GTSR102C Gerrhonotus Ophiurus Tractor Destroyer

Grand Terran Sovereign Republic (GTSR)

Scale: Fleet (very nominally 1:10000th)

Size (Bounding Box): 51.47mm x 14.04mm x 10.58mm

Physical Print: Four starships supplied.

Digital Files:

Supports: Not available at this time, sorry.

Mounting: 3.4mm diameter flight stand hole located at base; flight stand provided.

Scaling Notes: Yellow. Parts potentially affected by scaling: Flight stand hole, wall thickness, thin parts.

Entirely Optional Lore PDF included.

Photo of FDM print. (Prusa I3 Mk3)

For Resin/SLS Printing: Use file 1solidM (plus stand)

For FDM Printing: Use files 1solidleft, 1solidright (plus stand)

The Gerrhonotus Ophiurus Tractor Destroyer represents something a departure of standard practises. Most human powers have not in recent times had heavy tractor beams as part of their armament. That the Ophiurus does suggests that its role is primarily aimed more and peace-keeping and internal security than heavy combat, but nevertheless, it is not to be under-estimated as seen by the effectiveness of the Xyriat Hegemony’s tractor runners.

The nose of the Ophiurus mounts a tractor beam array. This has an effective range of 120 000km, and a stopping power of 4800 units. This is sufficient to comfortably stop a Gerrhonotus Destroyer itself at speeds of up to 0.24c. This is more than sufficient to catch most merchant vessels.

To help retain is catch, the Ophiurus’ twelve point-defence blisters mount light ion cannons, with a combined out of 1760TXq.

The Ophiurus is a clear sign that the GTSR are looking ahead to a future that is consisting at least as much internal security as outward warfare, which indicates the leadership is confident of the GTSR’s long-term survivability.