Malag-class destroyer

The Malag-class is a destroyer in the Purist Nation fleet. A multi-purpose warship, Malags carry heavy armor, significant armament, and up to four exo-equipped platoons of Crusaders.

Dimensions

Length: 156 m (511 ft 10 in) Beam: 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in) Height: 26.5 m (86 ft 11 in)

Crew Compliment

• 16 officers
• 65 noncom and enlisted
• 47 Crusaders (4 platoons)

Voidcraft

• 4x Kloos-class armored personnel carriers.

Armament

Artillery

• 4x 130mm cannon (based on Russian AK-130)

Torpedoes

• 2-tube forward (4x blazers, 8x directed)

Missiles

• 2 ship-killer missiles (Based on P-270 Moskit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-270_Moskit)
• 2x 24-tube void-to-void missiles (Based on Russian Gadfly/Buk systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-270_Moskit)

Known Ships

• Qaswarah, seen in SHAKEDOWN during the Battle of Ishlangu.

EXCERPTS

From SHAKEDOWN': Malags had topside and bottomside twin 130-millimeter guns. With good crews, they could fire thirty rounds a minute. Two forward torpedo tubes, although Purist torps weren’t in the same class as the Union’s. Two ship-killer missiles. Two twenty-four-tube missile launchers with a variety of munitions to choose from. For this battle, the worst stat wasn’t the guns, the torps, or the missiles—it was Malag’s exo complement. Four platoons of Crusaders, each with a Kloos-class APC. If the Raiders could take Zulu, they wouldn’t hold it long.

Sigler, Scott. The Crypt: Shakedown: (A Military Sci-Fi Novel) (pp. 400-401). Aethon Books. Kindle Edition.