SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT:  Saturn Defense Forces (Saturn fleet Only); Excelion class variant
TYPE: Interstellar Space Control Ship (ISCS)
MODEL: Excelsior class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2185 AD
LENGTH: 2683 feet (817.9 meters)
WIDTH: 847.1 feet (258.2 meters)
HEIGHT: 449.8 feet (137.1 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 240x Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (1,200,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 750,000 tons
CREW:   966 base + up to 120 mecha pilots (284 Gunners, 200 Engineers, 74 Electricians, 74 Technicians, 74 Operators, 94 Officers, 52 Medical, 14 Science, 100 Security, and up to 120 pilots)

PROPULSION:

             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
             3x Orion Galactic OG-SWDT3-190K 3rd Generation, Mark-VI, stellar warp drive
             SPEED: 0.124 light years per hour each (0.372 light years per hour total)
  
             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             8x Macrotech MT-IPFE-22K Ion Plasma Fusion engines
             SPEED: KiloMach 0.74 each (5.92 Km total)

             SECONDARY (Combat Speed Engines):
             5x Io Heavy Industries IHI- FT-3300 fusion thrusters
             SPEED: 1113 mph each (5565 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             4x Lithgear LG-EMPAC-5000  5000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon maw gun; Effective Range: 25,000 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.

             SECONDARY (ASSAULT):
             10x Macrotech MT-EEBC-5K2 dual 5,000-megawatt electron-element beam cannon turrets turrets (7.17 megatons explosive force energy); Effective Range: 5,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with 2 x 5000-meagawatt fusion reactors (Macrotech IPFF-5000); 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):
             10x 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.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             24x Norking ASML-S10K single-shot cruise missile box launcher; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 1.195 megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 1 space torpedo each in a missile box launcher; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute.  

              TERTIARY (OFFENSIVE):
              2x  Republic Arms RA-ASM-10K 48-shot fully automated cruise missile launchers; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 1.195 megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 48 cruise missile per missile-launcher battery; ROF: 1-48 cruise missiles per two seconds. 

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             32x Jupiter Arms JA-RFLC-100 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 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 5 light years range.
             1x Superluminal Velocity Sensor array with a 5 parsec range.
             1x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit. Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
            2x Prodotech EEFF-10K Electron-Element Force Field (4 on Main ship, 1 on Bridge/Ship's Boat): Range: 5000 feet; OUTPUT: 7200 Terajoules, 720 Terajoules per minute/60 seconds.

CARGO BAY:
            1x 61,070 yd3 Bay holds 14.8-years of food and supplies for the crew.
 
HANGAR BAYS:
          (Internal bay) 6x 40,000-yd3 Bay that holds the following. 

           HANGAR 1): 3x Protean fighter squadrons consisting of 20 PF-04U COSMOCORSAIRs each plus 6040 yd3 of ordinance.

           HANGAR 2): 1x Protean Aerospace fighter squadron consisting of 20 PA-03 SHINDENs

           HANGAR 3)  10x PI-02 RAVENs Protean Interceptors plus 8391.5 yd3.

            HANGAR 4) 10x PI-02 RAVENs Protean Interceptors plus 8391.5 yd3.

            HANGAR 5) 10x PS-01A Protean space fighters with AUS-01 units.

            HANGAR 6) 10x PS-01A Protean space fighters with AUS-01 units.

          (External Top bay) 1x 75,000-yd3 Bay that holds 10 AS-01D shuttles. 

            (Outside Landing Pad)1x 150,000 square foot landing pad area consisting of 12 Gravito-electromagnetic plates that hold a variety of medium to large spacecraft.
            Mission specific complements were:
            PATROL: 10 Type-2041 shuttles (usually patrol models)
            SCOUT: 15 AS-01 type shuttles (usually AS-01D)
            PLANETARY ASSAULT: 3 Ogre class non-FTL troop transport ships

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:

           161x 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.