Acceleration: Jane's Guide to U.S. and Commonwealth Starships
This post is to show off various Tau'ri ships that I have designed Acceleration, as well as information on the organization of the U.S. military and its allies. There are a rather large number of images below the cut and a considerable amount of various technical geekery.
For those wondering, the next actual fic currently stands at around 33k words and is just about finished.
United States Armed Forces Organization (2011)
For the most part, the United States military retains the same character and mission as it had, both publicly and in secret, prior to 2011. The largest change is a redefinition of how the different branches will operate with regard to space, and the creation of a new branch, the Exploratory Corp. There was considerable turmoil and struggling between the branches as US Transitional SPACECOMM developed a plan for reorganization, but things have since settled down. While not everyone is happy, for the most part everyone is equally unhappy about something. The final fate of Department of Homeworld Security is as yet undecided - most of its functions could be split up between existing cabinet-level departments, such as the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, but its usefulness in coordinating policy may see it remain as an independent advisory agency.
United States Army
For the most part, the role of the Army - as well as the National Guard - remains unchanged. They are there to take and hold territory, defend against invaders, and perform counter-insurgency and peacekeeping missions. Considerable thought is being given to the implications of movement by transporter and suborbital craft, as well as methods of resisting orbital bombardment. Anti-spacecraft artillery is one possible option.
United States Navy
The Navy was the big winner of reorganization. They came out with control over the vast majority of the capital ships. The Navy will be completely abandoning its existing wet-navy ships over a period of at least ten years as it transitions to a pure space force.
United States Marine Corps
As with the Army, the Marines remain with the same mission as ever. A wide variety of new technology is being developed to allow for assaults from orbit if transporter technology is unreliable.
United States Aerospace Force
The Air Force lost out on its bid to retain absolute control over space. It only has a small number of relatively small capital ships under development, although this does include a full-scale cruiser project. However, the Aerospace Force will continue to control ground-based combat aerospace craft and perform air-superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and transport missions. In particular, its logistics and strategic airlift functions will remain unchanged, simply moved to a galactic scale. A large number of small interstellar craft are being developed that are meant to support these missions, including an interstellar bomber. In addition, the Aerospace Force will control fixed orbital defenses.
United States Coast Guard
The Coast Guard will be growing to absorb a number of the Navy's old ships, in particular the destroyers and submarines. It had already begun performing some global missions, but this will expand even more to include anti-piracy and disaster relief across the globe, and possibly even on other planets. It has also been tapped with the task of determining if the submarine force could become a viable mobile anti-orbit force, capable of striking and hiding with ease.
United States Exploratory Corps
The Exploratory Corps (also known as Galactic Exploration Command) is the newest branch of the uniformed services. It is unique in having a large number of civilian members, and in many ways operates more as a paramilitary force. Its mission is to explore and map out the galaxy and beyond, both through the stargate and by ship. Its activities will largely be like those currently going on at the SGC, although most off-world exploration will now be based out of the Alpha Site for security reasons. GEC will take over operation of the SGC, Alpha and Beta Sites, and the military side of Atlantis. It's initial membership largely consists of those already in the Stargate Program, and it will continue to accept transfers in from the other services. As mentioned, it will have a heavy civilian presence, even on the front-line exploration teams and ships, in positions similar to warrant officers. In times of war, GEC will function as an auxiliary force much like the Coast Guard traditionally has.
The Atlantis Expedition falls under the command of the Exploratory Corps, although responsibility is shared with the IOA.
