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PROMETHEUS CLASS
SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER (2030)
Original RPG Stats by DANIEL HENWOOD ([email protected])
Modified RPG Stats by KAMIKAZI ([email protected])
Background info provided by the MACROSS ONLINE COMPENDIUM
BACKGROUND
Since their inception aircraft carriers have ruled the sea's. The Prometheus-class
semi-submersible attack aircraft carrier is no exception. The CVS-101 Prometheus, the first of this class had its keel laid down June 18th 2003, was
commissioned December of 2005, and launched 21st September 2007. Utilizing the new technology derived from the investigations of the
SDF-01 the
Prometheus was designed with much greater tolerance and capability than any previous
aircraft carrier. The Prometheus featured not only a stronger and more resistant hull, but the ability to semi-submerge thus creating a lower target profile for enemy radar.
After the crash-landing of the
SDF-01
Macross on South Ataria Island, military strategists began to realize
that the fighting of a major war, and mainly in space at that, would mean that
the armed forces as they were then were less than useless. The average military
strategist could foresee that the planet-bound forces would be of considerably
less importance to the war effort than the space-capable forces.
While nobody could totally deny this, there was a strong body of Navy and
Army officers that felt threatened by the new developments, and pushed for
improvements of their (obsolete) forces. The Navy especially was vocal in this
regard, mainly because they were the most threatened by the new technologies.
Their most powerful warships, the Nimitz class supercarriers and their
derivatives, were all surface ships, and thus slow and powerless against an
opponent who would sit in orbit 400 km above them and bomb them at their
leisure. Thus the Navy began a campaign to incorporate Overtechnology into Navy
designs, and then on a campaign to get their designs built.
The rationale behind their designs for submersible warships of unprecedented
size was as follows: if ever the orbital forces would be defeated, the Earth
would need both a line of defense on the surface of the planet and a mechanism
to keep open the lines of communication between the world's continents. Since
the threat of orbital bombardment was even more severe in that case, the new
vessels needed to be able to escape such a bombardment, while still
counterattacking the enemy and keeping the communication lines open. The Navy
pointed out that ground bases were only a little less vulnerable to orbital
bombardment than surface vessels, but that a submersible vessel would be hidden
from view and safe from attack.
Its ability to withstand the pressures of the deep would be an immense boon for it on February 7th 2009 when the
SDF-01 Macorss, South Ataria Island,
Deadalus and Prometheus vessels were folded to near Pluto. With the ship sealed the crew managed to survive the unexpected arrival in deep space. Leaving the ship behind was not an option for the crew of the
SDF-01, and through some ingenious engineering the
Prometheus was attached to the SDF-01 Macross, becoming one of two arms for the ship in its Storm Attacker Mode.
The Prometheus, along with the Daedalus, was removed from the
SDF-01 at the peak of the First Defensive Battle of Macross City,
when Quamzin took off the entire arm in his ramming attack. The ship was
deemed unfit for repair and was scrapped outright. She was replaced by one of two ARMD Platforms.
Production of the design continued with many more
Prometheus carriers being manufactured to assist it, on a number of early UNG
colonies. Despite production ceasing in the early part of the 20's, many Prometheus Class Attack Aircraft Carriers are still in service, both on Earth and on other
colony worlds. As yet there are no plans to replace them, and the UN Navy is happy with the ships. What happens to the
Prometheus-class of carriers in the future remains to be seen, but for the time being they are still a staple part of the UN Navy.
