"Order all escorts and squadrons to keep focusing on their objectives, we'll handle this. "-UNSCN Rear Admiral Setsuko Iwata as the Nest of Fafnir prepares to engage Storm Battlecarrier True Journey, cira 2570
Subject: Whitcomb-Class Fleetcarrier
Description: Designed as a replacement for the aging Punic-Class, it boasts thick armor and a heavy armament that allows the ship to directly take on most Covenant capital ships, like the CCS-Class, ORS-Class, and even the CAS-Class, on its own. Vessels of the class are multirole, capable of fitting different modules for many combat environments. More room for expeditionary ground forces and additional fabrication units to supplement them, more hangers for aerospace craft and ammunition for them, extra ship docking bays to carry more frigates, corvettes, and sloops, etc etc. Fleetcarriers come standard with flag bridge facilities, allowing them to command anything from a small battlegroup to an entire fleet. Because of these features, ships of the Whitcomb line often serve as the main flagships for sector fleets and expeditionary strike groups.
Production Information:
-Naval Architects: CAPT Lynn Verity, LCDR Mira Nejem
-Manufacturer: Reyes-McLees Shipyards
-Class: Fleetcarrier
-Hull Code: CVF
-Role: Heavy Capital Ship, Ground Force Deployment, Command Vessel, Aerospace Craft Carrier, Ship-to-Ship Combat
Whitcomb-Class Fleetcarrier
Length:
-5,225 Meters
Width:
-715 Meters
Height:
-882 Meters
Mass:
-134,000,000 Metric Tons
Hull/Armor:
-Titanium-C1 Nanocomposite Battleplate
-Overlapping Ablative Carbon-Ceramic Plates
-Chromium-Tungsten Metal/Alloy Tile Inserts
-Thermal Resistant Rubberized Elastic Polymer
-Shock-Hardening/Self-Sealing Fluid Compounds
-Perfect Iron Whisker Composite Armor Belt
-Energy Absorbent Regenerative Non-Newtonian Applicant
-RADAR/LIDAR Absorbing-UV Reflecting Matte Polymer Lacing
Shielding:
-MG-77SH Orphios Mark-XII Dynamic Energy Shield Generator
-Backup PE-18SH Helix Mark-XI Hardlight Barrier Emitter
Sensor Systems:
-AN/SPY-188 BIG EYE Active Electronically Scanned Array
-AN/SPY-74 CLEARSIGHT Radio Telescope
-AN/SLS-60 PAVELOW Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging
-AN/SSQ-512 SPIDERWEB Sensor Network
-AN/SAS-87 SAFEGUARD Infra-Red Telescope
-AN/SVS-340 LIGHTCAPTURE Optical Telescope
Avionics:
-PIGEON Tight-Linked MASER Laser Realspace Communications Dish
-CROSSROAD Quantum Entanglement Superluminal Communicator
-MAZE Artificial Intelligence Assisted Slipspace Directional Navigator
-REACH Command Network Integration Suite
Countermeasures:
-FORTITUDE Ship Defense Network
-GUARDIAN Smart Artificial Intelligence Data-Core
-AN/SLQ-345 ILLUSION Decoy Launcher
-AN/ASQ-1602 BARRIER Electronic Counter Measure Suite
-AN/SLQ-920 IRON SKIN Soft-Kill Active Protection System
-AN/ALE-888 SENTINEL Magnetic Chaff/Ionic Flare Dispenser
Armament:
MAC/Naval guns/Railguns
-2 CR-013J SERIES-8 Super-Coil MACs
-47 Mark 67 Bruiser 250mm Naval Helical Railguns
Energy Based Weaponry
-1 SABER-Class Energy Projector
-12 M2588 Starcore Naval Cyclical Particle Cannon Mounts
CIWS/Point Defense
-94 M1820 Firestorm CIWS Lightmass Accelerators
-137 AN/SEQ-993 OVERLORD Point Defense Pulse Laser Arrays
-15x100 RIM-468V Starstreak Interceptor Missile Launcher Cells
Missiles/Torpedoes
-185x40 RSGM-61E Paladin Missile Pods
-10x5 Mark 72 Javelin Torpedo Launchers
WMD
-444 M4533 Hyperion Thermonuclear Warheads
-91 M8184 Bident Nuclear Pumped X-Ray Laser Warheads
-53 M2950 Terminator Compressed Proton Particle Packet Warheads
-40 M7832 Armageddon Antimatter Warheads
-4 M9066 Calamity Degenerate Matter Warheads
Complement:
-2 Strident-Class Littoral Combat Ships
-4 Nemo-Class Guided Missile Corvettes
-15 HLV-43E Kestrel Heavy Lift Vehicles
-28 B-781U Greatsword Strategic Bombers
-60 D80S-TC Pelicans Dropships
-144 FQ-104Z Capybara UCAVs
-91 FSS-752FM TantÅ Multi-Role Strike Fighters
-1 UNICOM Expeditionary Ground Division
-8 UNICOM Air Support Operations Squadrons
