SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Space Destroyer (SDD)
MODELS: Gilgamesh class  (Mercury Class Refit)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2186 AD
LENGTH: 550 feet
WIDTH: 262.5 feet
HEIGHT: 164 feet
MATERIAL:  Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT:  Federal Energy FEFR-7500A fusion reactor x 10
OUTPUT: 75,000 megawatts (7500 megwatts each FEFR-7500A)
ARMOR TYPE:  Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 8500 tons
CREW: 117 plus up to 66 flight, for 183 total. (9 Operators, 38 Gunners, 14 Officers, 30 Engineers, 9 Technicians, 9 Electricians, 8 Medical, and up to 40 Exosuit pilots, 20 battle robot pilots, six space fighter pilots)

PROPULSION:
            PRIMARY (Intra-solar Engines):
             3x Rocketdyne REMD-720 electromagnetic drive
             SPEED: kiloMACH 0.9 each (715,294 miles per hour each.  All engines: 2,145,882 total)

             SECONDARY (Interplanetary Engines)
             12x Rocketdyne RFT-120
             SPEED: 3496 miles per hour each (41,952 mph total)


             FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE:
             1x Terran Technologies TTID-T4-850N, Type-4 Intersection Drive (normal)
             SPEED: .28 light years per hour

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             6x Federal Armory FA-RFLC-720 dual 360-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 3600 miles; Payload: unlimited nuclear battery clutch; ROF: 10 dual blasts every twenty seconds with a cyclic rate of 60 dual blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             10x Terran-Technologies TT-STL-02I  Ion-Torpedo Launcher; Missile Type: IST-01 2000-pound Ion-Drive propelled, SMART-guided space torpedo with 7.17-megaton yield nuclear warhead; Effective Range: 106 miles; Payload: 10 space torpedoes each; ROF: 1 torpedo every 2 seconds per torpedo tube.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             12x Norking LC-202A dual 20-megawatt laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 200 miles; Power Requirement: 40-megawatts; ROF: up to 12 blasts per minute.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT/BALLISTIC):
            6x MMI ASML-10KB single-shot cruise missile "Box" launcher; Missile Type: ASM-10K 10,000-pound computer-guided medium-range cruise missile with 47.8-megaton yield; Effective Range: 1161.1 miles; Payload: 1 space torpedo each torpedo launcher; ROF: 1 torpedo per two seconds. 

             EXTERNAL: The Gilgamesh class was fitted with two externally mounted "flattops" that each has their own gravitational system which allowed each "flattop" to carry ten SBR-01 (30 ton) space battle robots, one HSF-01 space fighter, and one HSF-01D-E (EWAC) space fighter/recon craft on the outer umbilical dock.   This pair of "flattops" were added for the invasion of Venus and Mars during the 1st Interplanetary war of the 2070s when the Earth Federal Republic began their assault of the United Nations Solar Empire planets within the inner Sphere of Sol. 

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 10 AU range.
             1x SLV Communications suite with a 1 light year range.
             1x LADAR sensor suite with a 200,000 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 suite with a 1 parsec range.
             4x Gravitational Control/Antigravity unit Effect: provides artificial lift,g-force compensation and enhanced maneuverability.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
              (KINETIC)
              6x Warptron DF-300A, 300-megawatt level-02 Graviton deflector field generators; RANGE: 300 feet; OUTPUT: 64,800 gigajoules with a regeneration rate of 6480 gigajoules per ten seconds.

           
               (ENERGY)
               2x Nippon Military Industries NMI-IFD-2K Ion-Field Dampener generator; Range 100 feet each, OUTPUT: Absorbs/Dissipates up to 240 terajoules (240,000 gigajoules) of energy.  NOTE: Projectile weapons (like autocannons, etc.) and missiles are not effected by the field.


HANGAR BAYS:
            (Primary)
             1x 3708.9-yd3 this mecha-hangar holds up to twenty 7-ton EA-80 Little Sluggers plus 308.4 yd3 of ordinance for the mecha.

            (Secondary)
             1x 2000-yd3 this mecha-hangar holds up to twenty 5-ton EA-59 Jet Jaegers plus 92 yd3 of ordinance for the mecha.


Description/Overview:
         Improved weapon and FTL-drive version of the Mercury class destroyers.