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PRODONO REPUBLIC BATTLECRUISER(Version 1- Last Modified: Sunday, April 15th 2012)RPG Stats by Kodai Okuda (primeadministrator@nexusarcana.com) |
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PRODONO REPUBLIC BATTLECRUISER(Version 1- Last Modified: Sunday, April 15th 2012)RPG Stats by Kodai Okuda (primeadministrator@nexusarcana.com) |
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GOVERNMENT: Prodono Republic
TYPE: Battlecruiser/Former Dreadnaught
MODEL: Newel-Xergis Type-18014
DATE INTRODUCED: 1.8014 GS (319,860 BC)
LENGTH: 2174 feet
HEIGHT: 289.85 feet
WIDTH: 424.8 feet
MATERIAL: Dense Material (Prodono 8th-Level Carbonium-Molecular Alloy)
POWER PLANT: 10x Obuch-Ron Type-20958-265000 fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 265,000 megawatts each reactor (2,650,000 total)
ARMOR TYPE: Prodono Meta-Organic Energy Resistant Armor: Laser, PHELAC, ion blaster, disruptor, EMPAC, and PAC damage is greatly reduced.
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 500,000 tons
CREW: 3696, + 1392 in stasis for a total of 5088
(210 Gunners, 500 Operators, 310 Officers, 500
Technicians, 500 Electricians, 500 Engineers, 176 Medical, 1000 Security, 320
Fighter Pilots, 1072 Space Marines for Dropships)
PROPULSION
PRIMARY (FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE):
1x Z'Katan-Feul ZF-18957-50000 Hyperspace Fold Drive.
SPEED: 10 light years per hour
SECONDARY (SUBLIGHT):
2x H'Taka-Feul HF-18013-1M Photon Particle Drives
SPEED: .20C each (20% the speed of light), .40C total (40% the speed of light)
TIRTIARY (COMBAT-SPEED/EMERGENCY ENGINES):
4x Gruel-Khan GK-18079-500000 Fusion Thrusters
SPEED: 76,000 mph each (304,000 mph total from both thrusters)
WEAPONS:
PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
8x Xergin-Tah Type-XT-21070 quad ion blaster cannon turrets; Effective Range: 2500 miles; Power Required: 1000 megawatts total (250 each cannon); Power Supply: nuclear battery with clutch; Payload: unlimited; ROF: fires three quad blasts per twenty seconds with a cyclic rate
of 9 triple blasts per minute.
SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
1x Pa’Zhin Mogul-Tah Type-PZMT-19879 particle accelerator cannons; Effective Range: 30,000 miles; Power
Required: 10,000 megawatts; Power Supply: nuclear battery with clutch; Payload: unlimited; ROF: 2 blasts every 10 seconds with a cyclic rate of 12 blasts per
minute.
TIRTIARY (OFFENSIVE):
12x Urgoh-Tah Type-UT-20691 disruptor cannons; Effective Range: 9000 miles; Power Required: 1000 megawatts;
Power Supply: nuclear battery with clutch; Payload: unlimited; ROF: 1 blast every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 6 blasts per minute.
BALLISTIC (INTERPLANETARY):
24x Mingheis Zor Type-MZ-19991 (Buster Missile); Effective Range: 837,000 miles (missile)/250,000 miles (beam);
Missile Type: Type-MZ-19991 a computer-guided Buster Missile; Payload: 1 Buster Missile each in a missile silo; ROF: 1 missile per two seconds each silo when
all missiles are armed and ready.
ELECTRONICS:
1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x Hyperspace Communications array with a range of 200 light years.
1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
1x Active EMS array with a range of 500,000 miles.
1x Hyperspace Navigation Sensor array with a range of 50 parsecs (163 light years).
1x Gravitational Control Unit (Antigravity) which acts as a g-compensator.
HANGAR BAY:
1x 67,200-yd3: bay holds up to 200 battlesuits (15 tons each), 120 spacefighters (15 tons each), and 8 dropships (1500 tons each).
SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
1392x Stasis Chambers; Range: NA; Effect: Each chamber allows one individual to remain in suspended animation for an indefinite period so long as the stasis chamber has electrical power provided to it.
616x Escape Pods; Range: 72,960 miles; Effect: Each escape pod holds six individuals, can fly at a speed of Mach 2 for up to two days, has a food supply to provide six persons with one month of food.
