SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Principality of Altair
TYPE: Interstellar Space Cruiser
MODELS: Aurora Class Cruiser SCC-155
DATE INTRODUCED: 2185 AD
LENGTH: 860 feet (262 meters)
WIDTH: 196.85 feet (60 meters)
HEIGHT: 229.7 feet (70 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Ceres Energy CEFR-98.5K
OUTPUT: 98,500 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3.5 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 16,000 tons
CREW:  135 (44 Gunners, 15 Engineers, 15 Electricians, 15 Technicians, 15 Operators, 12 Officers, 7 Medical, 12 Flight)  

PROPULSION
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             2x Altair Engineering AE-G1-500 1st Generation Super Luminal Velocity drive
             SPEED: 2.12 light years per hour each (4.24 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 Mauzer Mechanics MM-MBC-400 dual 200-megawatt MAULER (MAson-Unified-LasER) Beam turrets*; Effective Range: 1440 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 (597.5 kiloton nuclear 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).
             1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Europa Research ER-DF-2000 2000-megawatt LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generators; Effect: has an output of 360 terajoules and a regeneration rate of 36 terajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAY:
             1x 2000-yd3 Bay holds 12 KosmoWalküre KWM-01 space fighters (15 tons each).

Description/Overview:
        The Aurora class was a refit of the older and somewhat slower in terms of Faster-Than-Light speeds as the Prinz Eugen class cruiser. The only real difference between the two classes was the replacement of the pair of Type-03 intersection drive unist with a pair of the new Altair Engineering AE-G1-500 1st Generation Super Luminal Velocity drives. These drives gave the Aurora over ten times the Space-Time Dilation speed of that of the Prinz Eugen class.