SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT:  Saturn Defense Forces (Saturn fleets)
TYPE: Attack Carrier
MODELS: Normandy Class (Iapetus class refit)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2185 AD
LENGTH: 785 feet (239.3 meters)
WIDTH: 380 feet (115.8 meters)
HEIGHT: 217 feet (66.1 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: 16x Macrotechnologies IPFF-5000 Ion Plasma Fusion Furnace
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (80,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: .75 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 40,000 tons
CREW: 235 (56 Gunners, 91 Engineers, 4 Electricians, 4 Technicians, 4 Operators, 20 Officers, 11 Medical, 20 Flight, 20 Security, 5 Science)

PROPULSION:

             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
            1x Prodotech Prodotech SWD-47.5K-A 3rd Generation, Mark-V, stellar warp drive
             SPEED: 0.555 light years per hour


             PRIMARY (Main Engine):
             1x Macrotechnologies IPFE-16K ion plasma fusion engine
             SPEED: kiloMACH 4.375 (.0044C)

             SECONDARY (Main Engines):
             4x Warptron FT-900 Fusion thrusters
             SPEED: 5700 mph each (22,800 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             3x 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):
              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.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             12x 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):
              4x 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 3420 yd3 Bay holds 3.8 years of food and supplies for the crew (missions were rarely more than 3 years for this vessel).
 
HANGAR BAYS:
          1x 95,000-yd3 Bay that holds twenty space fighters up to 50 tons each, two 100-ton shuttles, and up to 11,000 yd3 of ordinance for the space fighters.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
          40x 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.