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United States and Commonwealth Warships
The U.S. Navy's 400-series of ships were designed to operate as a mutually complementary fleet. For the most part, they are all currently 'jack of all trades' rather than specialized designs, similar to the Arleigh Burke destroyers. This is because there is simply no data by which the need of specialist designs can be judged - no known alien military has had a real combined-arms naval force, instead focusing on motherships and a small number of bombers and fighters. As such, it is expected to be a learning experience. All of the major combatant designs are highly modular, and upgrades and even the creation of new sibling classes is expected to be a matter of reconfiguring internal spaces. As a note, the 400-series was developed in conjunction with several American allies, most notably the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The primary weapons on these ships are heavy Asgard beam weapons for anti-capital use and smaller pulse weapons for use against al'kesh, Wraith cruisers, and similar vessels as well as bombardment. They also have substantial missile armaments, which are primarily composed of VLS cells capable of handling multiple types of missiles, including naquadah-enhanced nukes and packs of anti-fighter or ground-attack missiles. These are supplemented by railgun 'torpedo' launchers for long-range fire. The ships do carry reloads for the VLS cells. They have heavy railguns intended for surface attacks. Finally, the ships have substantial point-defense systems that include both rapid-fire pulse weapons and small railguns. As an additional note, these ships are equipped with Asgard transporters.
These ships carry a number of auxiliary craft developed in a similar project to the Joint Strike Fighter, lead by the USAF's Area 51 design team and Colonel Carter. These include the F/A-312 multirole fighter, A-310 attack craft, E-302 scout, and the AC-330 light dropship / E-330 AWACs craft, plus several UAVs.
As a note, the two surviving BC-304s, Daedalus and Apollo, have been transfered to the Exploratory Corps and are being upgraded for increased scientific capacity. Odyssey, while still technically operational, is judged too valuable to use in the field due the Asgard data core.
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USS Alan Shepard (DD-400) - Destroyer
The philosophical heir to the Arleigh Burke, the Alan Shepard class is expected to be the workhorse of the fleet. They have sturdy shields, powerful weapons, high speed, and enough carrying capacity to perform rescue operations, disaster relief, and numerous other duties. These destroyers follow the traditional naming scheme of Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard heroes, and for this class specifically early USN astronauts. Canada and the UK operate the second and third ships off the assembly line. HMS Valiant is being built in a Scottish shipyard.
Current Planned Ships: Alan Shepard, Walter Schirra, Charles Conrad, John Glenn, James Lovell, John Young, Neil Armstrong, HMS Valiant, HMCS William Bishop
Length: 370 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Height: 95 meters
Mass: 1,200k tons
Energy Armament: 1x Asgard plasma beam, 4x 20 cm Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 100x capital missile cells, 6x missile launchers, 2x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 10x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 10x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 2x AC-330 dropships, 2x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 6x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Indianapolis (CA-400) - Heavy Cruiser
A bigger, badder version of the destroyers, cruisers are larger than the original BC-304 designs and carry heavier weapons. They have proportionally larger hangar bays than destroyers in order to carry more dropships and scouts, although their total hangar space is comparable to a 304. They also have superior fabrication facilities that allow them to remain on-station for longer periods of time. At the moment, this is the largest line combatant under construction. There are some theoretical plans for a battleship, but as the CA-400 is capable of combating anything up to and including Ori motherships and Wraith hives, it is unlikely it will be built anytime soon.
Current Planned Ships: Indianapolis, Seattle
Length: 750 meters
Beam: 300 meters
Heigth: 110 meters
Mass: 5,000 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Asgard plasma beams (3 fixed, 1 turret), 14x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament:
200x capital missile cells, 15x missile launchers, 4x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 6x AC-330 dropships, 4x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 10x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Lexington (CVA-400) - Attack Carrier
While two heavy carriers are currently on the drawing board, their usefulness in naval combat is heavily questioned. Fighters and bombers only pose a small threat to capital ships, especially ones with properly designed point defenses. Therefore, the Lexington class carriers were designed in such a way that they can also function as support ships for ground invasions. They are capable of carrying over a hundred and twenty parasite craft, and have fully functional landing strips even while themselves landed on a planetary surface. They have forty quick-launch bays, each holding two ready fighters, plus very large internal hangars. They have some energy weapons and missiles for self-defense.