RPG STATS
Government: United Nations Government (Earth)
Ship
Type: Super Large Scale Semi-Submersible Attack Aircraft Carrier
Class: Prometheus Class
Manufacturer: ORTEC Company/UN Spacy
- Crew: 2,200 total
- Command Tower: 30
- Main Ship: 1,615
- VF Pilots: 300 + 25 reserve
- Troops: 150
- Notable Ships of Class:
-
CVS-101 Prometheus Operational loss at Macross Island, 2009 |
CVS-122 Hades |
CVS-102 Hercules,
Vaporized Newport News in
Zentraedi holocaust, 2011 |
CVS-123 Arinyes |
CVS-103 Vulcan |
CVS-124 Hydra |
CVS-104 Neptune,
Sunk in the Atlantic in
Zentraedi holocaust, 2011 |
CVS-125 Ark Royal
(Eden) |
CVS-105 Ceres |
CVS-126 Juno |
CVS-106 Phoebe |
CVS-127 Odysseus |
CVS-107 Chronos |
CVS-128 Charon |
CVS-108 Hyperion |
CVS-129 Harpies |
CVS-109 Demeter |
CVS-130 Titan |
CVS-110 Bacchus |
CVS-131 Aegis |
CVS-111 Pluto |
CVS-132 Tisiphone |
CVS-112 Uranus |
CVS-133 Zalmoxis |
CVS-113 Persephone |
CVS-134 Acheron |
CVS-114 Cereberus |
CVS-135 Zeus
|
CVS-115 Ares |
CVS-136 Athena |
CVS-116 Pegasus |
CVS-137 Pollux |
CVS-117 Ark Royal
(Eden) |
CVS-138 Delphi |
CVS-118 Thanatos |
CVS-139 Deimos |
CVS-119 Orion |
CVS-140 Nova |
CVS-120 Vesta |
CVS-141 Pandora |
CVS-121 Argus |
CVS-142 Iapetus |
-
MDC BY LOCATION:
(1) Main Body 6,500
(2) Command Tower 600
(2) Sensor Array (behind Command Tower) 350
(3) Main Deck 2,000
(3) Secondary Decks (1) 700
(4) Main Propellers (2) 800 each
(4) Secondary Engines (2) 150 each
Falcon Sprint Missile Launchers (3) 200 each
Phalanx Missile Launchers (4) 175 each
Phalanx Laser CIWS (4) 150 each
Small Airlocks/Access Hatches (10) 150 each
Large Airlocks (4) 300 each
Outer Hull (per 40ft area) 120
Interior walls (per 20ft) 20
NOTES:
- Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the carrier out of commission.
All internal systems will shut down, including life support. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable sinking wreck.
- Destroying the command tower will instantly kill the command staff and
deprive the ship of all forms of long range communications, radar and
targeting. The range and targeting capabilities of the secondary systems are
equal to that of a VF-4
Lightning. The ship can still operate, but is at -3 on initiative, -3 to
strike, and number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by
half. Destroying the main sensory array behind the command tower will have the
same effect, but the command staff will not be killed instantly.
- Destroying the foredeck or the flight decks will greatly impair the
carrier's ability to deploy and recover aircraft. Under normal operations the
carrier can launch or recover up to 12 VFs per turn. If the foredeck is
destroyed this number drops to 6, and each flight deck destroyed reduces this
number by 3. If both the foredeck and the flight decks are destroyed the
carrier can only launch or recover one aircraft every other turn.
- Depleting the MDC of the main propellers will force the ship to rely on its
secondary propellers. Depleting the MDC of the main propellers AND secondary propellers
will leave the ship adrift at sea.
SPEEDS:
- Speed (Surface): 35+ Knots
Speed (Semi-Submerged): 16 Knots
Maximum Depth: 1.2 miles (1.92 km)
- Maximum Range: Unlimited (estimated 30 year life span)
STATISTICAL DATA:
- Length: 512 meters
Weight: 456,000 tons (Standard) / 511,280 tons (Full Load)
Main Drive:
Nuclear; 4 pressurized water reactors; 8 turbines giving 520,000+ horsepower
- Radar System: Standard
WEAPON SYSTEMS:
- FALCON SPRINT MISSILE LAUNCHERS (3): The UN Forces-NATO Falcon Sprint Missile System is a Long Range Missile launcher system designed to take out threats to the carrier from great distances. Although the
carrier normally relies on its ship borne craft, such as the Variable Fighters for
defense, it also requires ship-board weapons such as the Falcon Sprint Missile System to take out targets before they get to close. It is also suited for taking out enemy ships as well, with the missiles designed to skim the waves like the Exocet missile so as to avoid detection by the targets radar.
- PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
- SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Warship
- MISSILE TYPES: Any type of UN Spacy Long
Range Missile can be used. Smart missiles are commonly used to avoid
hitting friendly aircraft.
- RANGE: Varies, typically 1200 miles (1928km)
- SPEED: Varies, typically 2010mph (3228kmph).
- DAMAGE: Varies, typically 4D6x10 M.D.
- BLAST RADIUS: Varies, typically 50 feet.
- RATE OF FIRE: Volleys of 2, 4, missiles per launcher.
