Editing United Systems Fleet

'''United Systems Fleet''' (or USF) is an [[Orbiter]] project of series of sci-fi add-ons, together creating a fictional world located in near future. In this world several powerful empires or unions fight each other. All USF add-ons represent space vehicles playing their role in this conflict. In this world it is the year 2169.

This future story takes place in "Nearest Systems" - a star system add-on originally created for USF, although it can be used separately. Today it contains 71 new, mostly fictional objects in ten real star systems located within distance of 30 LY from the Sun. The distances had to be scaled down because of Orbiter limits, so the most distant star system - ''Gamma Leporis'' is actually located 300AU from the Sun. The Solar system itself had to be reduced to Earth and Moon to let more space for our nearest neighbors, such as ''Alpha Centauri'' (40AU from Sun).

== Major forces of the region ==

There are four fictional states competing each other:

:Faster-than-light travel, imported and introduced on Earth in 2071 by traders from ''Tau Ceti'', has become the most important milestone in our history. It opened us the depths of space. As a new space force, we were soon preventively attacked by the ''Deneroth Empire''. This attack forced the earth leaders to join the coalition initiative of neighboring systems. So the United Systems Coalition was founded in 2098.  

:Conservative military empire led by doctrine of constant war. Its numerous army is permanently nourished by star systems occupied by the empire. The ''Deneroth'' industry is on lower level, than the USC industry, so the empire tries to capture every possible enemy ship to update it's technological level. As a result, the Deneroth starships distantly remind some of the older Earth constructions. In early 22. century, The Deneroth dramatically expanded in search for new resources. In 2102, the ''Neutral System of Mulciber'' was attacked, which caused very dramatic diplomatic conflict with the Coalition.

:A coalition of star systems recently united into military pact. The reason is obviously ability to succesfuly attack the Coalition for prey. However, The Great Confraternity is very unstable pact involved in many internal conflicts.

: A lone civic star system in neutral status with all of the neighbours. It's small law enforcement forces are no threat, so this system exists mostly in peace. In 2102 ''Mulciber'' was attacked and shortly occupied by The Deneroth Empire. After a short time, the Deneroth forces were forced back after complicated diplomatic dialogues with the United Systems Coalition.

== Travelling ==

All the modern interstellar ships use '''gliesium-hydrogene engines''' to reach FTL speeds. Although every system has different approach to construction of the FTL engines, the basic principles are still the same. The fuel - gliesium - is logically a very strategic material.

(for FTL travel you need to install one of the warp add-ons recommended in read-me files of all USF ships)

For sub-light maneuvering, the ships are equipped with '''impulse engines'''.

(impulse engines are controlled with default orbiter maneuvering controls)

A typical 100 meters long ship consists of crew compartment and engine section, eventually hangar for smaller spacecrafts or weapons-control compartments. Bigger ships like Hawking class science ships or ''Praeon'' class battleships are much more complicated machines, so they require hundreds or even thousands of crew members. Ships of this size are usually unable to enter atmosphere of a planet. However, smaller spacecrafts - transport ships, shuttles, fighters or emergency lifeboats are designed for repeated re-entry and free atmospheric flight.

On ''Egga'', a different type of weapon was developed. It's called AWT (anti-warship torpedo). Today only ''Eggan'' attack fighters are equipped with torpedo launchers. Explosive power of one torpedo is equal to 1000kg of TNT. One ''Varan''-type attack fighter can carry 10 of them.

 

==Ship classes==

:''Hawking class research ship''

:''Cosfa USF-340 series fighter''

:''Quargin USF-409 series fighter''

:''Koraami II class medium freighter''

:''Sylfaen UST-12 series shuttle''