Current Planned Ships: USS Lexington, USS Yorktown
Length: 750 meters
Beam: 410 meters
Heigth: 65 meters
Mass: 5,500 k tons
Energy Armament: 2x Asgard plasma beams, 8x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 20x capital missile cells
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 20x AC-330 dropships, 100x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Leyte Gulf (CVE-400) - Escort Carrier
Smaller, cheaper carriers that are intended for fleet screening, escorts, and support of ground operations. Depending on the success or failure of carriers in general, the escort carriers are seen as a more economical alternative to larger attack carriers.
Current Planned Ships: Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait
Length: 550 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Heigth: 60 meters
Mass: 2,300 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 4x missile launchers
Point Defenses: 20x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 8x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 12x AC-330 dropships, 50x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Guadalcanal (LHD-400) - Assault Transport
These ships, based on the same hulls as the Leyte Gulf escort carriers, are intended to carry marines and army units for planetary assaults. They carry a large number of dropships and smaller assault craft. They have a relatively heavy railgun armament for bombardment purposes. No larger assualt transports are likely to be constructed, as planners are wary of putting too many troops in a single transport.
Currently Planned Ships: Guadalcanal, Savo Island, Cape Esperance
Length: 550 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Heigth: 60 meters
Mass: 2,300 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 4x missile launchers, 50x capital missile cells, 20x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 20x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 8x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 20x AC-330 dropships, 20x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs, 100x gunships / light assault craft
Side View
Top View
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USS Phoenix (BC-308) - 'Bomber-Transport' (Cruiser)
A direct descendant of the BC-304s, with a heavier armament. The BC-308 is one of the USAF's remaining starship projects, along with a carrier design and several smaller interstellar gunships and bombers (including the B-320 'Star Fortress'). While similar to the Indianapolis, Phoenix has a substantially different mission profile. It is designed for quick, overwhelming strikes against targets rather than stand-up fleet actions, although it can take part it those. It carries the same number of missile VLS cells, but fewer reloads and it has no railgun-style missile launchers. It also carries up to forty fighters in quick-launch bays along the flanks of its flight nacelles. Typically these will be fighters, but the A-310 close-support attack plane will also fit. Finally, it has five large cargo/bomb bays, suitable for carrying heavy weapons such as HORIZON or additional dropships.
Current Planned Ships: Phoenix, Thunderbird, Gryphon
Length: 640 meters
Beam: 380 meters
Heigth: 110 meters
Mass: 5,550 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Asgard plasma beams, 10x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 200x capital missile cells, 4x 350mm railguns, 5x bomb bays
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 8x AC-330 dropships, 40x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 12x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Bottom View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
Phoenix launching a squadron of F/A-312s
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USS Daedalus (BC-304 / 305) - Explorer
With newer, more combat-capable ships under construction, plans have been made to create an upgraded version of the BC-304. These ships will have expanded science facilities to make them able explorers, although they will retain considerable armaments. The largest change to the ships will be to the hangars, which will be expanded significantly by removing the auxliary engines that currently line the ends of the flight pods in favor of upgraded primary drives. This will allow for more small craft to be held. The BC-305
Operational Ships: Daedalus, Apollo
Current Planned Ships: Pendegrast, Emmerson
Length: 600 meters
Beam: 300 meters
Heigth: 90 meters
Mass: 3,000 k tons
Energy Armament: 2x Asgard plasma beams, 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 100x capital missile cells, 2x bomb bays
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 4x AC-330 dropships, 20x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 10x scout UAVs
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F-312 "Mongoose" Multirole Fighter
The next generation of space fighter and a direct descendant of the F-302. Because of concerns over the usefulness of fighter craft in space warfare, the decision was made to make the it a multi-role fighter capable of acting in both aerospace superiority and ground strike rolls. It has two powerful ion engines and an antigravity system for propulsion and is powered by a set of micro-naquadah reactors. The main weapon is a pair of plasma pulse cannon and it can carry a wide variety of ordinance in internal and external racks. It can function as a single-man craft, but does have a second seat for a navigator.
