SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Jovian Defense Forces
TYPE: Interplanetary Space Battlecruiser (Rivadavia class battlecruiser refit)
MODEL: Centauri class SBCC-25 (Ironclad Mark-III)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2178 AD
LENGTH: 1516.1 feet (462.1 meters)
WIDTH: 478.3 feet (145.8 meters)
HEIGHT: 412.7 feet (125.8 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite Alloy
POWER PLANT: Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace x 120
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (600,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 320,000 tons
CREW: 212 (15 Operators, 36 Gunners, 11 Officers, 104 Engineers, 15 Technicians, 15 Electricians, 6 Medical, and up to 10 Security.)

PROPULSION
             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE :
             1x Pallas Research PRID-T2-28000A Type-2, Mark-IV Intersection Drive unit
             SPEED: 0.18 light years per hour 

             PRIMARY:
             4x Macrotechnologies IPFE-22K ion plasma fusion engine
             SPEED: kiloMACH 1.7 each (0.002C each), KiloMach 6.8 (0.008C total)

             SECONDARY:
             7x Eurospace HYIE-36K high yield ion engines
             SPEED: 8550 mph each (59,850 mph total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             8x Militia Military Industries MMI-PC-3180 540-megawatt triple PHELAC turrets; Effective Range: 1600 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             16x Lithgear LG-LC-804 quad 20-megawatt laser cannon ball turrets; Effective Range: 200 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 9 quad blasts per minute in cycles of 1 quadruple blast per 6.7 seconds.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 100 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications Suite with a range of 5 light years.
              1x LADAR array with a range of 220,000 miles.
              1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
              1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Sensor Suite with a range of 1 parsec (3.26 light years).
              2x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:
                 6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-2000 omnidirectional LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 2000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 2000 megawatts each; Output: 360 terajoules with a regeneration of 36 gigajoules every ten seconds.

HANGAR BAYS:
             1x 340,000-yd3 Bay has two doors for rapid launch of its fifteen MBR-01C and five MBR-01B1s. and six 200 ton AS-01 or AS-02 assault shuttles, with 110,000 cubic yards for parts, equipment, fuel, and munitions to service the battle robots and shuttles.

             1x 16,000-yd3 Bay holds eight SF-02 space fighters, with 2304 cubic yards for parts, equipment, fuel, and munitions to service the them.

             1x 11,600-yd3 Bay holds four SF-02 space fighters, with 4772 cubic yards for parts, equipment, fuel, and munitions to service the them.

Description/Overview:
            The Centauri class was part of the emergency rearmament program that eventually lead into the Colonization efforts of the JDF.  The Centauri was basically the Rivadavia class battlecruiser only with Ion Plasma Fusion Engines in place of the main Ion engines and triple-PHELAC cannons in place of the older dual barrel types used by the UN.  The Centauri was used as a command ship for the Narvi class destroyers and Meteor class Landing Ship Tanks.  It was a modestly successful design that was produced until 2181 for the colony fleets.