Knight-class heavy cruiser

Knight-class heavy cruiser
Class overview
Builders	Axiom Fleet Yards
Preceded by	Apex-class heavy cruiser
In commission	10 March 3272
Building	900
Planned	12000
Completed	7800
Active	7125
Lost	602
Scrapped	70
Preserved	3
General characteristics
Type	Heavy cruiser
Mass	59,551,386 tonnes (58,610,863 long tons; 65,644,166 short tons)
Length	9,191 metres (30,154 ft)
Beam	2,205 metres (7,234 ft)
Height	1,121 metres (3,678 ft)
Engineering
Sublight drive(s)	4 × Axiom ARA-GEN251 antimatter drives 5 x Hurston-D'aarh maneuvering control systems
Sublight acceleration	1,518 metres per second squared (4,980 ft/s2)
Maximum atmospheric speed	3,125 kilometres per hour (1,942 mph)
FTL drive(s)	Axiom XLV-9 rift drive
FTL speed	Practically instantaneous at maximum power
Installed power	2 × Axiom AAR-GEN81 antimatter reactors 3 × Secondary Weyville Co. nuclear fusion reactors
Endurance	Practically infinite
Electronics
Main computer	Class 9X Artificial Intelligence
Sensors	Advanced Ranging - Targeting - Entanglement Mission Instrument System (ARTEMIS) Sensor Suite: QES-99 "Providence" quantum sensor system Other Sensors: - Mk 78 secondary sensor suite 5,000 × Mk 56 "Crow" sensor drones
Navigation systems	Yang-Torres star chart version 9.2
Communication systems	QCS-25 "Hermes" quantum communication system CCS-21 conventional communication system
Targeting systems	ARTEMIS QFC-11 "Apollo" fire Ccontrol system
Countermeasures	ARTEMIS EWS-72 "Blind Eye" electronic warfare system
Defensive systems
Shields	Axiom EDS-135 energy shielding
Shield strength	Classified but at least 500 teratons of TNT resistance
Hull	Hull: 221 cm of nanonium Citadel: 547 cm of nanonium Turrets: 917 cm Interior Bulkheads: 291 cm
Armament
Primary armament	Guns 2 × APP-VER2.21 spinal antimatter accelerators Missiles 10x AGP-624 "Pulsar" torpedo tubes
Secondary armament	Guns 15 × EAC-50 antimatter accelerators Energy weaponry 12 × FLP-71 "Ruby" laser projectors Missiles 5 × Reckoning missile silos
Tertiary armament	Guns 40 × MAG-501 secondary railguns Energy weaponry 200× FLP-82 "Focal" laser point defences 150 × EAC-325 "Hailstorm" antimatter CIWS Missiles 1520 × MLP-521 "Hwacha" missile pods Nuclear weaponry 50 × Reaper nuclear mines
Crew and support craft
Complement	Crew: 521
Passengers	Combat personnel: 500
Small craft complement	*125 starfighters and bombers 4 dropships
Docking facilities	Hangar bays 5 spacecraft hangar bays (30 capacity each) 10 launch bays (3 capacity each) Docks 1 intership coupler

The Knight class Heavy Cruiser is a class of heavy cruisers in service with the Interstellar Navy.

Notable Ships

Name	Date of Launch	Status	Reason for notability
CCV Glee of Hilarity	15 March 2583	Active	Discovered over 72 different alien species across it's service time.
CCV Favours Repaid	14 December 2582	Active
CCV York	29 January 2583	Active
CCV Juuvah	12 March 2583	Active
CCV Challenger	4 April 2583	Active