SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT:  Jovian Defense Forces (Jupiter & Saturn fleets), Colonial Confederacy
TYPE: Interstellar Spacecraft Carrier Vessel (SCCV)
MODEL: Io class (Lord Nelson Class refit)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2179 AD
LENGTH: 1312.5feet (400.05 meters)
WIDTH: 400 feet (121.92 meters)
HEIGHT: 310 feet (94.4 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 60x Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (300,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: .75 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 130,000 tons
CREW:   769 (136 Gunners, 290 Engineers, 13 Electricians, 13 Technicians, 13 Operators, 67 Officers, 37 Medical, 80 Flight, 100 Security, 20 Science)

PROPULSION:
             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
             2x Prodotech SWD-47.5K 2nd Generation, Mark-III, stellar warp drive
             SPEED: .146 light years per hour each (.292 light years per hour total)
  
             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             2x Io Heavy Industries IHI-IPFE-22K Ion Plasma Fusion engines
             SPEED: KiloMach 4.2 each (3,192,000 mph each; 6,384,000 mph total)

             SECONDARY (Combat Speed Engines):
             4x Io Heavy Industries IHI- FT-3300 fusion thrusters
             SPEED: 6384 mph each (25,536 mph total)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             2x 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 to completely cool off before it can fire again safely.

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             5x Federal Armory FA-PC-4002 dual 400-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):
             1x MMI ASML-810K eight-shot cruise missile silo; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 1.195 megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 8 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.  

              TERTIARY (OFFENSIVE):
              12x  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.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             30x Republic Arms RFLC-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with 800-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 8 dual blasts every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 48 dual blasts 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 Superluminal Velocity Communications array with a 1 light year range.
             1x Superluminal Velocity Sensor array with a 1 parsec range.
             1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
            1x MacroTechnologies MT-IFG-2K 2000-kilowatt (2 megawatt) Ion-Field Generator; Effect: Can withstand up to 4000 terajoules (4 Petajoules) of energy force before needing recharge.  The field regenerates at 400 terajoules every 10 seconds.   Ion Field generators are useless against slug weapons (autocannons and rail cannons) and non-nuclear missile weapons, or any type of non-energy weapon attacks.

CARGO BAY:
            1x 18,468 yd3 Bay holds 6 years of food and supplies for the crew (missions were rarely more than 3 years for this vessel).
 
HANGAR BAYS:
          1x 227,969-yd3 Bay that holds eighty space fighters (usually PI-02 Protean Interceptors) up to 50 tons each, and seven 100-ton shuttles (usually AS-01D type).

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
           129x 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 one month of food.