Hastings-class assault carrier

Hastings-class assault carrier
Class overview
Builders	Axiom Drive Yards
Preceded by	Normandy-class assault carrier
Succeeded by	Okinawa-class assault carrier
In commission	5 June 3211
Building	50
Planned	100
Completed	1214
Cancelled	23
Active	882
Laid up	25
Lost	252
Retired	41
Preserved	15
General characteristics
Type	Dreadnought
Mass	195,212,156 tonnes (192,129,078 long tons; 215,184,568 short tons)
Length	36,551 metres (119,918 ft)
Beam	6,061 metres (19,885 ft)
Height	7,016 metres (23,018 ft)
Engineering
Sublight drive(s)	9 × Axiom ARA-GEN251 antimatter drives
Sublight acceleration	1,518 metres per second squared (4,980 ft/s2)
Maximum atmospheric speed	3,890 kilometres per hour (2,420 mph)
FTL drive(s)	Rusino WFG-55D rift drive
FTL speed	Practically instantaneous at maximum power
Installed power	2 x Rusino PGUA-21B antimatter reactors 5 × Secondary Weyville Co. nuclear fusion reactor
Endurance	Practically infinite
Electronics
Main computer	Class 9X Artificial Intelligence
Sensors	Advanced Ranging - Targeting - Entanglement Mission Instrument System (ARTEMIS) Sensor Suite: QES-51 quantum sensor system Other Sensors: - Mk 78 secondary sensor suite 20,000 × Mk 56 "Crow" Sensor Drones
Navigation systems	Yang-Torres Star Chart version 9.0
Communication systems	QCS-25 "Hermes" quantum communication system CCS-21 conventional communication system
Targeting systems	ARTEMIS QFC-8 fire control system
Countermeasures	ARTEMIS EWS-52 electronic warfare system 12,000 x Mk 57 "Puck" deception drones
Defensive systems
Shields	Axiom EDS-251 Energy Shielding
Shield strength	Classified but at least 5 yottatons of TNT resistance
Hull	Hull: 100 m of Nanonium Citadel: 250 m Turrets: 250 m Interior Bulkheads: 10 m
Armament
Primary armament	Guns 10 × EAC-72 antimatter accelerators Energy weaponry 1 x RVX-8 "Whirlwind" rift cannon 5 × FPB-93 "Cleanser" plasma projectors
Secondary armament	Guns 100 × EAC-221 antimatter accelerators Energy weaponry 1000 × FLP-71 "Ruby" laser projector Missiles 100 × Reckoning missile pods
Tertiary armament	Guns 5000 × MAG-543 railguns Energy weaponry 8,000 × FLP-82 "Focal" laser point defences 1000 × EAC-325 "Hailstorm" antimatter CIWS Missiles 10,000 × MLP-521 "Hwacha" missile pods
Crew and support craft
Complement	Crew: 124,396
Passengers	Combat personnel: 10 million
Small craft complement	Starships Up to 10 cruisers or 20 frigates 50 CX-121 "Condor" dropships Spacecraft 1000 starfighters and bombers 1000 transports Ground vehicles 1500 AFVs
Docking facilities	Hangar bays 10 spacecraft hangar bays (400 capacity each) 100 launch bays (150 capacity each) Docks 5 cruiser-sized docks (1 cruiser or 2 frigates each) 12 dropship-sized docks (1 dropship each)

The Hastings-class assault carrier is a class of assault carriers in service with the Interstellar Navy. It was designed by Rusino Heavy Industries to supplement a role of heavy warship designed to assault the most fortified of locations (i.e. planets, space stations, installations, etc.) with ease and being able to take incredible amounts of punishment while doing so.

Characteristics

The Hastings-class is 36,551 meters from bow to stern and is 6,061 meters in width, with a height of 1,079 meters from the upper superstructure to the dorsal superstructure. If the masts are accounted into the measurements, the ship is 7,016 meters in height. The Hastings weigh 195,212,156 metric tons, hosting a crew of 24,112 personnel.

Power Generation & Propulsion

The Hastings are powered by two Rusino PGUA-21B antimatter reactors with five secondary Weyville Co. nuclear fusion reactors that can supplement the main reactors for up to 68.21% of their primary output. The Hastings-class are propelled by four Rusino PS-215C fusion drives and four Hurston-D'aarh maneuvering control systems.

Armament

The Hastings are armed with a primary armament of ten EAC-72 antimatter accelerators mounted in five dual-gun mounts that propel approximately one tonne of antimatter/matter at half the speed of light, able to cause massive amounts of destruction. The Hastings-class are also armed with five primary anti-fortification weapons, the EBP-65 "Cleanser" energy projectors. These fire a highly concentrated beam of plasma that is designed to glass planets from orbit and raze warships from afar. Glassing is the act of reducing a planet's surface to glass through vaporizing the atmosphere and superheating the surface. However, the EBP-65s are also able to be used against ships for devastating effect, as the extremely hot plasma at exceptional velocity can burn through even the heaviest or most resistant armours or shields with relative ease.

Defences

The Hastings-class is heavily armoured, necessary so that it can withstand devastating attacks while assaulting a fortified position. The energy shielding of the vessel is very efficient and strong, to withstand the full force of multiple shots of the main weapons from the Hastings. This shielding is reinforced with a Kinetic-Thermal-Oscillating Reclamation system that reclaims thermal energy from the firing of weaponry and the kinetic/heat energy from weapon impacts to recharge the shielding faster and even boost it in situations. The armour of the Hastings is also heavy, with a nanocarbon composite armour that is very strong and resilient, yet light. Reinforced at a quantum level, the nanocarbon is very resistant to all forms of damage, including heat, kinetic impacts, antimatter annihilation, etc. The lattice of the nanocarbon atoms form small, regulated, crystalline shapes that increase the effectiveness of the armour.

In the case of boarding, the Hastings-class has several hundred thousand sentinels that have self-autonomy but are mostly controlled by the ship's AI. Every sentinel is armed with a charged particle beam weapon that can pierce through heavy armour or shielding on vehicles and is devastating against all kinds of infantry targets, whether they be synthetics or organics. Due to control being handed to an AI, they are impossible to be hacked by enemy forces. In addition, the Hastings can seal off entire compartments of the ship, just like any other Interstellar warship with antimatter shielding, which can only be defeated by starship-strength weaponry. The ships detachment of 3.5 million troops can also be called to defend the ship.