TERRA-Class AOE (FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIPS).

UGC Clariont Flag.

REF TERRA-Class AOE (Fast Combat Support Ships).

UGC Clariont Flag.

The original TERRA-Class AOE (Fast Combat Support Ships) were converted TOKUGAWA-Class Carriers, which carried food, fuel, and munitions to combat-active units, rather than

An REF TERRA-Class AOE (Fast Combat Support Ship); If You Look Closely, You Will Notice The "7" On The Side Of The Hull Is Right Side Up, Indicating The Hull Itelf Is Inverted. It Is.

Veritechs and fighter. This allows more combat-capable vsls to stay in the fight longer. Because of the nature of these ships, they are considered combat assets; However, they are kept as far from active fighting as possible, supplying the actual fighting ships with these munitions. They do NOT refuel/arm fighters, but do refuel KC refuelers; The time necessary to refuel an individual fighter is too long to make it practicable as in inflight-refueler for anything smaller than a ship (>1,000,000 gal. liquid load).

TERRA-Class form the backbone of the logistical tail, with as many as 1 TERRA per every 10 warships; An impressive number, when one considers that one TERRA's can fully re-fuel, -arm, and -plenish a dozen warships. The hangar space was converted into munitions and fuel storage bunkers, where they could be quickly ejected in the event of an emergency; To date, only one such bunker has been ejected, after a fitting in a fuel bunker developed a leak- The bunker did not HAVE TO be jettisoned, but the captain elected to be safe, as repairs to the fitting would have taken too much time (this being during the Atorian War).

The TERRA-Class will remain in service for many years to come; However, initial bids requests for their replacement has already been issued, with the total capacity to be 3 to 4 times that of the TERRA.
Name: TERRA-Class
Model Type: Fast Fleet Support Ship
Crew:

Officers: Lieutenant Commander (CO), two Lieutenants (the XO and Ops Boss), three Lieutenants (junior grade/one Engineer, one Deck Officer, and one Operations Officer), and five Ensigns (one Deck, one Ops, one Snipe, one Medical {may be a Lt/jg}, and one "Load Officer", usually someone working on a Militry Intelligence path).

Warrant Officers: One each of Bosun (BM's and GM's), Engineer (all engineers except DC's), Shipwright (DC's), one Medic (HM's), and an

Operations Officers (OS's).

Enlisted:

Five Chief Petty Officers (a Boatswain's Mate, a Drive Systems Specialist, a Power Systems Engineer, a Hospital Corpsman, and a

Damage Controlman);

Six First Class Petty Officers (a BM, a pair DS's, a pair of PE's, and a DC; A First-Class HM can be included if necessary under circumstances);

Two Second Class Petty Officers (1 DS, 1 PE);

Six Third Class Petty Officers (2 BM's, 1 DC, 2 HM's, and 4 Operations Specialist (combination of Radarman and Radio Operator)

Non-Rates: Engineering and Deck Departments have as many as 25 Spacers and Engineers each.
Passengers: Only a couple hundred safely. 1,000 can be brought on board for a short period of time, such as during an evacuation.
MDC By Location:

Hull-
Bridge-
External Hatches (about 200)-
Internal Hatches (up to 10,000)-

5,000
500
150 each
100 each

Agridomes (up to 50)-
Thrusters (10)-
Solar Panels (up to 20)-
Sensory Arrays (up to 05)-

1,000 each
700 each
100 each
500 each

Speed and Statistical Data:

Spacefold: Mk3 Spacefold (an older version).
FTL: Factor 5
Cruising Speed: Mach 20
In Atmosphere: Mach 02 safely
Length: 3,674 feet, 6 inches
Beam: 1,411 feet
Clearance: 1,172 feet
Weight: 10.8 million tons without cargo; 45 to 50 million tons with full load.
Cargo: 35 to 40 million tons.
Cargo Profile: See below.
Power Systems:

Primary: Solar Panels; Output: 100 KHh (more than enough for station keeping and ship's work); Range: 50 light years. Note: No combat can be sustained on solar panel alone.

Secondary: RRG mk 14 Protoculture-fueled Reflex furnace; Output: 51.8 Petawatts of power; Lifespan: 20 years; However, the systems can only run for forty-seven minutes at maximum power before overheating automatically shuts down the reactor, ruining it.

Tertiary: Emergency Batteries (100,000); Lifespan: 100,000 hours on emergency power status.

Thrust Systems:

Primary: RTT 416 Tractioning Drives; Output: 100 million lbs; Range: Unlimited.

Secondary: 8 Fusion-plasma reaction thrusters around the hull; Output: 22 million lbs (enough to keep up with the fleet); Range: 20 hours at full power before overheat.

