Galileo class science vessel

Galileo-class science vessel
Class Overview
Class type:	Science Vessel
Class name:	Galileo Galilei
Preceded by:	Chronos class science vessel
Succeeded by:	N/A
Operated by:	Bryn Shander, New Haven
General Characteristics
Mass:	11,900,000 tons
Length:	2,463 ft 4 in (750.82m)
Beam:	723 ft 5 in (220.5m)
Height:	368 ft (112.16m)
Complement:	2,680 officers and men
Powerplant:	12 1.1TW Minovsky-Ionscoe Supercompact Fusion Reactors
Drives:	-16 Particle Impulse Engines -One Hermes Mk. 31 Jump Capable Hyperdrive -One emergency solar sail system -One Single use long distance Hermes Hyperspace/Jump gate
Weapons:	-One 250GW spinal megapartical cannon -20x 2.5GW megaparticle cannons in ten twin turrets -96x 120mm autocannons in forty eight twin mounts -10x 1000mm torpedo tubes (6 fore, 4 aft)
Shields:	14 Aegis Mk. 33 10GW Shield Generators
Armor:	6000mm multi layer Lunar Titanium-Ceramic composite
Auxillery Craft:	-72 mobile suits -144 fighters -8 shuttles
Other systems:	-Minovsky Craft System -8 electromagnetic launch catapults with steam backups

The Galileo class science vessel is part of Bryn Shander's Year 00 Rearmament Plan, and is designed to replace the aging Chronos class science vessel, which was unarmed and required a small fleet of escorts for protection. The Galileo on the other hand, is heavily based on the Suiseiseki class light cruiser and is fully capable of operating independently for years at a time.

Sixteen ships in the class have been completed at Pezun. The first ship of the class, Galileo was made famous by completing a long search and recovery mission to find Imperatrix Ashley I and the other New Havenic refugees in the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.