dumb Artificial Intelligences.
Alongside her 7 repair and service berths, the Mender includes 9 landing pads for small spacecraft including the MV-T-63 Chariot, F/A-70 Space Supremacy Fighter, and multiple variants of skiff or small courier craft. Each pad provides access to an airlock found under each docking ring which allows cargo and crew to be transported throughout the ship among the two primary walkways that run the length of the ship. The docking clamps also provide the capability for Ship-to-Shore connecters