Achilles class heavy cruiser

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Achilles-class heavy cruiser
CA-109 Achilles
Class Overview
Class type: Heavy Cruiser
Class name: Achilles
Preceded by: Usagi class heavy cruiser
Succeeded by: N/A
Operated by: Bryn Shander, New Haven
General Characteristics
Mass: 34,800,000 tons
Length: 3,166 ft (965m)
Beam: 1,074 ft (327.35m)
Height: 546 ft 4 in (166.5m)
Complement: 5,504 officers and men
Powerplant: 12 1.65TW Minovsky-Ionscoe Supercompact Fusion Reactors
Drives: -16 Particle Impulse Engines
-One Hermes Mk. 21 Jump Capable Hyperdrive
-One emergency solar sail system
Weapons: -One 500GW spinal megapartical cannon
-30x 5GW megaparticle cannons in ten triple turrets
-160x 120mm autocannons in eighty twin mounts
-14x 1000mm torpedo tubes (8 fore, 6 aft)
Shields: 14 Aegis Mk. 34 24GW Shield Generators
Armor: 10,000mm multi layer Lunar Titanium-Ceramic composite
Auxillery Craft: -144 mobile suits
-288 fighters
-16 shuttles
Other systems: -Minovsky Craft System
-12 electromagnetic launch catapults with steam backups

The Achilles class heavy cruiser is part of Bryn Shander's Year 00 Rearmament Plan, and is designed to replace the aging Usagi class heavy cruiser. Though it may appear to be little more than a resized Suiseiseki class light cruiser, the Achilles is much more heavily armed by comparison, and has much greater defensive capability.

Fifty vessels of the class have been completed, and it is expected that more will be constructed in the future.


Achilles-class heavy cruiser
Achilles | Ajax | Antilochus | Hector | Paris | Neoptolemus | Agamemnon | Menelaus | Patroclus | Priam | Antiphus | Rhesus | Diomedes | Odysseus | Sarpedon | Medon | Aeneas | Ascalaphus | Troilius | Polyxena | Penthesilea | Anstyanax | Phorcys | Kebriones | Cycnus | Thersander | Deiphobus | Thersites | Protesilaus | Dolon | Euryplyus | Telephus | Podarces | Teucer | Nestor | Memnon | Glaucus | Canopus | Tenes | Echion | Nireus | Sinon | Thoas | Helenus | Ascanius | Ainia | Lycaon | Iapyx | Calchas | Automedon

List of heavy cruisers of the Bryn Shanderan Navy


Achilles-class heavy cruiser
Andromeda | Antila | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Boötes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum' | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | Vulpecula

List of heavy cruisers of the Imperial New Havenic Navy