Apollo APL-4M

The Apollo APL-4M is a 55-ton missile boat that fights at long range, a 3083 rebuild of the 3054 original, cruising at 43 km/h and topping out near 65. In place of the twin LRM 15 racks paired with Artemis IV fire-control, it carries a pair of Extended LRM 15 launchers in the left and right torsos, and the paired small pulse lasers in the center torso give way to a single ER Medium Laser in the head. Composite internal structure and ferro-fibrous armor replace the standard structure and armor of the APL-1M, and CASE II now lines both the left and right torsos. The engine also switches from a standard 220 fusion plant to a 220 XL fusion engine. It keeps the rugged, field-serviceable frame of the earlier model but is noted as maintenance-intensive. Earthwerks-FWL, Inc. builds it at Keystone.