SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Galactic Free Republic
TYPE: Interstellar Space Control Ship (ISCS)
MODEL: Excelsior class Phase II
DATE INTRODUCED: 2193 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: 1,190,000 tons
CREW:   1012 base + up to 120 mecha pilots (290 Gunners, 240 Engineers, 74 Electricians, 74 Technicians, 74 Operators, 94 Officers, 52 Medical, 14 Science, 100 Security, and up to 120 pilots)

PROPULSION:

              x2 ORION GALACTIC OG-TYPE-2193-220K 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: 2x Obuch-Ron Type-215111-300K fusion reactor
                  OUTPUT: 300,000 megawatts each reactor (600,000-megawatts total)
                  LIFE: 260 years of fuel

                 FASTER THAN LIGHT :
                 2x Prodono Technologies D'Rhell-Feul DF-2193-20K (1st Generation) Super Luminal Velocity Drive.
                 SPEED: 2.29 light years per hour each engine pod unit (4.57 light years per hour total from both engine pod units)

                 SUBLIGHT :
                 4x Seh'Fret Tor Type-SF-2193-72000 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)

             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             8x Macrotech MT-IPFE-22K Ion Plasma Fusion engines
             SPEED: KiloMach 0.46 each (3.73 Km total)

             SECONDARY (Combat Speed Engines):
             5x Io Heavy Industries IHI- FT-3300 fusion thrusters
             SPEED: 701.5 mph each (3507.4 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):
             12x Macrotech MT-EEBC-5K2 dual 5,000-megawatt electron-element beam cannon 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: 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.

Description/Overview:
              The failure of the Excelsior class to meet the standards of the Expeditionary Battleship project of 2188 did in fact bear some good fruit. That fruit was the creation of external warp engine pods that were a combination of SLV drives, EMD engines, and the fusion reactor to power them. Each of the Orion Galactic OG-TYPE-2193-220K engine pod units were 220,000 tons in displacement. Each had a pair of Prodono Technologies D'Rhell-Feul DF-2193-20K (1st Generation) Super Luminal Velocity drives that gave the Phase II Excelsior a combined space-time dilation of 4.57 light-years per hour. This was over twelve times the warp factor prior to the addition of the Orion Galactic engine pod units despite the engine pods increasing the displacement of the Excelsior class from 750,000 tons to 1,190,000 tons. This increase in displacemnent did greatly reduce the speed of the original sublight engine of the Excelsior class, however the eight electromagnetic drive engines--four on each Orion Galactic engine pod unit--increased the velocity of the vessel from 1250 miles per second, to 10,133 miles per second. Each pod also mounted one additional Macrotech MT-EEBC-5K2 dual 5,000-megawatt electron-element beam cannon turret giving the Excelsior more firepower. The performance upgrade from these pods made the increase in displacement worth it and helped extend the life of the class well into the 23rd Century.