RCS Hermes

RCS Hermes
Registry nation	Republic of Cinnabar
Build nation	Republic of Cinnabar
Service	Republic of Cinnabar Navy
Vessel type	Light cruiser
Vessel length	300 feet91.44 m <br />
Mass	3000 tons
Gun size	4 inches101.6 mm <br />
Number of guns	2

RCS Hermes was an anti-pirate tender of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy. It was classified as a light cruiser.^4:4

Technical Description

The Hermes massed 3000 tons.^4:11

The Hermes was dumbbell-shaped with six cutters normally docked against the central bar in two groups of three, slightly offset from one another.^4:4

She was about three hundred feet long. A third of the length was in the bullet-shaped bow section, followed by a small-dimension shaft some hundred and fifty feet long which connected the bow to the spherical stern element. The shaft contained only passages, airlocks, and the piping that fed air and reaction mass to the cutters. While attached, the cutters were completely supplied from the tender. The BDC was located in the core of the spherical stern section, completely surrounded by tanks of reaction mass.^4:6

In 5149 CE it carried:

• Cutter 610^4:29
• Cutter 611^4:22
• Cutter 612^4:22
• Cutter 613 ^4:8
• Cutter 614^4:14
• Cutter 615^4:22

The cutters were the primary weapon for fighting pirates; the Hermes's only defensive armament was a single turret with two 4-inch plasma cannon. During take-off and landing, the six cutters were in their davits, clamped firmly to the spine so that they wouldn't swing about during the violence of atmospheric flight.^4:8 In space, they were released to fly and fight independently.

The Hermes had four rings of antennas, three around the bow section and one at the cardinal points of the stern.^4:7

History

• In 5149 CE, the Hermes headed by Commander Aban Slidell was sent to the Gold Dust Squadron based on Nikitin.^4:4
• Hermes was destroyed by Alliance Fleet missiles in the Battle of Bromley in 5149 CE, after Leary had it abandoned and directed on a collision course with AFS Scheer.^4:26

Crew

Character	Begin	End	Post	Note
Timothy Dorst	5149	5149	Midshipman
Daniel Leary			First Lieutenant	4:6
Daniel Leary	5149	5149	First Lieutenant
Adele Mundy	5149	5149	Signals Officer
Aban Slidell	5149	5149	Commanding Officer