Normandy Refit

A refitted variant of the Normandy-class implemented for use on all ships of the line.

Class Overview
Name: Normandy-class 2200 Refit

Builder: Utopia Planitia Shipyards, Mars

Operator: Systems Alliance Navy

Preceded By: Normandy-class

Succeeded By: -

In Service: 2200-Present

General Characteristics
Class and Type: Normandy-class Stealth Frigate 2200 Refit

Length: 191 m

Complement: 34 crew

Armament: Propulsion: Other Design Features: Ashore Craft:
 * 1 x Single-Barrel Mjolnir Magnetic-Hydrodynamic Weapon
 * 2 x Mark I Mass Accelerator Cannon
 * 3 x Liquid-Crystal GARDIAN Array
 * 2 x Javelin Disruptor Torpedo Launchers
 * 1 x Tantalus Mass Effect Drive Core
 * 4 x LOCKE Antiproton Propulsion Units
 * Silaris Armor
 * Multicore Shielding
 * Internal Emission Sinks
 * Lithium Droplet System
 * Hull Refrigeration
 * Onboard Military Virtual Intelligence System
 * 1 x M-35T Mako IFV / M-44 Hammerhead HAV
 * 1 x UT-47 Kodiak Shuttle / UT-52 Danube Shuttle
 * 2 x 40-M THOR Heavy Mech

Description
The Systems Alliance Space Vehicle Normandy was a prototype starship created as a joint human and turian venture. A frigate optimized for reconnaissance missions, the vessel uses state-of-the-art stealth technology.

Most ships generate tremendous heat that is easily detectable against the absolute-zero background of space. The Normandy, however, temporarily sinks this heat within the hull. Because of exterior hull refrigeration, the ship can travel undetected for hours, or drift passively for days of covert observation. That heat-sinking carries the risk of cooking the crew alive if the stored heat is not eventually radiated.

Also contributing to stealth is the Normandy's revolutionary Tantalus drive, a mass effect core double the standard size. The Tantalus generates mass concentrations that the Normandy "falls into" allowing it to move without the use of heat-emitting thrusters.

Although the Marathon-class was devised as a replacement for the Normandy, the iconic stealth frigate is maintained by the Alliance Navy. Amid recent developments in technology and design, the Navy drafted plans to refit the current class to boost its capabilities. One of the obvious changes has been an extension of the main fuselage by 15 meters which provides more space to work in as well as small crew quarters. The length was necessary to mount a single-barreled variant of the Mjolnir weapon which is mounted in the forward section.

The single Mk. I spinal mass accelerator was removed and placed along with a second on the sides of the fuselage like the Marathon. The standard GARDIAN lasers were also replaced by newer Liquid-Crystal GARDIAN Blisters which provide much better protection. Silaris Armor is incorporated into the design as well as new Cyclonic Barrier Technology.

The cargo hold can carry either an M-35T Mako IFV or the M-44 Hammerhead HAV as well as have space for either the UT-47 Kodiak or the UL-52 Danube as a shuttle craft.

The Navy has begun refitting its force of Normandy-class frigates as the class is now 15+ years old starting with the Ain Jalut.

Ships of the Line

 * SSV Ain Jalut - SR3
 * SSV Yorktown - SR4
 * SSV Kosovo - SR5
 * SSV Fallujah - SR11