Weapons: 2x Rapid-Fire pulse cannon, internal and under-wing ordinance racks
F-312s entering atmo
F-312s on joint maneuvers in deep space with USS Phoenix and AS-2 Enterprise
A-310 "Warhammer" Close Air Support Attack Craft
While the viability of fighters in space combat may be questionable, the need for close air support is unlikely to ever go away. For that reason, one of the first designs produced for the new generation of fighters was the A-310. It was based heavily on the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" attack aircraft. It has a heavy armament and heavy shields that allow it to make close passes over even well-defended targets. It is designed to carry most of its missiles internally, as the exterior racks can interfere with shield function. Like the F/A-312, it can be equipped with a hyperdrive. The ship makes a viable fighter against most known threat forces - its guns are the same as the 312's and while not as maneuverable, its shields make up for it and it can carry anti-aircraft missiles. The railgun can shred darts or gliders with incredible ease.
Weapons: 2x Rapid-fire pulse cannon, 1x Quad 50mm railgun, 2x missile launchers, internal and under-wing ordinance racks
CH-500 'Kodiak' Transport Hopper and AH-550 'Grizzly' Attack Hopper
The modern equivalent of helicopers. They are capable of going to and from orbit with ease, but do not have the legs for long-distance travel. These are the most basic models, and it is expected that a wide variety of specialized craft will be developed.
CH-500: 2x light pulse cannon, 16-passenger capacity
AH-550: 2x light pulse cannon, 2x mini-railguns, various under-wing munitions
CH-500 and AH-550
Valkyries
AC-330 Dropship and C-330 Transport
A hyperdrive-equipped transport ship, roughly equivalent to a Goa'uld cargo ship or a C-2 Greyhound (a carrier-based cargo plane). They are meant for moving personnel and supplies to and from a ship when use of the transporter is not possible. The dropship version has heavier shields, twin pulse cannon, and several light anti-personnel weapons. An AWACs version is also being designed.
C-330: 25 passenger capacity, 2x pulse cannon
AC-330: 20 passenger capacity, 2x pulse cannon, 4x anti-personnel railguns
EC-330: 6 AWACs crew, 2x pulse cannon, enhanced sensors suite
For those wondering, the next actual fic currently stands at around 33k words and is just about finished.
United States Armed Forces Organization (2011)
For the most part, the United States military retains the same character and mission as it had, both publicly and in secret, prior to 2011. The largest change is a redefinition of how the different branches will operate with regard to space, and the creation of a new branch, the Exploratory Corp. There was considerable turmoil and struggling between the branches as US Transitional SPACECOMM developed a plan for reorganization, but things have since settled down. While not everyone is happy, for the most part everyone is equally unhappy about something. The final fate of Department of Homeworld Security is as yet undecided - most of its functions could be split up between existing cabinet-level departments, such as the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, but its usefulness in coordinating policy may see it remain as an independent advisory agency.
United States Army
For the most part, the role of the Army - as well as the National Guard - remains unchanged. They are there to take and hold territory, defend against invaders, and perform counter-insurgency and peacekeeping missions. Considerable thought is being given to the implications of movement by transporter and suborbital craft, as well as methods of resisting orbital bombardment. Anti-spacecraft artillery is one possible option.
United States Navy
The Navy was the big winner of reorganization. They came out with control over the vast majority of the capital ships. The Navy will be completely abandoning its existing wet-navy ships over a period of at least ten years as it transitions to a pure space force.
United States Marine Corps
As with the Army, the Marines remain with the same mission as ever. A wide variety of new technology is being developed to allow for assaults from orbit if transporter technology is unreliable.
United States Aerospace Force
The Air Force lost out on its bid to retain absolute control over space. It only has a small number of relatively small capital ships under development, although this does include a full-scale cruiser project. However, the Aerospace Force will continue to control ground-based combat aerospace craft and perform air-superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and transport missions. In particular, its logistics and strategic airlift functions will remain unchanged, simply moved to a galactic scale. A large number of small interstellar craft are being developed that are meant to support these missions, including an interstellar bomber. In addition, the Aerospace Force will control fixed orbital defenses.