Description/Overview:
The pride of the 1st Prodono Republic Space Navy, the Newel Xergis Type-18014 Dreadnaught was once the queen of Prodono
space. This class of warship was easily one of the most widely produced flag-grade capital ships of the Prodono era. At least 2500 of these dreadnaughts were constructed during the Prodono Consortium and were the main ships-of-the-line during the Unification Wars that preceded the foundation of the 1st Prodono Republic. According to Doctor Xiang’s findings, this class of warship was commanded by the cream of the officer-grade personnel during the Prodono Consortium and well into the first ten millennia of the Republic era.
The Newel Xergis used ten Obuch-Ron Type-20958-265000 fusion reactors to provide the enormous power this space dreadnaught required. Thousands of years of battle experience proved that multiple reactors, located in strategic locations on the warship, were more practical and safe than one huge power plant in the center of the craft. The forward reactor powered all of the systems except for the engines. The four port reactors powered the port photon particle drive while the four starboard reactors powered the starboard photon particle drive. The aft reactor powered the fusion thrusters and the fold system. Power from any of these ten reactors could be rerouted instantly to divert power to other systems should one or more of the fusion power plants become disabled or destroyed.
The Newel Xergis used one Z’Katan-Feul ZF-18957-50000 Hyperspace Fold Flight System as its faster-than-light drive. This drive was typical of such FTL engines built during the late Prodono Consortium and early 1st Prodono Republic era. It provided a time dilation real space equivalent speed of 10 light-years per hour, which was standard during the entire lifespan of the Newel Xergis class of warship.
The main sublight engines were two H’Taka-Feul HF-18013-1M photon particle drives. Both of these drives were mounted directly aft on the top main superstructure of the vessel in a side-by-side configuration. Like nearly all PPDs, this pair of engines consumed an enormous amount of power to achieve nearly forty percent the speed of light (.40C) using both engines. However, .40C was considered the optimum speed for capital warships of the Prodono space forces and thus the power-hungry engines were considered a necessity for proper combat operations.
The secondary sublight engines were four Gruel-Khan GK-18079-50000 fusion thrusters. Two of these thrusters were mounted on the port-bottom secondary hull superstructure and two were mounted on the starboard-bottom secondary superstructure. Each of these engines was able to push the vessel at speeds of up to 76,000 mph and combined they could propel the ship at 304,000 mph total.
The Newel Xergis was armed with a variety of weaponry that had been upgraded from the Consortium years to that of the Republic. Like the Lurveth Throm battleship before it, the Newel Xergis class was originally armed with lasers turrets, PHELAC batteries, space torpedo tubes, and an EMPAC maw-gun.
The ship’s main laser weapons were replaced during the 2.0000 GS (300,000 BC Earth Relative) warship upgrade program. The main turrets of the 1st Republic version of the Newel Xergis consisted of twenty Xergin-Tah Type-XT-21070 quad ion blaster cannons. These twenty quad-blasters were placed in strategic locations all over the surface of the Newel Xergis to ensure the maximum amount of coverage in each arc of the warship. These cannons were able to inflict massive damage against other targets when used in volleys of four or more turrets. Individually, the cannons were capable of inflicting severe damage to escort vessels and small craft.
The PHELAC array of armaments in the arsenal of the Newel Xergis was replaced with twelve Urgoh-Tah Type-UT-20691 disruptor cannons. These cannons were mounted in two batteries of six cannons each and comprised the broadside weapons of the Newel Xergis class dreadnaught. These disruptors were not as long-ranged as the PHELACs that preceded them, but they had considerably more punch. The broadside batteries were used almost exclusively for anti-capital ship bombardment.
The maw-gun of the Newel Xergis was originally an EMPAC, but this weapon system was deemed obsolete during the rearmament program for the new Republic space forces and thus was replaced by a Pa’Zhin Mogul-Tah Type-PZMT-19879 particle accelerator cannon. This upgrade provided a longer-range weapon (the PAC) with greater firepower and was a clear improvement over the EMPAC.
The 28 large anti-spacestation space torpedo launchers of the Newel Xergis originally used nuclear-tipped cruise missiles that were very effective during their active service life. However, the speed and radiation effect of these nuclear-tipped torpedoes was considered a liability that was no longer necessary in the wake of the new Buster Missile technology. Therefore, the old nukes were removed and a suitable Buster Missile replacement was added. The 28 Mingheis Zor Type-MZ-19991 Buster Missile silos were mounted on the Newel Xergis class dreadnaught during the Unification Wars just prior to the formation of the 1st Prodono Republic and were very effective weapons against the other alien powers in the warring states. This missile weapon was the first mounted on any Prodono warship and provided the dreadnaught with the means to devastate other capital starships and mobile battlestations. The destructive power of these cruise missiles was unprecedented by any other missile type. Its range and use of an energy beam rather than a nuclear explosion eliminated the problems associated with the nuclear torpedoes of the older Type-18014 dreadnaughts of the Newel Xergis class.
