Venice (NVY-204)

History
Name:	Venice
Namesake:	Venice, Italy
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Commissioned:	DD MM 2020
Homeport:	Venice, Italy, Earth, Sol System
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Nickname(s):	Flying V
Status:	In active service (TAAF Navy Battle Group 2)
General Characteristics
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Propulsion:	4x Rostech Heavy Aerospace Model 27 SKK Drives TBD Higgs Drive
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Speed [Sublight]:	0.5c peak velocity (86% time dilation)
Speed [FTL]:	Class 2 (Primary) Class 8 (Backup)
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Complement:	7 Senior Officers, 11 Junior Officers, 179 Enlisted Crew
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Armament:	One dual-tube Boeing Space Systems 80-centimeter missile launch system Two single-tube Boeing Space Systems 40-centimeter missile launch systems TAAF-Standard Manufacture 15-centimeter launch system (2,000 tubes) Four TAAF-Standard Manufacture point-defense gatling cannon arrays (dorsal/ventral/port/starboard)> Two Pandyne Integration 1-megawatt pulse laser systems One Turov-Barker Corporation 64-Megajoule Triangulanum-type railgun <point-defence ion encumbrance system>
Armor:	1m composite plating
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Commissioned in 2020, the Venice is one of the original production run of the interdiction-type Vigiles-class vessels and remains assigned to interdiction and peacekeeping duties in the Sol system. The Venice is based out of Earth orbit but spends most of its time in active service, for ceremonial purposes it is based out of the city of Venice, and the Venice spaceport is used for embarkation and debarkation of personnel when a patrol begins and ends.