The Theseus is a class of mid-sized capital ships of the new Battle-Carrier type. These ships mount heavy coilgun and railgun batteries along with a spacious hanger bay for both void and atmospheric focused craft. The Theseus class also has heavy armour and missile tubes for absorbing large amounts of damage and dealing with long ranged threats respectively. Due to their relatively simple design and versatility, the admiralty has placed a rather large order for them, making them the main capital ship of the IFC navy.
Its Fore mounted coilguns are mounted in a unique arrangement on its “bull head” bow with the turrets being mounted on a set of turners built into the hull on the corners which allows for 170° horizontal traverse. The twin guns can then traverse vertically independently of each other. The reverse engines and missile tubes are then placed in between them.
Some officers joke that the vessel was created when a bunch of admirals and engineers got together and did a BSG marathon. Indeed, the design does stick out in the railgun and missile focused IFC fleet, instead mounting versatile coilguns, hosting a large hanger bay and featuring a large PDW armament. These coilguns allow the ship to fire chaff bombs and flack rounds to defend the fleet amongst other specialised munitions along with with regular AP rounds.
During combat, its fighters take on the role of advanced scouts, strike wings and drone killers, equipped with either extra fuel, ASMs or swarm missile pods.
However, by the end of 2028, only the first five ships had been completed, with the rest under construction or only orders waiting their time to be fulfilled.
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Specifications
TYPE:
BATTLE-CARRIER
DISPLACEMENT:
50000~ METRIC TONS
ARMAMENT:
4x 120cm FORE MISSILE TUBES | 6x 30cm DUAL COILGUN TURRETS | 8x CIWS GUNS MOUNTED ACROSS THE MID AND BOW | 4x LASER PDWS | 40x PDW MISSILE VLS TUBES |
MUNITION CAPACITY:
150 METRIC TON CAPACITY CRAFT MUNITION BAY | MAIN CITADEL FOR COIL GUN AND CIWS ROUNDS | BOW MISSILE STOWAGE BAY |
USUAL MUNITIONS LOADOUT:
12x MRVM “ROTTWEILER” ANTI-SHIP MISSILES | 2x 3-AFED DECOY MISSILES | 2x RADAR BUOYS | 40000x CIWS ROUNDS | 2000x COILGUN ROUNDS |
SENSORS:
LRV-310 LONG RANGE RADAR | CIAMRR-270 SHORT-MEDIUM RANGED RADAR | GPTS-200B THERMAL SENSOR SUITE | PICASO OPTICAL SYSTEM |
FACILITIES:
TOP MOUNTED SEALABLE LANDING DECK | 12x MAGNETIC LAUNCH TUBES | 40000 METRES CUBED HANGER DECK | FULL AIR CONTROL CENTRE | FLEET BRIDGE WITH FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | RECREATION SUITES | SMALL WORKSHOP | EWAR SUITE |
CREW COMPLEMENT:
400 MEN EXCLUDING FLIGHT CREWS | BERTHS FOR 900 |
POWERPLANT:
E-72M SERIES NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR
ENGINES:
3x LCE-170 ENGINES REAR MOUNTED | 2x SCE-200 ENGINES FRONT MOUNTED | GENERATION 1 MCHD-30 HYPERDRIVE |
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS:
THESEUS | HERCULES | GILGAMESH | ACHILLES | BEOWULF | MAUI | PERSEUS | HECTOR | PATROCLUS | ODYSSEUS | MWINDO | WUKONG | KING ARTHUR | GWYDION | PWYLL | ATALANTA | VÄINÄMÖINEN |
STANDARD SPACE WING COMPLEMENT:
30x CONDOR A-1 | 2x VALKYRIE DROP SHUTTLE | 2x TRANSFER SHUTTLE |
GROUND ATTACK SPACE WING COMPLEMENT:
20x RAPTOR A | 2x TRANSFER SHUTTLES | 4x VALKYRIE DROP SHUTTLES |