LEVIATHAN

FREIGHTER
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The Leviathan-class freighter is a work-in-progress, which is why the command module keeps changing, and the ship is flagged with the Union Jack, instead of the blue and yellow Dominion Cross.
 

[LEFT] The ships of the Dominion are meant to have a very utilitarian feel about them, not unlike early Soviet space hardware; what they lack in style, they more than make up for in capability and endurance. [MIDDLE] The business end of the Leviathan is equipped with two massive Impulse Engines, supported by two engine clusters (four chemical engines each), mounted to allow the ship to "back-up" under full power. [RIGHT] Seen here with the Settarclipper Tycho, The Leviathan uses a red, epoxy-based ablative coating over a laminated metallic casing; unlike Tycho, with her mate-white, foamed-ceramic partial shielding. In a head-to-head race, Leviathan would be the clear winner.
 

[LEFT] This particular manipulator arm is fitted with a pole clamp (see below), and is used primarily to guide barges into place for docking. [MIDDLE] The ship's central Hexaframe truss assembly (minus its six external tanks). [RIGHT] Under normal operating conditions, the ship will only consume the contents of four out of its six external fuel tanks; generally the two extra tanks are left in place and used as fuel haulers.
 

[LEFT] The pole clamp (patent pending) is basically a reusable bolt designed to remotely latch massive objects together, namely ships. [MIDDLE] A close-up view of the array of different size pole clamps. The four large clamps affixed to the Hexaframe are Frame-couplers, and are used for barges; the smaller clamps around the standard two-meter cargo dock handle shuttlecraft and landers; while those  mounted on the side extensions are Fleet-couplers, and are used to dock with other Dominion ships. [RIGHT] Two Leviathans hard-docked and acting as a single ship.
 

Decal: Dominion Cross

Decal: Crest of the Dominion