HAV-190 Archangel

The most advanced Qhevaki warship class currently in service, the HAV-190 Archangel is a long range heavy fighter designed primarily for gaining space superiority over a star system. It is built as a dedicated space combatant, although it's energy weapon arsenal is sufficient to devastate most planetary civilizations in a matter of hours and it carries provisions for external weapons pods enabling it to better perform this duty in the absence of more dedicated craft.

Specifications
Like most mainline combatants, the HAV-190 has an extremely thin four-pronged star pyramid shape to reduce incoming beam weapon incidence, resembling a sharply ridged needle from a distance. Propellant slurry is mostly carried directly underneath the armor, providing tens of meters of additional particle radiation shielding for more crucial core components. The mind emulation crew operates in a compact computer block in the ship's core, with additional layers of shielding to maximize probability of crew survival even in the event of total destruction. Internal payload capacity is relatively low, and mostly used for carrying spare components.

The HAV-190's primary armament is a heavy spinal electron beamer, firing pulses of 15 TeV electrons at a total output of 122 TW - the cannon typically fires in 12.2 TJ bursts at 10 Hz. Four turreted 20 TW heavy electron beamer pods are mounted externally towards the wide ends of the pyramid for engaging groups of lance fighters and cruisers. External provisions allow the Archangel to carry up to 6.4 megatons worth of missile pods, which are normal salvoed at the immediate opening of an engagement.

Version History

 * HAV-190A: Early production variant, introduced in 2005 as replacement for HAV-172 Zeruel, which had been deemed overly vulnerable to lance fighters during it's 23 year service. Had 10% less thrust, and was mostly scrapped or upgraded to HAV-190B specification, though 9 are still in use with Burning Quasar. 144 built.
 * HAV-190B: full production space superiority variants with 2,241 built. Introduced in 2008, B-2 had electronic warfare and self-repair improvements over B-1.
 * HEV-190B: EWAR variant, replaces 2 of the particle accelerators with an expanded phased array and FTLi suite. Introduced in 2013, 315 built.