| RCS Princess Cecile | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Registry nation | Republic of Cinnabar |
| Build nation | Kostroma |
| Year built | 5128 |
| Service | Republic of Cinnabar Navy |
| Vessel type | Corvette |
| Vessel length | 230 feet70.104 m <br /> |
| Vessel width | 55 feet16.764 m <br /> |
| Mass | 13001,300 tons <br /> |
| Gun size | 4 inches101.6 mm <br /> |
| Number of guns | 4 |
| Number of missiles | 20 |
| Missile tubes | 2 |
| Complement | 120 |
RCS Princess Cecile was a Kostroman-built corvette of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Lieutenant Daniel Leary's first command.
She was most likely named after Princess Cecile Alpen-Morshach of Topaz, who was in charge of the secondary colonization expedition to Kostroma.1:2
The vessel was informally referred to as the Sissie, and her crew as the Sissies.
Technical Details[]
She was two hundred and thirty feet long and fifty-five feet wide, armed with two twin four-inch plasma cannon turrets, offset toward the starboard bow and sternwards to port.2:1
She was shaped like a long cigar, with two outriggers extended to give stability on water; after lift-off they would be drawn up against the hull to avoid interfering with the antennas and sails. Empty, it massed 1200 tons.3:8
Fully loaded, she massed 1300, and could accelerate at a little better than 2g at full thrust.
The Sissie had paired 4-inch plasma cannon in turrets on the dorsal bow and ventral stern, giving her four guns in total.6:3 She had five decks parallel to the axis; the bridge was on A—the topmost—Level in the bow, and the Battle Direction Center with its parallel controls and personnel was at the stern end.9:3
Propulsion[]
The Princess Cecile had three types of propulsion, much as most other starships:
- 8 widely-spaced plasma nozzles, generally used in the atmosphere
- High Drive, for use in vacuum, delivering its thrust from a multithroated central port;2:9 with a total of 16 nozzles in the rosette2:33
- Sails for navigating through the 4-dimensional Matrix, suspended from telescoping antennas arranged in 6 rings.4:7
History[]
- 5128 CE: the Archduke Wilhelm was laid down in the Isocha Yards at the same time as the Princess Cecile was laid in Kostroma City. This happened about twenty-four years before 5152 CE.9:4
- 5147 CE: An RCN crew led by Lieutenant Daniel Leary seized the Sissie after an Alliance-led coup d'état on Kostroma. The corvette fought in the Battle of Kostroma.1:3
- 5147 CE: the captured Sissie was surveyed as a prize for 1,475,000 florins, and acquired into RCN service, as the RCS Princess Cecile.3:34
- 5147 CE: the Sissie, commanded by Leary, fought in the Battle of Strymon.
- 5148 CE: With the cessation of active warfare with the Alliance, the Sissie was sold as surplus. Countess and Count Klimov purchased it for 300,000 florins, and engaged Daniel Leary to hire a crew and command the vessel to the Galactic North.3:24
- 5149 CE: Leary acquired the Sissie from Count Klimov in exchange for locating the Earth Diamond.3:24
- 5149 CE: The Sissie and RCS Aristoxenos fought a battle against AFS Bluecher over Radiance.3:32
- 5149 CE: at the resumption of hostilities with the Alliance, the RCN bought the Sissie back from Daniel Leary for 1,475,000 florins.3:34
- 5149 CE: RCN decided that the Sissie is uneconomical to repair, and ultimately sold her as scrap to Bergen and Associates.4:4
- 5149 CE: RCN chartered the Princess Cecile to take Captain Leary to Ganpat's Reach.5:1 The Sissie fought in the Battle of Dunbar's World.5:21
- 5149 CE: The Princess Cecile, under contract by RCN, was sent to the Bagarian Cluster under Leary's command.6:2 The expedition is then followed by the corvette taking part in the Battle of the Jewel System.6:26
- 5152 CE: The Princess Cecile was chartered by RCN to deliver the new Cinnabar Commissioner to Zenobia.8:3 The Sissie fought in the Battle of Zenobia.
Crew
| Character | Begin | End | Post | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betts | 5147 | 5149 | Chief Missileer | 1:8 |
| Borries | 5149 | 5150 | Chief Missileer | |
| Seth Chazanoff | 5152 | 5152 | Chief Missileer | 8:4 |
| Timothy Dorst | 5147 | 5148 | Midshipman | Starting in RCN,2:10 but continuing through private charter.3:5 |
| Daniel Leary | 5147 | Commanding Officer | 1:4 | |
| Adele Mundy | 5151 | Signals Officer | ||
| Adele Mundy | 5147 | 5147 | Signals Officer | About 5147 CE |
| Elspeth Vesey | 5149 | 5149 | Commanding Officer | Captain of private ship Princess Cecile traveling to Ganpat's Reach on RCN charter5:1 |
| Elspeth Vesey | 5152 | 5152 | Commanding Officer | Acting Captain, Princess Cecile (a.k.a. House of Hrynko) |
| Elspeth Vesey | 5149 | 5149 | First Lieutenant | 6:3 |
| Elspeth Vesey | 5152 | 5152 | First Lieutenant | traveling to Zenobia on RCN charter |
| Elspeth Vesey | 5147 | 5148 | Midshipman |
Fanart[]
Marcelo Glenadel (mglenadel on Flickr)[]
- WIP: Outriggers extending the entire length of the ship
- WIP: with a crewman on the main hatch, for scale.
- WIP: The Sissie, at night, right after making planetfall
JustinFloyd (Flickr)[]
a 3D set (Bryce models) by xriz[]
Note: David Drake liked this, but commented that the outriggers should be the full length of the vessel.[1]
Jeff Waggoner's Model[]
Jeff has been working on building a model of the Princess Cecile, and posting his progress on his blog.
References[]
- ↑ David Drake, 2011-10-21, "The Princess Cecile of David Drakes 'RCN' series", Baen's Bar, retrieved 2012-09-02.