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CAPITAL
CLASS STARSHIPS
TECHNOLOGICAL OVERVIEW:
Capital class stands for a FTL capable starship,
whose mass exceeds 1000 tons. All capital class ships have at least two
primary propulsion systems: a dilithium-powered hyperdrive system for Faster-Than-Light
travel, a fusion powered ion drive and/or traditional hydrogen rocket thrusters.
All capital class starships have a inertia dampening field, which allows
acceleration rates up to 800 thousand G:s. Many of them have advanced air
and water recycling systems that allow ships to travel unsupplied for up
to five years time.
United Nations Space Forces (UNSF)
There are two major ship-building companies that
have been involved in building ships for United Nations: Microspace Corporation
and Hex-Optimum Inc. Hex-Optimum was the major one all the way until 2198,
when UNSF's infamous flagship NCC Exquisite and it's sister ship
NCC
Excruciator destroyed each other under strange circumstances.
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NCC Heavy Cruiser - Exquisite class Length 1850 meters
Typical role: Super-heavy attack craft or command vessel
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UNSF doesn't use Hex-Optimum ships anymore, since they're proven to
be extremely unreliable and very, very expensive. MicroSpace design proved
to be a more robust and affordable solution during the Dilithium war. Thus
no ships exist today that could match NCC Exquisite's performance.
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Container transport, Luxemburg class Length 500 meters
Typical role: heavy long-range cargo freighter or assault
transporter
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Light carrier - Genova class Length 450 meters
Typical role: Light carrier or front-line assault craft
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Dreadnought - Stirling class Length 1150 meters
Typical role: Heavy carrier or fleet command vessel
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Soviet States of Mezen (SSM)
Unlike UNSF the SSM has no rivaling companies in
terms of ship-building. All ships are manufactured under strict govermental
control. Altough SSM ship designs lack some of the performance of their
UNSF counterparts they're extremely durable and cheap to build. SSM Supercarrier
is the heaviest starship to date.
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Light Cruiser - Molotov class Length 410 meters
Typical role: front-line assault craft
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Medium Cruiser - Stalin class Length 600 meters
Typical role: medium assault craft and escort cruiser
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Supercarrier - Moscow class Length 1500 meters
Typical role: super-heavy carrier and command vessel
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