SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT:Earth Federal Space Marines/Jovian Defense Forces
TYPE: Interplanetary Battle Carrier
MODEL: Neo-Port News Warspite Class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2174 AD
LENGTH: 1150 feet (350.5 meters)
WIDTH: 325 feet (99.06 meters)
HEIGHT: 237.5 feet (72.39 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: 20x Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (there are 20 reactors)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: .25 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 55,000 tons
CREW: 204 + 40 mecha pilots (43 GUNNERS, 12 ENGINEERS, 12 ELECTRICIANS, 12 TECHNICIANS, 12 OPERATORS, 21 OFFICERS, 12 MEDICAL, 40 FLIGHT, 60 SECURITY, 20 SCIENCE)

PROPULSION
             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             1x Macrotechnologies IPFE-22K ion plasma fusion engine
             SPEED: kiloMACH 10 (7,600,000 mph or .01C)

             SECONDARY (Main Engines):
             3x Warptron FT-3300 Fusion thrusters
             SPEED: 15,200 mph each (45,600 mph total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             1x MMI EMPAC-10M Militia Military Industries 10,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon maw gun; Effective Range: 50,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: Theoretically 1 blast every ten seconds, however the weapon requires 20 seconds (2 melees) to completely cool off before it can fire again safely.

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             5x Lunar Dynamics LD-PC-600 dual 300-megawatt PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 2400 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):
              10x  Republic Arms RA-STL-02A 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.

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x LADAR Sensor 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 Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Warptron DF-5600 5600-megawatt Deflector Field Generators; Effect: Deflects up to 1008 terajoules of force/energy and regenerates at a rate of 100.8 terajoules of protective force every 10 seconds.

CARGO BAY:
            1x 4636 yd3 Bay holds 5 years of food and supplies for the crew (missions were rarely more than 5 years for this vessel).
 
HANGAR BAYS:
          1x 190,000-yd3 Bay that holds forty PI-02 Protean Interceptors or space fighters up to 50 tons each, four 100-ton shuttles, and up to 22,000 yd3 of ordinance for the space fighters.

Description/Overview:
         The Warspite class of battle carrier was a direct development of the Montana class of heavy cruiser that was not developed by the Earth Federal Republic due to production costs. The designers in General Walsh’s EFSM R&D warship commission had already completed and tested both the Nevada and Alaska class prototypes and were in the final stages of mass production of those spacecraft when they set to working on the development of the Warspite. The new battle carrier was intended for use against all types of capital ships of both the UN and EFR with particular emphasis on EFR warship types due to the political events that had unveiled over the course of the first half of 2174. As it became increasingly clear that the Eudaemonists were against the continuation of the war and leaning towards a peace through diplomacy rather than force of arms, the schism between General Walsh’s predominantly Federalist EFSM and the Eudaemonist controlled EFSN was widening.
         However, the General had limited resources with which to build his new 3rd Space Navy. Therefore, the weapons and most of the raw materials for the original seventy Warspite class ships came from original Anapolis class ships that had been badly damaged at the Battle of Pallas in 2173.  These cruisers were thus scrapped and recycled to build the first Warspites.
         The Warspite was not a simple upgrade of the Montana heavy cruiser concept; it was an entirely new class of ship. The old fusion reactor of the Montana blueprints was insufficient to supply the energy that the power-hungry battle carrier needed. The newly developed ion plasma fusion furnace type power plant was chosen to serve as the main power generator of the Warspite class of ships. Twenty Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 ion plasma fusion furnace provided the 100,000 megawatts (100 gigawatts) of power for the battle carrier. No traditional spaceship fusion reactor of that era was capable of producing that much power at the time Warspite was laid down; only the alien spacecraft and space station reactor clusters of that time were larger than the one used on the Warspite.
         A Macrotechnologies IPFE-22K ion plasma fusion engine provided the main propulsion of the ship. This engine was able to push the vessel at the extraordinarily high speed (for the 2170s) of up to .01C or 1% the speed of light (kiloMach 10 or 7,600,000 mph or about 2100 mps). This allowed the battle carrier to travel interplanetary distances within the inner sphere of the Sol star-system quickly and the EFSM to dominate the battlespace of the inner planets during the middle years of the 1st Interplanetary War.
         A set of three Warptron FT-3300 fusion thrusters comprised the secondary propulsion systems of the Warspite class. These thrusters provided a maximum combat speed of 45,600 mph (Mach 60). This was considered average for close-orbital craft of the era. These engines were combined with an omni-gyroscopic thruster array that provided enhanced maneuvering for the Warspite class of cruisers in space.
         The primary armaments of the Warspite were five LD-PC-600 dual 300-megawatt PHELAC turrets built by Lunar Dynamics. These turrets were identical to the ones on the Alaska class heavy missile destroyer. Up to four of these cannons could be brought to bear on a target simultaneously in every arc of the ship except the aft. The combined firepower of four of these turrets was capable of destroying an Anapolis class ship with a single well-placed barrage. This was intentional, as the Warspite was fully expected to engage Anapolis class ships in the coming months after the completion of the new vessel. General Walsh and his EFSM command staff were fully aware that if the Eudaemonists took control of the Federal government, then they would have to attack Mars against the wishes of the newly elected politicians.
         The Warspite was fitted with ten Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 space torpedo tubes like those found on the Nevada class. These torpedo launchers were used for planetary bombardment, anti-ship, and anti-space station applications.
         The last weapon system was the Militia Military Industries EMPAC-10M 10,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon. This devastating weapon was intended for use against alien and UNSC warships though it was also quite effective against the warships of the EFSN.
         The defense systems of the Warspite consisted of six Warptron DF-5600 deflector field generators. These six generators provided a considerable defensive shield against energy and reactive weapons. All six generators were capable of being overlapped in any given arc of the vessel to provide multi-layer shielding. While these defense systems were adequate for the time, they were eventually replaced in future designs.
         The Warspite class may have been designed and developed by the Earth Federal Space Marines for their secession from the EFR during the 1st Interplanetary War, but their real claim to fame came with the class’ service in the Jupiter Defense Forces. During the 2180s, the Warspite class of ships (refit to Lexington class) was all that stood in the way of the ambitions of Ceres. The Jupiter Federal Colonies had put the Warspite class into full production during the last years of the 2170s, and the Lexington class during the first years of the 2180s. An incredible 350 additional Warspite/Lexington class vessels were added to the fleet of thirty-five craft that had survived the 1st Interplanetary War.