- PAYLOAD: Each launcher holds 4 missiles. Once the missiles are
expended the launcher is reloaded within 1 round via an automated system.
The reload system holds 40 missiles per launcher.
- PHALANX MISSILE LAUNCHERS (4): Designed to protect against close range threats, usually with saturation missile attacks the Phalanx missile launchers are capable of attacking sea, air and land targets. They are especially good at defending against fast moving enemy aircraft and high speed boats as the missiles are highly
maneuverable.
- PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
- SECONDARY PURPOSE: Defense
- MISSILES TYPE: Any type of UN Spacy Short
Range Missile can be used.
- RANGE: Varies, typically 5 miles (8km)
- DAMAGE: Varies, typically 1D6x10 M.D.
- RATE OF FIRE: Volleys of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 (per launcher)
- PAYLOAD: 20 missiles per launcher, with 10 reloads per launcher
- PHALANX LASER CIWS (4): As a final line of defense the Prometheus
carriers are armed with 4 automated
lasers, part of the Close In Weapon System (CIWS). These high speed firing weapons are designed to take out close in threats to the carrier, primarily enemy aircraft that have slipped through the
defense net. After Space War II these Vulcans would be replaced with Laser
Phalanx turrets providing the exact same firepower, range and effectiveness
without a dependency on ammunition as the Laser Phalanx turrets run straight
from the Nuclear Power reactors.
- PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Missile
- SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
- RANGE: 8 miles (13 km)
- DAMAGE: 1D6x20 M.D. per burst
- RATE OF FIRE: Equal to the controller's number of hand-to-hand
attacks. If set on automatic each cannon/laser turret can fire up to 4 shots per
round.
- PAYLOAD: Unlimited payload
- NOTE: The cannons/turrets can be set on automatic during combat, during
which time they have a +3 to strike due to their advanced tracking systems.
The lasers tracking systems will target incoming missiles first and
attacking mecha/aircraft second.
- 12.7MM SHORT RANGE MACHINE GUNS (4): The Prometheus class
carriers also mount 12.7mm short range machineguns to defend against small
surface craft while in dock. They also work in conjunction with the
automated lasers to defend against aircraft. The 12.7mm guns are manually
operated, and have no protection to the gunners.
- PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Missile
- SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
- RANGE: 3 miles (4.8 km)
- DAMAGE: 1D6x10 M.D. per burst
- RATE OF FIRE: Equal to the controller's number of hand-to-hand
attacks.
- PAYLOAD: 600 rounds per 12.7mm gun.
SYSTEMS OF NOTE:
- LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: The Prometheus class carriers have sufficient life
support to provide breathable air and comfortable temperatures for 2,500
people for up to 30 years (air is recycled). In an emergency the life support
system can support up to 4,000 people at one time, though living conditions
onboard will get extremely cramped at that point. The carrier also holds
sufficient food and water to support 2,200 people for up to 6 months.
- LONG-RANGE LASER/SATELLITE RELAY COMMUNICATIONS: The impressive
communications array of the carrier can communicate with up to 1,000
craft simultaneously at ranges of up to 900 miles (1,440 km). This range can
be boosted indefinitely by using satellites or other spacecraft as to relay
communications.
- LONG-RANGE RADAR: The radar array of the carrier is equally
as impressive as the communication system, and can track and identify up to
2,000 craft simultaneously. The radar system has a 2,000 mile/3,200 km range.
- PROPELLERS: Designed for both surface and sub-surface sea use the main propellers and secondary propellers can propel the immense carrier through the water at an impressive speed for a vessel of its size..
MECHA COMPLEMENT (STANDARD):
VF-11B Thunderbolt:
72 (6 Squadrons) on active status. An additional squadron (12 Valkyries) is stored in holding bays and can be readied
within 2D6 hours.
VA-3B Invader: 36 (3 Squadrons)
EVA-3A Prowler II: 12 (1 Squadron)
Sea Sergeant: 20
Commanchero: 6
Cats Eye Recon: 3
Tomahawk Destroid: 10
Defender Destroid: 8
Spartan Destroid: 6
Phalanx Destroid: 4
Monster Destroid: 1
Trucks (Other Vehicles): 75
REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN
- "Doe's All The Worlds' Ship Guide: Prometheus Class Semi-Submersible Attack Aircraft Carrier Entry"
- Macross TV series