United States Coast Guard
The Coast Guard will be growing to absorb a number of the Navy's old ships, in particular the destroyers and submarines. It had already begun performing some global missions, but this will expand even more to include anti-piracy and disaster relief across the globe, and possibly even on other planets. It has also been tapped with the task of determining if the submarine force could become a viable mobile anti-orbit force, capable of striking and hiding with ease.
United States Exploratory Corps
The Exploratory Corps (also known as Galactic Exploration Command) is the newest branch of the uniformed services. It is unique in having a large number of civilian members, and in many ways operates more as a paramilitary force. Its mission is to explore and map out the galaxy and beyond, both through the stargate and by ship. Its activities will largely be like those currently going on at the SGC, although most off-world exploration will now be based out of the Alpha Site for security reasons. GEC will take over operation of the SGC, Alpha and Beta Sites, and the military side of Atlantis. It's initial membership largely consists of those already in the Stargate Program, and it will continue to accept transfers in from the other services. As mentioned, it will have a heavy civilian presence, even on the front-line exploration teams and ships, in positions similar to warrant officers. In times of war, GEC will function as an auxiliary force much like the Coast Guard traditionally has.
The Atlantis Expedition falls under the command of the Exploratory Corps, although responsibility is shared with the IOA.
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United States and Commonwealth Warships
The U.S. Navy's 400-series of ships were designed to operate as a mutually complementary fleet. For the most part, they are all currently 'jack of all trades' rather than specialized designs, similar to the Arleigh Burke destroyers. This is because there is simply no data by which the need of specialist designs can be judged - no known alien military has had a real combined-arms naval force, instead focusing on motherships and a small number of bombers and fighters. As such, it is expected to be a learning experience. All of the major combatant designs are highly modular, and upgrades and even the creation of new sibling classes is expected to be a matter of reconfiguring internal spaces. As a note, the 400-series was developed in conjunction with several American allies, most notably the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The primary weapons on these ships are heavy Asgard beam weapons for anti-capital use and smaller pulse weapons for use against al'kesh, Wraith cruisers, and similar vessels as well as bombardment. They also have substantial missile armaments, which are primarily composed of VLS cells capable of handling multiple types of missiles, including naquadah-enhanced nukes and packs of anti-fighter or ground-attack missiles. These are supplemented by railgun 'torpedo' launchers for long-range fire. The ships do carry reloads for the VLS cells. They have heavy railguns intended for surface attacks. Finally, the ships have substantial point-defense systems that include both rapid-fire pulse weapons and small railguns. As an additional note, these ships are equipped with Asgard transporters.
These ships carry a number of auxiliary craft developed in a similar project to the Joint Strike Fighter, lead by the USAF's Area 51 design team and Colonel Carter. These include the F/A-312 multirole fighter, A-310 attack craft, E-302 scout, and the AC-330 light dropship / E-330 AWACs craft, plus several UAVs.
As a note, the two surviving BC-304s, Daedalus and Apollo, have been transfered to the Exploratory Corps and are being upgraded for increased scientific capacity. Odyssey, while still technically operational, is judged too valuable to use in the field due the Asgard data core.
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USS Alan Shepard (DD-400) - Destroyer
The philosophical heir to the Arleigh Burke, the Alan Shepard class is expected to be the workhorse of the fleet. They have sturdy shields, powerful weapons, high speed, and enough carrying capacity to perform rescue operations, disaster relief, and numerous other duties. These destroyers follow the traditional naming scheme of Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard heroes, and for this class specifically early USN astronauts. Canada and the UK operate the second and third ships off the assembly line. HMS Valiant is being built in a Scottish shipyard.
Current Planned Ships: Alan Shepard, Walter Schirra, Charles Conrad, John Glenn, James Lovell, John Young, Neil Armstrong, HMS Valiant, HMCS William Bishop
Length: 370 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Height: 95 meters
Mass: 1,200k tons
Energy Armament: 1x Asgard plasma beam, 4x 20 cm Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 100x capital missile cells, 6x missile launchers, 2x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 10x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 10x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 2x AC-330 dropships, 2x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 6x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Indianapolis (CA-400) - Heavy Cruiser
A bigger, badder version of the destroyers, cruisers are larger than the original BC-304 designs and carry heavier weapons. They have proportionally larger hangar bays than destroyers in order to carry more dropships and scouts, although their total hangar space is comparable to a 304. They also have superior fabrication facilities that allow them to remain on-station for longer periods of time. At the moment, this is the largest line combatant under construction. There are some theoretical plans for a battleship, but as the CA-400 is capable of combating anything up to and including Ori motherships and Wraith hives, it is unlikely it will be built anytime soon.
