SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Ceres Regency
TYPE: Interstellar Space Cruiser
MODELS: Admiral Graf Spee class SCC-69
DATE INTRODUCED: 2069 AD
LENGTH: 711.2 feet
WIDTH: 88.9 feet
HEIGHT: 88.9 feet
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Ceres Energy CEFR-98.5K
OUTPUT: 98,500 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 15,000 tons
CREW:  143 (44 Gunners, 15 Engineers, 15 Electricians, 15 Technicians, 15 Operators, 12 Officers, 7 Medical, 20 Flight)  

PROPULSION

             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             2x Pallas Research PRID-T2-1500 Type-2 intersection drive
             SPEED: .12 light years per hour each (.24 light years per hour total)

             SUBLIGHT:
             6x Io Factory #2 EMD-6750 electromagnetic drives
             SPEED: 3,800,000 mph each (22,800,000 mph/.034C total)

             MANEUVER:
             2x Hygiea #3 HYID-7500 high yield ion drives
             SPEED: 38,000 mph each (76,000 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             5x Lithgear LG-PC-2002 dual 200-megawatt PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 1600 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             8x Lithgear LG-PC-1002 dual 100-megawatt PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 800 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.

              SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
              2x Io Factory #1 ITL-Mark III eight-shot ion torpedo battery; Missile Type: IDST-5000 ion drive space torpedo with computer-guided 5000-pound warhead; Effective Range: 844.4 miles; Payload: 80 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF:  1-8 torpedoes per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 240 torpedoes per minute per torpedo tube.

              TERTIARY (OFFENSIVE):
              5x Lithgear LG-EMPAC-500 500-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range: 2500 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 1 blast every ten seconds or six blasts per minute each cannon.

ELECTRONICS:

             1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 400,000-mile range.
             1x Super Luminal Velocity communications array with a range of 5 light years.
             1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
             1x Passive EMS sensor array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
             1x Active EMS sensor array with a range of 100,000 miles.
             1x Super Luminal Velocity sensor array with a range of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years).
             2x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability, and warp bubble generation for the dual intersection drives .

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Europa Research ER-DF-2000 2000-megawatt deflector field generators; Effect: has an output of 100 gigajoules and a regeneration rate of 10 gigajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAY:
             2x 600-yd3 Each bay holds 10 KosmoWalküre KWM-01 spacefighters (15 tons each).

Description/Overview:
        The R&D team that originally conceived of the Admiral Graf Spee class of space cruiser saw the vessel as a pocket battleship, which was built at the UNSC base on Jupiter’s moon, Io.  However, the discovery of the alien fleet at Alpha Centauri changed the perception and scope of the size of warships in the eyes of Ceres Regency conspirators.  The leaders of the conspiracy knew that the alien fleet represented what was, at the very least, the mainstay of the Prodono fleets.  This meant that even the large EFR ships and Solar Empire Ironclads were little more than picket-scale spacecraft when compared to the massive alien vessels.  Thus, the engineers designed the Admiral Graf Spee class as a cruiser in order to bring it in line with the craft in the alien fleet that best represented what appeared to be a ship of that type.
         The Admiral Graf Spee class was much larger than the cruisers of both the EFR and the UN Solar Empire and sported a more powerful weapons and shield array.  It did not, however, carry as many mobile weapons, and the mobile units it did carry were only spacefighters.  This was due to the requirements set down by the leaders of the conspiracy that these craft be able to go head-to-head with alien ships should the need arise in the future.
         The Admiral Graf Spee class was the first Terran vessel to mount a tandem pair of Type-2 intersection drive units for greater FTL speeds.  This duo of Pallas Research PRID-T2-1500 1500-megawatt intersection drive units allowed the ship to travel at speeds of up to .24 light years per hour (2102.4C).  This configuration required the use of a second antigravity system and a dedicated synchronization computer.  This tandem drive setup used a modified “Dr. Xuric” warp field generation configuration.
         The primary sublight engines of the Admiral Graf Spee were six Io Factory #2 EMD-6750 6750-megawatt electromagnetic drives.  These engines were able to propel the ship at speeds of 3,800,000 mph each, or 22,800,000 mph total (kiloMach 30/.034C).  This made travel within planetary spheres and the inner sphere of a solar system much easier and less of a hassle than constantly relying on the faster-than-light drive or the comparatively slow emergency engines.
         The emergency engines of the vessel were a pair of Hygiea #3 HYID-7500 7500-megawatt high yield ion drives.  The speed of each engine was 38,000 mph for a total of 76,000 mph for both.  These engines were used mostly in and around spacestations and planetoids due to the low-speed conditions of those types of spacecraft maneuvers, but were originally intended for use as engines of last resort should the FTL and main sublight engines fail or be rendered inoperable.
         The offensive systems of the Admiral Graf Spee consisted of a mix of medium and heavy energy and missile weapons.
         The main bombardment beam weapons of the space cruiser were five Lithgear LG-EMPAC-500 500-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannons fixed in a forward firing arc.  These cannons could be used individually or combined as a converging-beam weapon, or CBW.  The designers garnered the CBW concept from both the alien warships found at Alpha Centauri and the broadside ocean naval tactics of ancient Earth warships; both the alien ships and the ancient sailing vessels had weapons that were used to bombard their opponents with volleys of megawatt/small caliber weapons mounted in fixed batteries.
         The secondary bombardment weapons were two batteries of four Lithgear LG-PC-1002 dual 100-megawatt PHELAC turrets mounted on the port and starboard sides of the Adm. Graf Spee.  These gun batteries were capable of being used as independent turrets, but rarely ever were employed in this way by ship captains of these vessels.
         The primary tactical weapons of the vessel were five Lithgear LG-PC-2002 dual 200-megawatt PHELAC turrets.  These cannons were scattered over the hull in strategic locations to provide maximum coverage of all arcs of the craft.  These weapons were intended for use against Earth spacecraft and mecha.  All five of these turrets could be used to fire as CBW in a forward firing arc.  However, these turrets were rarely used in this capacity unless they were being fired in tandem with the forward EMPAC barbettes as a “one-two punch” against a difficult target.
         The ballistic weapon system of the space cruiser was a pair of eight-shot Io Factory #1 ITL-Mark III ion torpedo launchers.  These multi-shot torpedo launchers used the IDST-5000 long-range ion space torpedo armed with a computer-guided 5000-pound high explosive armor piercing warhead.  These torpedo launchers were intended for use against the Prodono style of warships, but were very effective against EFSN and Solar Empire ships.
         The defense systems of the Adm. Graf Spee consisted of six Europa Research ER-DF-2000 2000-megawatt deflector field generators.  These generators were very powerful for a cruiser-scale warship and provided an exceptional level of defense for the craft.
         The Admiral Graf Spee was built in secret at the UN Solar Empire planetoid bases of Hygiea and Io.  These ships were constructed under the direction of key members of the UNSC conspirators from 2069 to 2075 AD.  After production ended at the Solar Empire factories, it was restarted again at the Ceres and Pallas facilities after those planetoids came under the control of the newly formed Ceres Regency in 2076 AD.  The SCC-69 was then produced at the Ceres and Pallas planetoid factories until the end of the Ceres conflict.