GAV(P)-5 Nereid

(WiP)

GAV(P)-5 Nereid
Type:	Gravimetric patrol vehicle
Introduced:	1659 AN
Used by:	Raspur Pact  Shireroth
Status:	In Service (1666 AN)
Number built:	593 (1666 AN)
Designed:	1651 AN
Manufacturer:	Ryker Airships (Shireroth)
Displacement:	27,137 kg
Length:	23 m
Beam:	TBA
Draught:	TBA
Speed:	716 km/h (never exceed speed: 813 km/h)
Endurance	2,462 km (3 hr flight time within 48 hr lifespan of Battery Bank)
Complement:	6 (1x pilot, 1x navigator / weapons officer, 1x flight engineer, 1x air electronics operator, 2x air systems operators)
Armament:	Gun: 1x pivot mounted 35 mm rotary autocannon turret and assembly Hardpoints: 4x S-2A Missiles (Anti-Air), or; 4x S-2N/S-2S Missiles (Anti-Ship / Anti-Ground), or; 2x GTC ESM-28 sensor probes.
Instruments:	GTC ES-2, ES-10, ES-12, ES-27 "Froyalan"
Defence:	ES-22: Electro-Optical Projectile Disruption system ES-29 IFED
Propulsion:	1x gravimetric drive with 2x Deep-cycle Battery Bank, & 2x chemical ion vectral jet drives paired with 6x reaction control valves
Cost:	Classified

Developed from Project-1651, the design of a gravimetric pinnace intended to serve as a long range tender for Shireroth's fleet of gravrigs such as the Medusa and the Imperial Yacht. The Nereid serves as a dedicated long-range patrol counter part to the gravimetric utility vehicle known as the Jackalope.

Design features

• Gravimetric drive to provide lift
• paired chemical ion vectral jet drives on gimbals to provide thrust and controlled descent systems redundancy
• cockpit seating for pilot and navigator / weapons system operator
• paired external hard-points for anti-air missiles, anti-ship missiles, air to ground missiles, or deployable autonomous sensors
• aft-cabin station seating four, three mid-cabin stations plus one VERITAS terminal seating one each, configured for real-time sensor monitoring and advanced weapons control, with cabin stations reconfigurable according to mission requirements
• crew rest cabin, and cargo racks in rear compartment