ZT-1

The Zipper type 1 (aka Zipper or Augid Frigate) was the premier interstellar vessel of AIMC. The vessel was cheap, low tech, and highly modular, allowing for mass production.

ZT-1c
The augid did not anticipate the need for a combat capable vessel to come as soon as it did. As such, AIMC was forced to explore multiple solutions to space combat very quickly to avoid hostile elements from capturing and revers-engineering the Zipper's drives. One of these solutions was to refit some ZT-1s as torpedo boats by filling 8 of the hangers with guided megaton nuclear torpedoes (GuMNuTs).

The new weapon system's operation was simple. A mechanical rack would load the torpedo sideways onto a ramp. When released by 2 mechanical arms it would roll down the ramp and out of the hanger into space, at which point it would activate it's drive. Each hanger could hold 2 racks, each holding 25 torpedoes, for a total of 400 torpedoes per vessel. It takes 6 seconds for each torpedo to exit the hanger with the second rack in each hanger offset by 3 seconds giving a total 160 rounds per minuet.

The ZT-1c found considerable success in that it was almost indestinguishable from a regular ZT-1.