SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Planetary Alliance  
TYPE: Main Space Dreadnought (SDN)
MODELS: George Washington class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2191 AD
LENGTH: 2230.9 feet (645 meters)
WIDTH: 664.4 feet (202.5 meters)
HEIGHT: 1170 feet (356.5 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 73x Macrotechnologies Fusion Turbine MT-IPFE-50G fusion turbine
OUTPUT: 50,000 megawatts each (3,650,000 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 8 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 1,500,000 tons
CREW: 1415 + 40 pilots (1455 for crew) and 540 Space Marines (1995 total). (150 Operators, 410 Gunners, 120 Officers, 300 Engineers, 150 Technicians, 150 Electricians, 69 Medical, 40 Pilots, 40 Security, 540 passengers, 20 Science.)

PROPULSION:
             PRIMARY (Main Engines):
             4x Venus Interstellar VI-PD-150K, 150,000 megawatt Plasma Drive 
             SPEED: kiloMACH 4 each (844 miles per second, or 3376 mile per second total)

             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             2x TransLight TL-IDT6-200K* Type-6 Mark-V intersection drive nacelle 
             SPEED: 0.38 light-years per hour each (0.76 light years total)  

WEAPONS:
             HEAVY ASSAULT
             2x Lunar Dynamics EMPAC-20M 20,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range: 100,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: fires one blast per ten seconds, however the weapon requires 50 seconds to completely cool off after each shot so as not to overheat/melt the unit. Therefore, the EMPAC weapon's effective/safe ROF is once per minute.

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
            8x Norking IB-5002 dual 5000-megawatt Ion Blaster turrets; Effective Range: 50,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 1 dual blast per 50 seconds.

            PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
          6x Federal Armory FA-RFMC-5002 dual 500 megawatt MESON cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3600 miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: 10 dual blasts every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
            36x Republic Arms RA-STL-02A1 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.

            TERTIARY (OFFENSIVE):
          10x Militia Military Industries MMI-MSTL-02 six-shot space torpedo launcher turrets; Missile Type: MHST-01 2000-pound SMART-guided space torpedo with 239-Kiloton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 27 miles; Payload: 18 space torpedoes each in an autoloading torpedo tube; ROF: 1-6 torpedo per two seconds with a cyclic rate of 180 torpedoes per minute.

              PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
              18x Terran Tech ASTT-10KB anti-ship cruise missile "torpedo" tube; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 9 space torpedoes each torpedo launcher for a total of 108 cruise missiles; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds each. 

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             22x Norking RFL-602  dual 60-megawatt rapid-fire laser turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with 600-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 10 dual blasts every ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (DEFENSIVE):
             2 0 x Norking RFL-404 rapid-fire 40-megawatt quad laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 100miles; Payload: unlimited with FEFR-400 fusion reactor; ROF: up to 10 quad blasts per ten seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 quad blasts per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 100 AU range.
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x SLV communications array with a 8-light year range.
             1x RADAR sensor array with a 200,000 mile range.
             1x LADAR sensor array with a 80,000 mile range.
              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 SLV sensor array with a 10 parsec range.
             3x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.
            
Electronic Counter Measures:
             1x Microwave Communications Jammer with a 100 AU range.
             1x Laser Communications Jammer with a 1000 AU range.
             1x RADAR Sensor Jammer with a 200,000 mile range.
             1x LADAR Sensor Jammer with a 80,000 mile range.
             1x Passive EMS Sensor Jammer with a 1,000,000 range.
             1x Active EMS Sensor Jammer with a 100,000 mile range.
             2x ECM targetting scramblers with a 1500 foot range.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
            (General):
            PRIMARY:
              6x Warptron DF-5M 5000-megawatt LEVEL-02 Gravitonic deflector field generators; RANGE: 5000 feet; OUTPUT: 1080 terajoules with a regeneration rate of 108 terajoules per ten seconds.

            (KINETIC):
            SECONDARY:
            4x Lunar Dynamics  ESA-275M Electrostatic armor; RANGE: 15 feet from hull; EFFECT: Random due to numerous variables. In general, projectile weapons are only marginally effective and explosive warheads (of missiles, grenades and torpedoes) are rendered useless/inert.

            (ENERGY):
            SECONDARY:
            6x MMI ND-55M 55,000-megawatt nuclear dampener generators; RANGE: 5500 miles; Effect: Random due to numerous variables. In general, the nuclear dampeners provided moderate to considerable resistance to energy weapons and was able to cause missile warheads to either explode or go inert within its area of effect.

HANGAR BAYS:
             1x 50,000-yd3; Holds 50,000-yd3; Bay holds 10 AS-01D space shuttle transports, plus 40 PA-100 Cosmo Saber Protean Fighters and 7000 yd3 of ordinance for the Protean Fighters.

SPECIAL SYSTEMS:
              333x 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 2-weeks of food.

DESCRIPTION:
                The last class of vessel to be upgraded as part of the conversion from "Space Cruiser" type spacecraft to the "Cosmo Cruiser" type was the George Mason class dreadnought. As there were only five of these vessels after the Outer Sphere War, the sixth dreadnought of the George Mason class, SDN-021 George Washington, was built with the new refit systems in mind in 2188 and so its weapons and sublight engines were changed to meet the new requirements. The George Washington class however was refit again in 2191 after the Planetary Alliance "stole" the plans for the Tartarian Technocracy's Type-06 Intersection Drive engine in 2189. This new drive solved the problem that the shipwrights were having with bringing the George Washington class to a warp time-dilation of 1.0 light years per hour. The original configuration called for four Type-04 intersection drives, but that time-dilation would be barely over 0.5 light-years per hour. Even the Type-06 intersection drives of the Tartarian Technocracy would only bring the ship's time-dilation to 0.76 light-years per hour with two engines. The design team did consider using four engines, but decided against it due to weight and power consumption considerations. By 2193, and the Ross 47 conflict, all George Mason class ships had been upgraded to George Washington class. Only one of these ships was lost during the 2nd Interplanetary War.