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Glorius Ascendant-class Heavy Cruiser/Carrier

NOTE: This is an NPC ship and not intended for fleeting. It is here only so that people will know what I am talking about in my Atlantean related threads.

Name/Type
Glorious Ascendant-class Fleet Destroyer

Designer/Manufacturer
Atlantean Royal Military Dockyards, Atlantia

Designation
Heavy Cruiser/Carrier

Length
5,000 meters

Hyperdrive
N/A

Sliplight Rating
7

Shield Rating
20,000 SBD

Hull Rating
30,000 RU

Speed
45 MGLT

Crew
Standard
200,000 naval personnel
5,000 pilots

Carrier
200,500 naval personnel
12,000 pilots

Troops
2,500 Atlantean Marines

Fighter Complement
Standard

Carrier
2,500 JL-25 "AirWolf" interceptors
2,500 RJ-225 "DragonStorm" fighters

Support Craft
Cruiser
4 shuttles
1 scoutship
3 light transports

Carrier
24 shuttles
3 scoutships
4 light transports

Shield Strength Comparison
On par with most vessels of similar size

Tractor Beams
12

Reactors
8x Crystallic Fusion Drive Reactors
4x Standard Atlantean Fusion Reactor
1x Matter/Antimatter reactor feeding:
4x Sliplight capacitors

Weapons
Heavy Weapons
3x Heavy Coalescing Particle Beam Emitters
4x Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (Rail Guns)
2x Magnetic Accelerator Cannons
2x Light Magnetic Accelerator Cannons
1x "Planet-killer" deployable anti-ship weapon

Projectile Weapons
120x twin 16-inch projectile gun mounts
140x twin 10-inch projectile gun mounts

Light Weapons
150x quad pulse laser mounts
100x twin 25mm AAA mounts
320x twin .50 caliber AAA mounts
235x twin 88mm AAA mounts
200x quad Vulcan mounts
150x quad light rail gun mounts

Cargo Space
170 metric tons

After the Unyielding Victory-class Fleet Destroyers, the Glorious Ascendant-class Heavy Cruisers are the largest class of ships in the Atlantean Fleet. Two forms of this design exist: the stock cruiser, and a carrier version. The carrier design features a larger crew complement, about 500 more crewmen, 90% of which are fighter operations personnel. also, her shields are slightly stronger. The Glorious Ascendant-class did suffer from power fluctuations when transiting to Sliplight, a problem that was overcome by the addition of two more reactors. In service with the Atlantean Navy for over 4,000 years, these ships are among the oldest in the Empire. Only 10 of these ships are in use today, and are known for their durability. One well-known phrase sprouted from this legendary toughness: "They take a lickin' and keep on tickin' . . . and tickin' . . . and tickin' . . . and . . ." (it just keeps repeating on and on for all of eternity)

It is worth noting that none of the Glorius Ascendant-class Heavy Cruisers/Carriers currently in service are over 150 years old. The oldest vessels have either been retired or scrapped. Only the design has been in service for over 4,000 years.