Lexington Class Battlecarrier

SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Jovian Defense Forces (Jupiter & Saturn fleets), Colonial Confederacy
TYPE: Interstellar Battlecarrier
MODEL: Lexington class refit of the Warspite Class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2177 AD
LENGTH: 1150 feet (350.5 meters)
WIDTH: 325 feet (99.06 meters)
HEIGHT: 245 feet (74.7 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: 40x Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (there are 40 reactors)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: .75 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 65,000 tons
CREW: 551 (131 GUNNERS, 205 ENGINEERS, 7 ELECTRICIANS, 7 TECHNICIANS, 7 OPERATORS, 48 OFFICERS, 26 MEDICAL, 40 FLIGHT, 70 SECURITY, 10 SCIENCE)

PROPULSION
         FASTER THAN LIGHT :
   2x Prodotech SWD-47.5K 2nd Generation, Mark-III, stellar warp drive
SPEED: .292 light years per hour each (.585 light years per hour total)

           PRIMARY (Main Engine):
1x Macrotechnologies IPFE-22K ion plasma fusion engine
SPEED: kiloMACH 8.5 (.085C)

SECONDARY (Main Engines):
3x Warptron FT-3300 Fusion thrusters
SPEED: 12,844 mph each (38,532 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 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):
   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.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
   20x 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.

            SECONDARY (DEFENSIVE):
            7x Norking RFL-404A rapid-fire 40-megawatt quad laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 100miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: up to 10 quad blasts per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 300 quad 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 6612 yd³Bay holds 3 years of food and supplies for the crew (missions were rarely more than 3 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.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
   92x 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.