GOVERNMENT:United Nations
TYPE: Space-Train
MODEL: Pallas Industrial PST-69 Minsk Class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2069 AD
DIMENSIONS:
ENGINE PODS (4): 300 feet Long x
50 feet diameter
UPPER MAIN BODY: 300 feet wide x 35 feet thick
x 280 feet long
LOWER MAIN BODY: 280 feet long x
55 feet diameter
BRIDGE TOWER: 125 feet high x 140 feet long x
40 feet wide
TOP ENGINE POD WING: 200 feet wide x
30 feet thick x 150 feet long
LOWER ENGINE POD WINGS (2): 30 feet wide x
105 feet high x 290 feet long
OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 300 feet long x
325 feet wide x 290 feet high
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Hensai Energy HEFR-92K fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 92,000 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: None
ARMOR THICKNESS: NA
DISPLACEMENT: 25,000 tons
CREW: 36 (4 Pilots, 4 Technicians, 4 Electricians, 4 Engineers, 2 Gunners, 2 Officers, 2 Medical, and up to 10 Security)
PROPULSION
4x Daigun HYIE-18750
SPEED: 19,000 mph each (76,000 mph total) under full load with five container modules (see image above). Speed without any modules is 31,730 mph each engine or 126,900 mph total.
WEAPONS:
PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
2xCydonia Research CR-P100 dual PHELAC cannon turrets; Effective Range: 400 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the ship's main reactor. ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds for up to 9 blasts per minute.
ELECTRONICS:
1x Microwave Communications array with a 10AU range.
1x RADAR array with a range of 200,000 miles.
1x Passive EMS array with a range of 10,000 miles.
1x Active EMS array with a range of 1000 miles.
1xAntigravity control system.
DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
4xCydonia Research CR-DF-1000 omnidirectional deflector field generator; Range: 1000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 1000 megawatts each; Output: 50 gigajoules with a regeneration of 5 gigajoules every ten seconds.
HANGAR BAYS:
2x17, 500 yd3 general purpose spacecraft/vehicle hangar plus;
up to 5 10,000-ton spherical cargo modules that are each able to hold 38,000 yd3 of liquid or gas goods, OR;
up to 5 5,000-ton cylindrical cargo modules that are each able to hold 19,000 yd3 of solid or mechanical goods, OR;
a combination of 10,000- and 5000-ton cargo modules not exceeding 5 modules total.
Description/Overview:
After the end of the Great War, the UNSC came under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Solar Empire. The Atlas class of ships that once dominated the space lanes of the UNSC/Solar Empire corridors had been replaced by large numbers of the comparatively minute cargo shuttles that had been intended to replace them. The mighty Atlas class ships had been retired and converted into orbital spacestations after their duties as planetoid tugs had been completed. This left open a need for a craft capable of moving the much-needed gases from Venus to Mars as part of the UN terraforming projects for both worlds. The Solar Empire designers had initially considered the ST-68 as an adequate replacement for the Atlas, but quickly changed their minds as the USSN began fielding Juno class space frigates. Engineers on Pallas considered the possibility of building a train-like spacecraft that could ferry modules and carry a full two squadrons of assault shuttles to defend it from USSN warships and thus the PST-69 space train was borne.
The Minsk class, as it was dubbed by the Solar Empire, was the first twenty-five thousand-ton ship built by the UNSC and the largest spacecraft constructed by their shipyards since the Atlas. The Minsk was intended to pull up to five ten-thousand ton spherical cargo modules behind it via a “train car” type connection system and/or up to 5 five thousand-ton cylindrical cargo modules. The typical module configuration was four spherical containers and one cylindrical.