SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Galactic Free Republic
TYPE: Production Expeditionary Battleship Mark-IV
MODEL: Newel-Xergis Type-503361E (Andromeda Class)
DATE INTRODUCED: 5.03361 GS (2193 AD)
LENGTH: 2549.2 feet (777 meters)
HEIGHT: 893.4 feet (266.3 meters)
WIDTH: 1348.5 feet (411.3 meters) 
MATERIAL: Dense Material (Prodono 8th-Level Carbonium-Molecular Alloy)
POWER PLANT: 30x Obuch-Ron Type-215111-300000 fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 300,000 megawatts each reactor (9,000,000 total)
ARMOR TYPE: Prodono Meta-Organic Energy Resistant Armor: Laser, PHELAC, ion blaster, disruptor, EMPAC, and PAC damage is greatly reduced.
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 2,190,000 tons
CREW: 1512 +  400 Prodono Androids and 80 Space Marines/Protean Pilots (1992 total)
(182 Gunners, 219 Operators, 131 Officers, 219 Technicians, 219 Electricians, 400 Engineers, 72 Medical, 50 Security, 20 Science, 80 Fighter Pilots, 400 Prodono Android Pilots)

PROPULSION

              x2 ORION GALACTIC OG-TYPE-2193-220K-ALPHA ENGINE POD UNIT:

                 DISPLACEMENT: 220,000 tons each engine pod unit.
                 LENGTH: 1167 feet (355.6 meters)
                 WIDTH: 112 feet (34 meters)
                 HEIGHT: 177 feet (54.1 meters)

                  POWER PLANT: 3x Obuch-Ron Type-215111-300K fusion reactor
                  OUTPUT: 300,000 megawatts each reactor (900,000-megawatts total)
                  LIFE: 260 years of fuel

                 FASTER THAN LIGHT :
                 2x Prodono Technologies D'Rhell-Feul DF-2193-40K (1st Generation) Super Luminal Velocity Drive.
                 SPEED: 1.25 light-years per hour each engine pod unit (5.0 light-years per hour total from both engine pod units)

                 SUBLIGHT :
                 4x Seh'Fret Tor Type-SF-2193-144K Electromagnetic Drive (EMD).
                 SPEED: 1267 miles per second each engine, 5067 miles per second for all four EMD engines. (10,133.3 miles per second total from both engine pod units)

             SECONDARY (SUBLIGHT):
             1x Goro Dei Dynamics GDD-EMD-750K
             SPEED: KiloMACH 12.2 (2575.6 miles per second)

             TERTIARY (COMBAT-SPEED/EMERGENCY ENGINES):
             4x Macrotechnologies MT-IPFE-20K Ion Plasma Fusion Engine
             SPEED: KiloMACH 1 each (211.1 miles per second each, 844.4 miles per second total)

             FOURTH TIER (COMBAT-SPEED/EMERGENCY ENGINES):
             8x Macrotechnologies MT-IPFE-55500 Ion Plasma Fusion Engines
             SPEED: 782,800 mph each (6,262,400 mph total from all drives)

WEAPONS:
              PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
            10x Macrotech MT-EEBC-10KA dual 5,000-megawatt electron-element beam cannon turrets turrets (7.17 megatons explosive force energy); Effective Range: 5,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with 10,000-meagawatt Nuclear Battery with clutch; ROF: Theoretically 1 blast every ten seconds, however the weapon requires 1 minute to completely cool off before it can fire again safely.
            *Electron-Element beam weapons do full damage to energy resistant armor like that used by the Prodono and other alien powers.

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
            11x Titan Technologies TT-KB-3180 540-megawatt triple KAISER (KAon-Infused-laSER) Beam turrets*; Effective Range: 1440 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 9 blasts per minute.  
          *KAISER beam weapons do full damage to energy resistant armor like that used by the Prodono and other alien powers.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             1x Pa’Zhin Mogul-Voltz Type-PZMV-202118 electromagnetic particle beam cannon; Effective Range: 50,000 miles; Power Required: 10,000 megawatts; Power Supply: nuclear battery with clutch; Payload: unlimited; ROF:  1 blast every 10 seconds with a cyclic rate of 6 blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (ASSAULT):
             2x Prodotech PT-EEBC-H50KA 50,000-megawatt heavy electron-element beam cannon maw gun (71.7 megatons explosive force energy); Effective Range: 50,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with 10 x 5000-megawatt fusion reactors (Macrotech IPFF-5000) ROF: Theoretically 1 blast every ten seconds, however the weapon requires 8 minutes to completely cool off before it can fire again safely.
            *Electron-Element beam weapons do full damage to energy resistant armor like that used by the Prodono and other alien powers.

           TERTIARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
            12x Terratech ASIT-15K-10T cruise missile launcher; Missile Type: ASIT-15K 15,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 5067 miles; Payload: 30 space torpedoes each torpedo launcher; ROF: 1 torpedoes per two seconds. 

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
            Lithgear LG-RFL-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with a 1000-megawatt nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 60 blasts per minute in cycles of 10 blasts per 10 seconds.

             BALLISTIC (INTERPLANETARY):
               2x 24-shot Mingheis Zor Type-MZ-19991A (Buster Missile); Effective Range: 837,000 miles (missile)/250,000 miles (beam); Missile Type: Type-MZ-19991 a computer-guided Buster Missile; Payload: 3 Buster Missiles each in a missile silo; ROF:  1-3 missiles per two seconds each silo when all missiles are armed and ready.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Hyperspace Communications array with a range of 200 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 1,000,000 miles.
              1x Hyperspace Navigation Sensor array with a range of 50 parsecs (163 light years).
              1x Gravitational Control Unit (Antigravity) which acts as a g-compensator.

