SBB-02 class Dreadnought

SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Alkaid Republic
TYPE: Interstellar Space Dreadnought
MODEL: SBB-02 Centauri Class
DATE INTRODUCED: 2181 AD (2188 Refit)
LENGTH: 2250.7 feet (686 meters)
WIDTH: 724.1 feet (220.7 meters)
HEIGHT: 616.8 feet (188 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: x25 Gaea Energy GEFR-50,000
OUTPUT: 50,000 Megawatts each (1,250,000 megawatts/1.25 Terawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 7 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 750,000 tons
CREW: 529 plus 160 pilots, 689 total (98 Gunners, 75 Engineers, 75 Technicians, 75 Electricians, 75 Operators, 46 Officers, 25 Medical, 20 Science, 40 Security, 160 Pilots)

PROPULSION
   FASTER THAN LIGHT (2181):
4x Prodotech SWD-104.5KA 6th Generation Mark-VII stellar warp drives
SPEED: 0.06 light-years per hour each (0.24 light-years per hour total)

   FASTER THAN LIGHT (2188):
4x Prodotech SWD-104.5KA 6th Generation Mark-VII stellar warp drives
SPEED: 0.192 light-years per hour each (0.768 light-years per hour total)

INTERPLANETARY:
2x Union Industrial UI-PD-225K Plasma Drive
SPEED: KiloMACH 10 each (2111 miles per second each, KiloMACH 20/4222 miles per second total)

WEAPONS:
  (2181)
   PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
3x Gia Arms GA-PC-15003 triple 1500-megawatt PHELAC (Level-03) turrets; Effective Range: 12,000 miles; Payload: Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 1 triple blast per twenty seconds.

   PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
5x Lithgear LG-MC-3003 triple 300-megawatt PHELAC (Level-03) turrets; Effective Range: 5400 miles; Payload: Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 3 dual blasts per twenty seconds.

SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
10x Proxima Arms PA-STL-800 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: USR-SRT-800 short-range 800-pound computer-guided space torpedo; Effective Range: 33.3 miles; Payload: 20 torpedoes in a machine-fed torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo each launcher every two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute each tube..

  (2188)
   PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
3x Gia Arms GA-MC-15003 triple 1500-megawatt MESON (Level-03) turrets; Effective Range: 10,800 miles; Payload: Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 1 triple blast per twenty seconds.

   PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
5x Gia Arms GA-EMPAC-3003 triple 300-megawatt EMPAC turrets; Effective Range: 1500 miles; Payload: Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 6 triple blasts per minute in cycles of 1 triple blast per 10 seconds..

SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
10x Alkaid Arms AA-STL-02A3 space torpedo tubes; Missile Type: AA-ST-600 600-pound computer-guided space torpedo; Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 60 torpedoes in a machine-fed torpedo tube; ROF: 1 torpedo each launcher every two seconds with a cyclic rate of 30 torpedoes per minute each tube.

  (BOTH)
HEAVY ASSAULT:
1x Cydonia Research CR-EMPAC-30K 30,000-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range: 150,000 miles; Payload: unlimited with battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 6 blasts per minute, however the cannon requires 50 seconds to completely cool off between blasts effectively limiting its ability to fire safely to 1 blast every other minute..

   PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
   16x Lithgear LG-RFL-502 dual 50-megawatt rapid-fire laser cannon turrets; Effective Range: 500 miles; Payload: unlimited with a 1000-megawatt nuclear battery clutch recharged from the vessel's main reactor; ROF: up to 60 blasts per minute in cycles of 10 blasts per 10 seconds.

ELECTRONICS:
1x Microwave Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications suite with a range of 10 light years.
1x LADAR sensor array with a 220,000 miles range.
1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
1x Super Luminal Velocity Sensor suite with a range of 80 parsec (260.8 light years)
1x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.
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DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
  (2181)
6x Proxima Research PR-DF-4000 (Level-02) omnidirectional deflector field generator; Range: 4000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 4000 megawatts each; Output: 864 terajoules with a regeneration of 86.4 terajoules every ten seconds.

  (2188)
6x Centauri Research CR-DF-4000A (Level-03) omnidirectional deflector field generator; Range: 4000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 4000 megawatts each; Output: 1008 terajoules with a regeneration of 100.8 terajoules every ten seconds.

HANGARS:
   (2181)
           2x 80,000yd³ Holds 40 BattleKnights, 20 SF-01A space fighter/bombers, and 5 AS-01s.

   (2188)
           2x 80,000yd³ Holds 80 PS-35J Protean space fighter/bombers, and 5 AS-01s.

Description/Overview:
The SBB-02 was originally a design demanded by Supreme Commander Kolchak of the Union of Solar Repulics in 2179 when he saw the deficiences of the SBB-01 space battleship (Union class). The short comings of the SBB-02 were brought to the forefront during the Ceres Conflict. It's main heavy PHELAC turrets were effective against Terran technology spacecraft, but against the Prodono made ships, with their energy-resistant armor, their performance were not commensurate to the power they consumed and their slow rate of fire. The Outer Sphere War, which involved the massive Prodono Android armada, brought the short comings of these heavy beam weapons out into the open. Once the Outer Sphere War had concluded, the Alkaidian Republic replaced their large beam turrets with MESON weapons of the same size and megawatt requirements as that of the old PHELACs. The secondard beam turrets and space torpedoes alse required upgrade to the standards of the late 2180s, thus both were replaced with newer types. The engines were replaced with more advanced Stellar Warp Drive nacelles, and plasma drives.