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A Starbound Revival

by NightsongWrites

Chapter 17: Article: Hurricane-class Supercarrier

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Supercarrier: Hurricane-class
Class: Hurricane
Role: Supercarrier, Flagship, and Planetary Assault Carrier
Size: Six hundred and fifty meters
Armament: Eighteen heavy torpedo batteries; twenty heavy missile launchers. Fifty point defense chainguns (Mars Armory M-21). One spinal-mounted Olympus pattern mass driver railgun (Mars Armory M-100). Compliment of five hundred Deimos II-class armor-piercing missiles.
Shields: Twelve Vinci-class shield emitters: electromagnetic plasma screens
Engine: Four Olympus pattern Heidalmann drives; full power reaching 75 percent of lightspeed.
Gravity: Simulated Mars-like gravity; rotating living area.
Crew compliment: Three thousand Martian Navy personnel; two hundred and fifty Martian Marine security compliment- maximum capacity at four hundred Martian Marines.
Auxiliary craft: Up to one hundred Fury-class Fighter-Bombers; without fighter compliment, can fit six Huntress-class corvettes; two Javelin-class destroyers, or one Deimos-class light assault carrier.


The Hurricane-class is a brand new class of starship out of the Mars Pattern shipyards orbiting Jupiter, and the pride of Martian naval technology. Built during the time of the Trades, the supercarrier classes of star vessels were meant to become flagships for future extrasolar expeditions to the Centauri system, or to make the portal trip to the Equusian system. Now during the time of the Equusian Rescue and inclusion into the Republic, Republic Command has decided to contract Mars to use their supercarriers as future Battlefleet command vessels.

Currently, only three Hurricanes are operational- two serving as Inner Belt guard and control ships, while one, the Daedalus, tests its role as a C&C vessel as the flagship of Battlefleet Equus. This was under some controversy, as Mars contains more than a few anti-alien groups, with power on the Republic Senate floor. Regardless, their objections were overruled, and the Daedalus sent under the command of rising Martian star, Rear Admiral Drew Lewis. Whether or not it succeeds in its role as a C&C vessel may yet determine any further roles the Hurricane-class may have in future conflicts.

Author's Notes:

Still working on setting up a website, but I hope you all enjoy the world-building we are setting up. I am really enjoying creating this universe with my friends, and love to share it with you all.

EDIT: Gave the ship light gravity

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