Current Planned Ships: Indianapolis, Seattle
Length: 750 meters
Beam: 300 meters
Heigth: 110 meters
Mass: 5,000 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Asgard plasma beams (3 fixed, 1 turret), 14x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament:
200x capital missile cells, 15x missile launchers, 4x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 6x AC-330 dropships, 4x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 10x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Lexington (CVA-400) - Attack Carrier
While two heavy carriers are currently on the drawing board, their usefulness in naval combat is heavily questioned. Fighters and bombers only pose a small threat to capital ships, especially ones with properly designed point defenses. Therefore, the Lexington class carriers were designed in such a way that they can also function as support ships for ground invasions. They are capable of carrying over a hundred and twenty parasite craft, and have fully functional landing strips even while themselves landed on a planetary surface. They have forty quick-launch bays, each holding two ready fighters, plus very large internal hangars. They have some energy weapons and missiles for self-defense.
Current Planned Ships: USS Lexington, USS Yorktown
Length: 750 meters
Beam: 410 meters
Heigth: 65 meters
Mass: 5,500 k tons
Energy Armament: 2x Asgard plasma beams, 8x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 20x capital missile cells
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 20x AC-330 dropships, 100x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Leyte Gulf (CVE-400) - Escort Carrier
Smaller, cheaper carriers that are intended for fleet screening, escorts, and support of ground operations. Depending on the success or failure of carriers in general, the escort carriers are seen as a more economical alternative to larger attack carriers.
Current Planned Ships: Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait
Length: 550 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Heigth: 60 meters
Mass: 2,300 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 4x missile launchers
Point Defenses: 20x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 8x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 12x AC-330 dropships, 50x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
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USS Guadalcanal (LHD-400) - Assault Transport
These ships, based on the same hulls as the Leyte Gulf escort carriers, are intended to carry marines and army units for planetary assaults. They carry a large number of dropships and smaller assault craft. They have a relatively heavy railgun armament for bombardment purposes. No larger assualt transports are likely to be constructed, as planners are wary of putting too many troops in a single transport.
Currently Planned Ships: Guadalcanal, Savo Island, Cape Esperance
Length: 550 meters
Beam: 220 meters
Heigth: 60 meters
Mass: 2,300 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 4x missile launchers, 50x capital missile cells, 20x 350mm railguns
Point Defenses: 20x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 8x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 20x AC-330 dropships, 20x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 20x scout UAVs, 100x gunships / light assault craft
Side View
Top View
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USS Phoenix (BC-308) - 'Bomber-Transport' (Cruiser)
A direct descendant of the BC-304s, with a heavier armament. The BC-308 is one of the USAF's remaining starship projects, along with a carrier design and several smaller interstellar gunships and bombers (including the B-320 'Star Fortress'). While similar to the Indianapolis, Phoenix has a substantially different mission profile. It is designed for quick, overwhelming strikes against targets rather than stand-up fleet actions, although it can take part it those. It carries the same number of missile VLS cells, but fewer reloads and it has no railgun-style missile launchers. It also carries up to forty fighters in quick-launch bays along the flanks of its flight nacelles. Typically these will be fighters, but the A-310 close-support attack plane will also fit. Finally, it has five large cargo/bomb bays, suitable for carrying heavy weapons such as HORIZON or additional dropships.