Tertiary: Quad Sparrowhawk HSP-24 Fusion-plasma Thrusters for emergency use, mounted as a quadruple bank in the central engine bay, directly behind the hull; Output: 10,000 lbs (enough for ships operations); Range: 200 hours.
Flight Systems: Standard grav pods.
Cost and Availability: 100 millioncredit; 8 to 12 months to build.
Black Market Cost and Availability: 10 thousand to 100 billioncredit; 8 to 12 months to build. Because ownership of unarmed versions of these ships is perfectly legal, the black market is limited mostly to spare parts (obtained mostly from pirated hulls). Only one hull has ever been sold on the black market, in an ill-conceived plot to use it as an anti-planet missile by Atorian malconts against Terra.

Cargo Profile:

A typical cargo profile should look ROUGHLY as follows:

Munitions Load:

SMALL ARMS: 10,000 e-clips and chargers, 1,000 e-canisters.

HEAVY WEAPONS: .50 Caliber Machine Gun Rounds: 20 million rounds. 25MM: 15 million rounds. 32MM: 20 million rounds.

MISSILES: Mini-Missiles: 100,000 SRMs: 50,000 MRMs: 25,000 LRMs: 5,000
Fuel Load:

Hydro-cell: 20 billion gallons

Protoculture: 600 tons (in canisters)

Foodstuffs Load:

Fruits/Vegetables: 100 tons

Breads/Grains: 500 Tons (unprocessed)

Dairy/Eggs: 50-75 tons

Meat/Poultry: 10 tons

Dry Stores: 10,000 tons

Weapons Systems:

1. Defensive Laser Batteries (7): A battery of defensive lasers mounted 4 dorsal, 3 ventral along the hulls of these vessels. Mostly for anti-missile and meteorite defense.
MD: 5D6 per blast.
Rate of Fire: Per gunners attacks per melee plus bonuses (generally 4 or 5 per melee).
Range: 500 feet.
Payload: Unlimited.

2. Defensive Missile Batteries (2): A pair of Mini- or Short-Range Missile Launchers, one on either side of the hull, to discourage fighters and break up meteorites and comets.
MD and Range: Varies by missile type.
Missile Type: Any Mini-Missile or SRM, though SRM is preferred as it is easier to launch.
Rate of Fire: Per gunners attacks per melee plus bonuses (generally 4 or 5 per melee).
Payload: 2,000 SRMs or Mini-Missiles or combination thereof; There is no increase in capacity.

3. Ships, Fighters, Power Armor, and Robots:
Shuttles- 02
Mecha and Fighters- About 20, mostly Guardians.

4. DS-8 Variable Barrier Defense System: An advanced force field system which covers the entire ship with what appears to be a single yellow-greenish force field; However this is an illusion. The "single" barrier field is actually 6, fixed-aspect pinpoint barriers, to which power can be increased or decreased as necessary. This field will stop all solids and directed energy weapons. Excess energy is shunted from the field to large onboard capacitators, which is eventually discharged through the defensive laser batteries; In theory, this will occur in combat only, though occasional discharges happen even during Charlie periods (in port for repairs and maintenance). The storage wattage is high but not infinite, and the energy MUST be discharged BEFORE the stored energy overloads the field causing the equivalent of a nuclear missile-explosion ONBOARD and well inside the hull. Most of this damage will be to equipment surrounding the shield generators itself, so the vessel should survive; She will suffer severe damage to its internal electronics and power systems, and the systems affected will be inoperable until repairs are made.
MDC: 100. Attacks/Actions per Melee: Per operators attacks per melee plus bonuses (generally 4 to 6 per melee).
Attacks/Actions per Melee: Per operators attacks per melee plus bonuses (generally 4 to 6 per melee).
Range: 20 feet.
Payload: Unlimited.
Bonuses: Unlimited.
Restrictions/Penalties: Unlimited.

Features:

ESM: Radar Detector. Passively detects other radars being operated.

Radar: Combat grade radar. Range 100 miles, can track up to 50 individual targets. 95% reliability (24% against unfriendly stealthed vehicles).

Blue Force Tracker: Identifies friend from foe. Overlays the information on both the radar and HUD, ensuring that friendly forces are not accidentally targeted.

GPS: Standard tracking device. Ties into the Blue Force Tracker.

Anti-Jamming System: Reduces Electronics Countermeasure by 3/4 (decrease skill level appropriately).

HUD: Displays maps, radar, targeting information, and any OTHER information the wearer wants directly in front of the user.

FLIR/SLIR: Forward and Side Looking Infrared. Allows pilot to get visuals on targets at night.

Recorders: Records from various ships sensors, etc; 500 hours of recording available.

Full range optic sensory suite: Infrared, ultra violet, Magnification, night sight, color filters, thermal imager.
Range: About 200 miles.