Anapolis Class Cruiser

SPECIFICATIONS

ANAPOLIS CLASS CRUISER
GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Space Cruiser (SCC)
MODELS: Anapolis class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2168 AD
LENGTH: 610 feet
WIDTH: 90 feet
HEIGHT: 86.7 feet
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Rockwheel Energy RFR-50M fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 20,000 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: .465 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 10,000 tons
CREW: 79 plus up to 20 flight, for 99 total. (10 Operators, 28 Gunners, 7 Officers, 10 Engineers, 10 Technicians, 10 Electricians, 4 Medical, and up to 20 spacefighter pilots)

PROPULSION:
       PRIMARY (Main Engines):
4x Rocketdyne FT-2000 fusion thrusters
SPEED: 30,400 mph each (121,600 mph total)

WEAPONS:
   HEAVY ASSAULT
1x MMI EMPAC-5M 5000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range: 25,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: fires one blast per ten seconds, however, the weapon requires 50 seconds to completely cool off after each shot so as not to overheat/melt the unit. Therefore, the EMPAC weapon's effective/safe ROF is once per minute.

PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
5x Lunar Dynamics LD-LC-600 dual 300-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: fires one dual blast per ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 6 dual blasts per minute.

SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
10x Bohing/MMI STL-02 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: MHST-01 2000-pound SMART-guided space torpedo with 239-Kiloton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 27 miles; Payload: 10 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
   1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x Passive EMS sensor array with a range of 500,000 miles.
1x Active EMS sensor array with a range of 50,000 miles.
1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:

   6x MMI ND-1M 1000-megawatt nuclear dampener generators; RANGE: 100 miles; Effect: Random due to numerous variables. In general, the nuclear dampeners provided moderate to considerable resistance to energy weapons and was able to cause missile warheads to either explode or go inert within its area of effect.

HANGAR BAYS:
   1x 5660-yd³; Bay holds up to twenty 5-ton EA-59A Jet Jaegers and 4140 yd³ of ordinance for the exosuits.

Description/Overview:
   The Anapolis class family of main space cruisers was the primary capital ship of the Earth Federal Republic throughout the 1st Interplanetary War. The first two models (Anapolis and T. Jefferson classes) were built as both squadron command ships and main combat vessels. They were moderately inexpensive and easily mass produced. These craft were very capable as space warships, but only moderately capable in an atmosphere. Throughout their career in military service, the Anapolis class family of main space cruisers were normally used as command ships and thus were commonly found in command of two Colorado class destroyers (or upgrade) and four Arctic class escorts (or upgrade) at any given time. This constituted a light-battlegroup in the Earth Federal Space Navy forces.
   (Anapolis class)
Named after the EFR's Brazilian Space Warfare Coordination Center in South America, The Anapolis class main space cruiser was built by the Earth Federal Republic in 2168 AD and originally designated as a battlecruiser. However, when the USSN merged with the Earth Federal Republic, the ship was reclassified as a main space cruiser. This was due to the EFR having recovered the alien battleship in the Ross Sea. The alien ship was a 500,000-ton warship. From the information discovered on this alien battleship, it was determined that the alien main space cruiser was somewhere between 10,000 and 50,000 tons displacement. Since the UN had access to these craft, the EFR intended to build craft that could equal the alien ships. Fortunately for the crews of the Anapolis class main space cruisers, they never faced any alien craft during their years of service.
The Anapolis class was a pure space warship capable of taking on anything the UNSC possessed during the 1st Interplanetary War. This measure of superiority was due in part to the hangar bay that was originally designed to accommodate the HSF-01 heavy space fighter for use in defense of the Anapolis class cruiser against other mobile weapons.
Propulsion for the warship was provided by four Rocketdyne FT-2000 fusion thrusters. These engines were capable of moving the ship within the inner sphere of the Sol star system adequately.
The ship's modest power requirements were fed by one Rockwell RFR-50M, 50,000 MW, fusion reactor.
This class of vessel was the first Earth produced spaceship to mount a maw gun. This weapon was designed to destroy or severely damage another spacecraft with one shot. The weapon chosen for this role was the Militia Military Industries EMPAC-5M, electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon. The EMPAC-5M was capable of destroying any UN assault shuttle with one hit and inflicting serious damage to most of the Solar Empire "Ironclad" types of improved space warships of the 1st Interplanetary War era.
The primary weapons used by the Anapolis were its five turrets, each equipped with a Lunar Dynamics LD-LC-600, dual 300 megawatt, laser cannon battery. These weapons were useful against other warships, but not as good against space fighters and battle robots. The small mobile weapons were just too nimble for the large turrets to hit effectively.
The main anti-ship weapons of the Anapolis were ten Bohing/MMI STL-02, space torpedo launchers. These launchers fired the SST-1M, 1000 lb short range space torpedo which was the standard EFF torpedo of the early years of the 1st Interplanetary War.
The Anapolis was equipped with six MMI ND-1M, 1000 MW nuclear dampeners as its main defense systems. These deflector screen generators were effective against all UNSC weapons and all but the largest armaments of the Solar Empire's "Ironclad" fleet.