Knight-class heavy cruiser

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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.

Development

Operational Record

Characteristics

Power Generation & Propulsion

Armament

Defences

Complement

Sensors & EW

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