This dreadnaught-grade warship carried a large complement of mobile weapons including eight fully loaded and crewed dropships that allowed for large-scale planetary assault operations. All of the 1072 spacemarine crew for the eight dropships were carried on the Newel Xergis in stasis (like the other older Prodono warships) and were only “thawed” out when needed. This allowed the ship to operate for greater durations than with the marines not in stasis. It also allowed for the maximum usage of internal volume. Doctor Xiang had speculated that the UNSC might be forced to adopt similar tactics should they encounter any post-Prodono races using this same combat doctrine.
The battlesuit and spacefighter pilots of the Newel Xergis were also carried in stasis and were normally “thawed” out prior to combat operations or perceived hostile situations. This policy was not as effective as the stasis policy for the spacemarines, as a warship caught off guard might require a dangerous amount of time to thaw out its pilots in order to use them. The policy of putting the mobile weapon pilots in stasis was abandoned on later Prodono
warship designs according to the information found on the Alpha Centauri mobile battlefactory.
THE POSSE COMITATUS
To mankind, the greatest and most noteworthy of the Newel Xergis Type-18014 class dreadnaught was the one first found in the late 2060s at the battlefactory around Alpha Centauri by the UNSC. This Newel Xergis crashed in the Ross Sea after the UNSC tried to send it to their planetoid base on Ceres, but came out of foldspace too close to Earth’s gravity well. The Earth Federal Republic salvaged the vessel and this Newel Xergis became the EFSN (Earth Federal Space Navy) FSS Posse Comitatus. This name was chosen for the Newel Xergis class dreadnaught as a promise to the people of the EFR that this alien warship would never be used to enslave or oppress the citizens of the Earth Federal Republic. This vessel was the flagship of the Earth Federal Space Navy forces and was a unique ship in many ways.
UNSC chief xenoarchaeologist Doctor Xiang had thoroughly examined the alien vessel prior to it being sent to Earth. Xiang read much of the ship’s general history during his two-year analysis of the vessel and uncovered that the Posse Comitatus was one of the first Newel Xergis dreadnaughts ever built (indicated by its unique production number, which was in the single digits). He found that the ship was used on many occasions as a diplomatic courier (during the Prodono Consortium), and an armada flagship (during the Unification Wars). After the Unification Wars, this Newel Xergis was used as the command ship for a galactic exploration fleet, and then finally transferred to a Prodono special division for whatever project the Prodono were conducting in the local group of stars around and within the Sol System.
During the 1st Interplanetary War, the Posse Comitatus fought in nearly every major battle and was the head of nearly every major operation the EFR conducted. The legendary Earth Federal Space Marine General George Walsh commanded the Posse Comitatus. Walsh pushed the ship to its limits, and for a craft whose keel was first laid down over 300,000 years ago, the ship performed quite well.
The weapons, power plant, sensors, engines, and systems of the Posse Comitatus were identical to those of any run-of-the-mill Newel Xergis class dreadnaught. What made this ship unique were its lack of stasis chambers and its complement of mobile weapons.
The mobile weapon complement of the Posse Comitatus consisted of 200 MBR-01 series battlerobots, 200 SBR-01 series, 100 HSF-01 spacefighters, and up to six 200-ton shuttles, twelve 100-ton shuttles, or a combination not exceeding 1200 tons. This complement remained relatively unchanged throughout the 1st Interplanetary War. However, after the war, the complement changed numerous times during both the Ceres Conflict and the 2nd Interplanetary War periods as newer, more advanced, mobile weapons became available.
The Posse Comitatus was under the control of the Earth Federal Space Navy for the first half of the 1st Interplanetary War, and then it fell under the command of the Earth Federal Space Marines in the later half of the war. After the war, the Posse Comitatus was placed in a special storage facility as part of the Phobos Accords that required the alien ship be decommissioned. During this time, the ship was stolen by an unknown force just prior to the Ceres Conflict. During the conflict, the alien warship was recovered by the EFR and placed back in storage, this time to be scrapped. The ship was stolen yet again, this time by the Neo-Hebrews of Saturn, which sparked the one-year Outer Sphere War. After this war, the Posse Comitatus became the property of
the Neo-Hebrews. This vessel remained in their possession for the remainder of its service life well into the 3000s AD.
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