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An exclusively in-system craft, numerous Tsiolkovsky class interceptors are assigned to most locations the Andolian Protectorate cares to see defended. Frequently seen deployed alongside system patrol craft, it is even more frequently seen among the response-launched craft of Andolian Protectorate stations. The Tsiolkovsky has been designed with a singular purpose in mind - engage bombers and other assault craft before they can overwhelm fixed defenses. To that end, it is entirely ordinance limited, having no provisions for sustained combat engagements. Its primary armament is a scaled down version of the rounds used in the Kierkegaard, a dumbfired projectile that cannot be fooled by enemy countermeasures, but correspondingly must be launched from much shorter ranges if it is to have any chance of hitting its target. Secondary armaments include decoy buoys intended to distract incoming enemy ordinance from the targets the Tsiolkovskys are protecting, and a small number of seeking missiles to disrupt any strike craft escorting the assault vessels.
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