SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Main Space Battleship (SBB)
MODELS: Kurita class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2178 AD
LENGTH: 2230.9 feet
WIDTH: 393.4feet
HEIGHT: 590.6 feet
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 77x Federal Energy FEFR-60MA fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 60,000 megawatts each (4,600,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 8 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 550,000 tons
CREW: 3092 + 84 pilots (3176 total) and up to 50 passengers (550 Operators, 157 Gunners, 268 Officers, 550 Engineers, 550 Technicians, 550 Electricians, 147 Medical, 84 Pilots, 300 Security, 50 passengers, 20 Science.)

PROPULSION:
             PRIMARY (Main Engines):
             4x OTRAG-EMD-990M 990,000-megawatt Electromagnetic Drive 
             SPEED: kiloMACH 20 each (15,200,000 mph or .0225C each, or .09C total)

WEAPONS:
             HEAVY ASSAULT
             1x Lunar Dynamics EMPAC-20M 20,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range: 100,000 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 Federal Armory FA-PC-8002 dual 800-megawatt PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 3200 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 dual blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             36x Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: MST-1M 1000-pound Active EMS-guided space torpedo (143.4 kiloton nuclear warhead); Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 20 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.

              PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
              12x Terran Tech ASTT-10KB anti-ship cruise missile "torpedo" tube; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 9 space torpedoes each torpedo launcher for a total of 108 cruise missiles; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds each. 

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             9x Norking RFL-602  dual 60-megawatt rapid-fire laser turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with 600-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 10 dual blasts every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 dual blasts per minute.

              SECONDARY (DEFENSIVE):
              10 x Norking RFL-404 rapid-fire 40-megawatt quad laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 100miles; Payload: unlimited with FEFR-400 fusion reactor; ROF: up to 10 quad blasts per ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 quad blasts per minute.

DELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 100 AU range.  
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x SLV communications array with a 8-light year range.
             1x RADAR sensor array with a 200,000 mile range.
             1x LADAR sensor array with a 80,000 mile range.
             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 SLV sensor array with a 10 parsec range.
             1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.
            
Electronic Counter Measures:
             1x Microwave Communications Jammer with a 100 AU range.  
             1x Laser Communications Jammer with a 1000 AU range.
             1x RADAR Sensor Jammer with a 200,000 mile range.
             1x LADAR Sensor Jammer with a 80,000 mile range.
             1x Passive EMS Sensor Jammer with a 1,000,000 range.
             1x Active EMS Sensor Jammer with a 100,000 mile range.
             2x ECM targetting scramblers with a 1500 foot range.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
            (General):
            PRIMARY:
              6x Warptron DF-5M 5000-megawatt LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generators; RANGE: 5000 feet; OUTPUT: 900 terajoules with a regeneration rate of 90 terajoules per ten seconds.

            (KINETIC):
            SECONDARY:
            4x Lunar Dynamics  ESA-275M Electrostatic armor; RANGE: 15 feet from hull; EFFECT: Random due to numerous variables. In general, projectile weapons are only marginally effective and explosive warheads (of missiles, grenades and torpedoes) are rendered useless/inert.

            (ENERGY):
            SECONDARY:
            6x MMI ND-55M 55,000-megawatt nuclear dampener generators; RANGE: 5500 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 47,000-yd3; Bay holds one Terran Spaceways general purpose space shuttle with one of each module, plus eighty 30-ton SBR-01R or SBR-01S space battle robots plus 7000 yd3 of ordinance for the battle robots.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
             520x Escape Pods; Range: 18,240 miles; Effect: Each escape pod holds six individuals, can fly at a speed of Mach 1 for up to 24-hours, has a food supply to provide six persons with 2-weeks of food.

Description/Overview:
         The Kurita class of main space battleships was designed and developed by Militia Military Industries of the Lone-Star-Texas colony on the planetoid Juno. The Earth Federal Space Navy had contracted the Neo-Texan company to construct this new warship in response to the Solar Empire's Kiev class of space battleship and the EFSM Warspite class of battlecruiser. When word of the new design reached the ears of the Earth Federal Republic Senate, a joint development project with Lunar Dynamics on Earth's moon was begun. Within only one year of research, design, and development, the first Kurita class was launched from the main EFSN shipyards on Juno in 2178.
         This class served with distinction during the end of the 1st Interplanetary War and was instrumental during the conflicts of the 2180s. However, the new class of battleship was very expensive and not as powerful or capable as military planners had hoped.
         The Kurita class was born out of the need for a main space battleship with which the Earth Federal Republic could maintain control over its territories from the increasingly powerful Jupiter and Saturn Colonies, Ceres Regency, and the newly formed Union of Solar Republics. The power of the UNSC Ironclad warships was still fresh in the minds of many of the military planners within the Earth Federal Space Navy. The Kurita class was designed with firepower in mind.
         The ship’s offensive capability centered on the Lunar Dynamics/Militia Military Industries EMPAC-20M 20,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon mounted as a maw-gun at the front of the ship. This devastating weapon was able to penetrate most deflector fields and ship armor with a single blast.
         The primary energy weapon systems of the Kurita class were five Federal Armory FA-PC-402 dual 400-megawatt PHELAC turrets. Used mostly in unison during “broadside” attacks, these cannons were capable of defeating most of the UNSC’s capital ship defense systems and armor plating on their warships, although these cannons were also used individually or in volleys against escorts and small capital ships.
         The Kurita class was the first EFSN warship armed with anti-mecha defense turrets. There were five Republic Arms RFLC-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser cannon turrets, three near the bridge and one on each side of the triple main engine pack on the bottom of the vessel.
         The secondary anti-ship weapons of Kurita were twelve Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 space torpedo launchers identical to the ones mounted on most of the EFSN warships of its era.
         Four OTRAG-EMD-990M 990,000-megawatt Electromagnetic Drives made up the main propulsion systems of the Kurita class. One was located internally aft, and three were in a cluster on the bottom of the ship. The combined speed of these engines was kiloMach 80 (.09C). The main power plants were three Federal Energy FEFR-60M 60,000-megawatt fusion reactors.
         The Kurita was equipped with six Warptron DF-5M 5000-megawatt deflector field generators. These defense shields were capable of defending the ship against almost any attack from mecha or escort craft and were only vulnerable to attack from other battleship-scale weaponry.