HANGAR BAY:
              Main Upper Hangar
            1x 840,000-yd3: bay holds 80 PI-02 Raven Protean Interceptors with AUS-02 armor upgrade systems, 80 PA-03 Shinden Protean Aerospace fighters, 80 PS-01C Protean Space Fighters with AUS-01 armor upgrade systems, 80 PD-05A Protean Defense fighters (Prodono Android piloted), 25 O'Mek class Prodono space shuttles.

              Side Pod Inner
             4x 120,790-yd3: Each bay holds up to 80 PD-05A Stellar Defenders piloted by Prodono Androids, plus 6201.2 yd3.

              Side Pod Outer
             2x 219,300-yd3: Each bay holds one Ogre Class Troopship.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
             Warptron LBS-6.57M Light Bending Shield; Effective Range: 42 miles; NUMBER: 1F; POWER REQ: 6570-gigawatts; Effect: Most sensors have a 30% chance of detecting the ship. Lasers and PHELACs do no damage to shield, provides complete protection. Makes the ship totally invisible in the visible light spectrum.

             332x Escape Pods; Range: 72,960 miles; Effect: Each escape pod holds six individuals, can fly at a speed of Mach 2 for up to two days, has a food supply to provide six persons with one month of food.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
            1x Prodotech EEFF-20K Electron-Element Force Field: Range: 5000 feet; OUTPUT: 18,000 Terajoules, regenerates at a rate of 4500 Terajoules per melee (10 seconds).

Description/Overview:
          In contrast to the original Prototype Expeditionary Battleship of 2188, the production model had to be more of a long-range scout-fleet command ship than a standalone scout that the original prototypes were. With this expansion of the class's mission in mind, the shipwrights that designed the new class of ship increased its size considerably. The production model of the Expeditionary Battleship was designed to be the core of a fleet of scout ships, hence why its Light Bending Shield array was of a newer design that had a range of 42 miles from its hull (84 mile diameter) and the ability to conceal all spacecraft around it within that range. This meant that the new class could hide a small flotilla of ships within its field allowing it to move thorugh a star system relatively undetected. During test trials in early 2193, the Andromeda--the first ship in the class--encountered problems with moving the fleet at sublight speeds under cloak. Any debris larger than a soccerball tended to disrupt the cloaking field causing a water-like ripple effect to pass over the whole sphere of the cloaking-shield. At speeds below 200 miles per second, this effect was negligible and not detectable.
          The general foundation for the Andromeda class was the Galaxias, however instead of using Imperial Prodono Newel-Xergis class warships, the Andromeda class was built from scratch and was based on the Galaxias, Galaxy, and the Excelsior Phase II class technology demonstrator used as the initial test vessels for the Expeditionary Battleship project. This fusion led to the use of an upsized Orion Galactic OG-TYPE-2193-220K-ALPHA engine pod unit. This unit was roughly the same size as that of the Excelsior class engine pod units, however, the SLV drives and EMD engines within the pod were larger than those of the Excelsior class. This reduced the volume of fuel for the engine pod and thus the lifespan of the engine pod unit, but it increased the speed of the drives to the standards put forward by the Prodono Android group of the newly formed Galactic Free Republic alliance. The time dilation of the Super Luminal Velocity drives was 2.50 light-years per hour each engine pod with a total of 5.0 light-years per hour for both engine pods, giving this class an exceptional space-time dilation for a ship of this displacement. The sublight drives of the Galaxy class were insufficient to meet the criteria of the design commission for the mass production Expeditionary Battleship. Therefore, the Electromagnetic Drive engines of the engine pods were increased to a size that gave an acceptable sublight speed for the new class.
          The weapons of the new Andromeda class were based on the Galaxy class of battecarrier. Most of the Prodono-style energy weapons were removed from the vessel to eliminate any power-transfer issues of power block failures that had plagued the prototype Expeditionary Battleships that used Prodono Newel-Xergis class ships are their foundation. Only the main electromagnetic particle beam cannon, and the Buster missiles were of Prodono design. The mobile weapons of the Galaxy class consisted of four squadrons of Methuseian space marine pilots and 20 squadrons of Prodono Android pilots. All 24 squadrons used Protean fighters of one type or another. Multiple different Protean mecha were available to space marines for a wide range of missions including two Ogre class troopships each with forty PF-51, or PF-04U Protean fighters with AUS-03 armor upgrade systems. The Prodono pilot Android pilots on the other hand were generally assigned to the compliment of PD-05A Stellar Defender general purpose fighters used for patrol missions, and defense of the Galaxy class Expeditionary Battleship.
          Lastly, the Galaxy class was fitted with a larger and more advanced version of the Electron Element Force Field generator used by the Excelsior class. This new EEFF generator gave the Galaxy class unprecedented protection commpared to older EEFF systems used by the older Neo-Hebrew ships in the Phase II fleet. The improved shielding made the Galaxy class a formidable warship. The viability of the Expeditionary Battleship concept as a mass produced exploration vessel was proven in the Galaxy class. During the 2nd Interplanetary War these craft saw limited action, and mostly of a defensive nature, however, after the war they were the tip of the spear of the exploration efforts of the Galactic Free Republic's long-range expeditionary fleets that were sent out into the Quarantine Zone around the Sol system (1000 light-year radius around Sol) to pinpoint the locations of the boundaries of any surviving alien powers that may prove to be a threat to mankind.