CTF Covina-Epstein

The CTF Covina Epstein was a Colonial class Transport freighter Frigate (Hull Identification CTF-070278-CE1) that was the original prototype the Covina-Epstein Translight Engine was tested with and built into. The ship was launched from the Covina Shipyards that was in orbit around mars, and was used later in the first colonial expanse mission.

History
The CTF Covina-Epstein launched on July 8th, 2078, as a test operation of the new Covina-Epstein Translight Engine, which was a slipspace drive prototype to make interstellar trips quicker with FTL travel. its first years of service was used as a Colonial Transport ship ferrying colonists to the inner and outer colonies. A decade later it was retrofitted as a Cargo Transport Freighter bringing supplies and goods from earth, and inner colonies to the outer colonies and Trilaxium raw ore back to earth and mars to be melted into Trilaxium B metal plating for colonial and naval ships for the UEG. nearing 2098 the Covina-Epstein was scheduled for decommissioning but instead was auctioned off to a private mining corporation as a raw ore and mineral transporter, as well as a civilian transporter for the workers of the Corporate Mining firm known as Dures Mining Corporation. The ship was officially decommissioned in January 5th, 2102.

Specifications
The Covina-Epstein frigate was designed by Covina Enterprises and Epstein Aerospace Corporation and built by both companies, but the Deuterium Fusion drives was built by BAE Systems, which was a mark two thermonuclear fusion reactor, the mark one was used on earlier colonial ships to mars and the moon. after the success of the Covina-Epstein Translight Engine more colonial class frigates was commissioned and built, a few years later the CTF frigates was sent on the first colonization expanse. The ships navigation systems was a mainframe computer system withy plotted course of star charts and travel lanes. the ships length is 478 meters (1,570 ft), height is 152 meters (498 ft 8in), and the ships height is 112.3 meters (368 ft). the overall mass was 930,000 metric tons due to the metal used, the slipspace drive and the two Mark two Deuterium Fusion drives and reactor. the hull was built out of titanium carbide B (because trilaxium hadn't been discovered yet.) which was light but durable for interstellar space travel.

The Temporary captain-ship
Angelic Covina was the acting captain for the CTF Covina-Epstein during its test flight launch of the Covina-Epstein drive, and remained captain until a captain was chosen to command the ship before it transitioned service to the Outer Colonial Administration.