Liberal Men and Women/Aurora Class
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| Design details | ||||
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| Type | Super Cruiser (SC) | |||
| Manufacturer |
Confederate Shipyards New Liberalville, Grayskull, CLMW. | |||
| Design No(s). | 01 thru _ | |||
| Unit Cost | 2 Billion Eternian Dollars | |||
| Service Dates | Eternian Year ? - _ | |||
| General Characteristics | ||||
| Crew | Approx. 1200 | |||
| Displacement |
~60,000 short tons ~54,000 metric tons | |||
| Length |
750 feet ~225 meters | |||
| Beam |
100 feet ~30 meters | |||
| Draught |
33 feet ~10 meters | |||
| Propulsion & Power | 1 pressurized water nuclear reactor | |||
| Speed | 20 kts | |||
| Range | Unlimited while supplied | |||
| Armament | ||||
| Main | 15x 500mm 25 cal cannons (10x3) | |||
| Point Defense |
22x .50 cal computer controlled AA/CIWS | |||
| Missiles |
28x SA-N-1 missile launchers (14x2) | |||
| Other | ||||
| Motto | "Eppur si muove!" (But it does move!) | |||
The Aurora Class is under construction now in the new Eternos Shipyards.
Design
The Aurora class was designed along the lines of a Battlecruiser, but was instead tasked with a primary role of shore bombardment. It was armed with that task in mind, and ship to ship combat taking a secondary role. With that said, its heavy armament does make it more than capable, assuming the cannons are within range; however, its light armor means it cannot take the type of beating that it can put out.
Ships of the Class
- CNS Aurora (SC-01)
- CNS Arboreal (SC-02)
- CNS Achilles (SC-03)
- CNS Aegean (SC-04)
- (SC-05) - Under Construction
- (SC-06) - Under Construction