Current Planned Ships: Phoenix, Thunderbird, Gryphon
Length: 640 meters
Beam: 380 meters
Heigth: 110 meters
Mass: 5,550 k tons
Energy Armament: 4x Asgard plasma beams, 10x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 200x capital missile cells, 4x 350mm railguns, 5x bomb bays
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 8x AC-330 dropships, 40x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 12x scout UAVs
Side View
Top View
Bottom View
Foreward View
Aft View
Beauty Shots
Phoenix launching a squadron of F/A-312s
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USS Daedalus (BC-304 / 305) - Explorer
With newer, more combat-capable ships under construction, plans have been made to create an upgraded version of the BC-304. These ships will have expanded science facilities to make them able explorers, although they will retain considerable armaments. The largest change to the ships will be to the hangars, which will be expanded significantly by removing the auxliary engines that currently line the ends of the flight pods in favor of upgraded primary drives. This will allow for more small craft to be held. The BC-305
Operational Ships: Daedalus, Apollo
Current Planned Ships: Pendegrast, Emmerson
Length: 600 meters
Beam: 300 meters
Heigth: 90 meters
Mass: 3,000 k tons
Energy Armament: 2x Asgard plasma beams, 4x Plasma Pulse Cannon
Missile Armament: 100x capital missile cells, 2x bomb bays
Point Defenses: 30x rapid-fire pulse cannon, 20x 50mm railguns
Auxiliary Craft: 4x AC-330 dropships, 20x F-302 or F/A-312 fighters, 10x scout UAVs
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F-312 "Mongoose" Multirole Fighter
The next generation of space fighter and a direct descendant of the F-302. Because of concerns over the usefulness of fighter craft in space warfare, the decision was made to make the it a multi-role fighter capable of acting in both aerospace superiority and ground strike rolls. It has two powerful ion engines and an antigravity system for propulsion and is powered by a set of micro-naquadah reactors. The main weapon is a pair of plasma pulse cannon and it can carry a wide variety of ordinance in internal and external racks. It can function as a single-man craft, but does have a second seat for a navigator.
Weapons: 2x Rapid-Fire pulse cannon, internal and under-wing ordinance racks
F-312s entering atmo
F-312s on joint maneuvers in deep space with USS Phoenix and AS-2 Enterprise
A-310 "Warhammer" Close Air Support Attack Craft
While the viability of fighters in space combat may be questionable, the need for close air support is unlikely to ever go away. For that reason, one of the first designs produced for the new generation of fighters was the A-310. It was based heavily on the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" attack aircraft. It has a heavy armament and heavy shields that allow it to make close passes over even well-defended targets. It is designed to carry most of its missiles internally, as the exterior racks can interfere with shield function. Like the F/A-312, it can be equipped with a hyperdrive. The ship makes a viable fighter against most known threat forces - its guns are the same as the 312's and while not as maneuverable, its shields make up for it and it can carry anti-aircraft missiles. The railgun can shred darts or gliders with incredible ease.
Weapons: 2x Rapid-fire pulse cannon, 1x Quad 50mm railgun, 2x missile launchers, internal and under-wing ordinance racks
CH-500 'Kodiak' Transport Hopper and AH-550 'Grizzly' Attack Hopper
The modern equivalent of helicopers. They are capable of going to and from orbit with ease, but do not have the legs for long-distance travel. These are the most basic models, and it is expected that a wide variety of specialized craft will be developed.
CH-500: 2x light pulse cannon, 16-passenger capacity
AH-550: 2x light pulse cannon, 2x mini-railguns, various under-wing munitions
CH-500 and AH-550
Valkyries
AC-330 Dropship and C-330 Transport
A hyperdrive-equipped transport ship, roughly equivalent to a Goa'uld cargo ship or a C-2 Greyhound (a carrier-based cargo plane). They are meant for moving personnel and supplies to and from a ship when use of the transporter is not possible. The dropship version has heavier shields, twin pulse cannon, and several light anti-personnel weapons. An AWACs version is also being designed.
C-330: 25 passenger capacity, 2x pulse cannon
AC-330: 20 passenger capacity, 2x pulse cannon, 4x anti-personnel railguns
EC-330: 6 AWACs crew, 2x pulse cannon, enhanced sensors suite