-980 ODSTs
-1000 SOEIVs
Powerplant:
-3 Primary Samira-Donne Power Generation Mark-XII Antimatter-Catalyzed He3 Pinch Fusion Reactors
-7 Secondary Ferdinand-Klement Power Generation Mark-XV Deuterium-Tritium Pinch Fusion Reactors
Engines:
-1 Boglin-Fields Colossus-VI Super Heavy Repulsor Engines
-5 Bodlin-Fields Voyager-XVI Heavy Repulsor Engines
-13 Shepard-Aerospace Roamer-XL Medium Repulsor Engines
-18 Naoto-Technologies Seastrider-XLV Light Repulsor Engines
Slipspace Engine:
-Series VI CODEN Reeves FTL-580G Translight Engine
Ships of the line:
UNSCN Whitcomb CVF-036 (Commissioned 2556 January 13th, Constructed 2558 March 22nd)
UNSCN Kiss of Spring CVF-037 (Commissioned 2556 January 13th, Constructed 2558 March 22th)
UNSCN Thermopylae CVF-038 (Commissioned 2556 January 13th, Constructed 2558 March 23th)
UNSCN Crimson Typhoon CVF-039 (Commissioned 2558 February 03rd, Constructed 2560 December 06th)
UNSCN Gerald R. Ford CVF-040 (Commissioned 2559 February 06th, Constructed 2561 December 09h)
UNSCN Vikramaditya CVF-041 (Commissioned 2559 October 20th, Constructed 2561 January 23rd)
UNSCN 18 Scorpii CVF-042 (Commissioned 2560 August 25th, Constructed 2562 February 20th)
UNSCN Charles de Gaulle CVF-043 (Commissioned 2560 July 04th, Constructed 2562 September 07th)
UNSCN Tribute CVF-044 (Commissioned 2562 November 11th, Constructed 2564 October 13th)
UNSCN Actium CVF-045 (Commissioned 2562 August 30th, Constructed 2564 May 26th)
UNSCN Nest of Fafnir CVF-046 (Commissioned 2562 September 28th, Constructed 2564 February 15th)
UNSCN Admiral Kuznetsov CVF-047 (Commissioned 2563 November 15th, Commissioned 2565 July 23rd)
UNSCN Final Line CVF-048 (Commissioned 2564 December 28th, Commissioned 2566 August 13th)
UNSCN Forrestal CVF-049 (Commissioned 2564 February 14th, Commissioned 2566 September 22nd)
UNSCN Dream of Andesia CVF-050 (Commissioned 2566 May 02nd, Commissioned 2568 August 30th)
Current Force Deployment:
-UNSCN Whitcomb: Deployed with the 1st Fleet in Sol, assigned to Mar's Defense and protection of Sol
-UNSCN Kiss of Spring: Deployed with the 6th Fleet over Reach, assigned to Reach's defense and protection of the Inner Colonies
-UNSCN Thermopylae: Deployed with the 12th Fleet over Zeta Halo, assigned to locating and eliminating remaining Flood infestations
-UNSCN Crimson Typhoon: Deployed with the 14th Fleet in the Outer Colonies, assigned to colonial defense and elimination of remaining Covenant Splinter groups and Insurrectionist extremists
-UNSCN Gerald R. Ford: Deployed with the 6th Fleet over Reach, assigned to Reach's defense and protection of the Inner Colonies
-UNSCN Vikramaditya: Deployed with the 18th in the Outer Colonies, assigned to colonial defense and elimination of remaining Covenant Splinter groups and Insurrectionist extremists
-UNSCN 18 Scorpii: Deployed with the 16th Expeditionary Fleet, assigned to locating remaining Forerunner installations
-UNSCN Charles de Gaulle: Deployed with the 3rd Expeditionary Fleet in the Inner Colonies, assigned to locating remaining Forerunner installations
-UNSCN Tribute: Deployed with the 17th Fleet over Fort. Pharsalus, assigned to the protection of the Battlestation and acts as a QRF.
-UNSCN Actium: Deployed with the 20th Expeditionary Fleet, assigned to locating remaining Forerunner Installations
-UNSCN Nest of Fafnir: Deployed with the 19th Fleet over Fort. Gaugamela, assigned to the protection of the Battlestation and acts as a QRF.
-UNSCN Admiral Kuznetsov: Deployed with the 4th Fleet over Fort. Verdun, assigned to the protection of the Battlestation and acts as a QRF.
-UNSCN Final Line: Deployed with the 9th Fleet in the Outer Colonies, assigned to colonial defense.
-UNSCN Forrestal: Deployed with the 10th Fleet over Actium, assigned to Actium's defense and protection of the Outer Colonies
-UNSCN Dream of Andesia: Deployed with the 15th Fleet over Fort. Stalingrad, assigned to the protection of the Battlestation and acts as a QRF.