Midnight-Class Fleetship [designation: MN-1001]

Role(s);
-Flagship
-Heavy Offense
-Heavy Defense
-Carrier

The Midnight-Class is by far the largest ship in service of the UCE, reaching just over 8.5km long, and 1.26km high. It is named after the first ship of the line, UCE Minutes to Midnight, commissioned in 2567 and completed in 2652, two years before the Fall. Its role was first described as “being a one-ship fleet”, and performs that role exceedingly well, boasting the armaments equivalent to an entire battlegroup, allowing it to support an invasion force for long periods of time. It is characterised by its signature twin engines at the back of the ship, providing a thrust allowing it to travel between Earth and Mars (At their closest point) in just over 3 weeks, though smaller booster engines are situated all around the craft for turning around.

The armaments boasted by the Midnight can vary, though it is most common to have an Incineration Heavy Laser, an underside Chain EMP cannon, four Heavy Railguns and two Light Railguns- the equivalent armament of six Cruisers or destroyers. It also carries 5,000 point-defence turrets of varying nature and another 3,856 ship-to-ship cannons for close range combat. The energy shielding can take up to 70 direct hits from a Heavy Railgun before failing, and the 3-5 metre thick titanium composite armour allows it to take significantly more damage without a breach, though a thin layer of nanite plating allows the ship to self-repair if damaged- the Midnight class has been reported to take direct S’pher Antimatter Cannon hits to its armour and survive.

The Midnight has five Solite-Class large fusion reactors (LFR), two of which power the main engines of the craft. Another Reactor is dedicated to essential systems such as AI cores, computers and life support with an additional backup reactor ready to be turned on within five minutes of a failure*. The fourth and fifth fusion reactors are used for refuelling and powering carried ships and powering the on-board city, respectively. Excess power is stored in a main battery, which is used as a primary source until it has used 50% of its power.

The heat generated from the ship is stored in water capsules on the top of the ship. When in combat, these capsules are ejected into space to disrupt any heat-based tracking systems in use on the battlefield, and are stored to be used like a normal reactor when not in combat. As a final measure, the armour plates of the ship can be flipped to reveal hundreds of solar panels, though such usage isn’t recommended in combat. Altogether, the ship can sustain enough power to keep online for four years without a refuel if all five main reactors go down at once with a full crew aboard - and are able to perform five pinpoint quantum jumps in succession.

The ship is divided into five main ‘shells’. The first shell is the combat decks- these include the gunning bays, targeting arrays and external hangar bays alongside armouries and airlocks. The second shell is primarily crew quarters, with barracks, Cryogenics bays and mess halls making up this layer. The second layer also shares space with the larger third layer, the storage bays and interior hangars that cut through the second shell to connect with the exteriors. The fourth is primarily service corridors, with tunnels and walkways leading to all areas of the ship. This allows engineers to access every system from one area. The middle layer- the ‘core’ is the bridge, CIC, hydroponics labs and laboratories, the AI Cores and three reactors. This area also includes the crew quarters for officers and bridge crew. Altogether, the Midnight houses a total complement of 200,000 crew; 87,000 fightercraft and can exceed this by up to 12,000 and 3,000 at peak capacity.


3D model in sketchup is a WIP.

When we had the who's online thing, I mainly used it to see if people were reading my threads because I'm like that. If that isn't going to be re-implemented, could it be implemented to have a thing at the bottom of a page listing who is reading the thread at hand, and how many guests? It can't be used to stalk people unless you were going to check every thread in the forum, and it means I can see if people are reading what I post.

These are the classifications of ship in my human navy for my thing :3

Corvettes- primarily stealth and reconnaissance. One per fleet, used to scout.

Shikari-class, 95m, two ship-to-ship (STS) batteries, stealth drive
Venator-Class, 115m, four STS batteries, one cannon
Predator-Class, 150m, six STS batteries, two main guns, Starfighter deployment (x3)

Frigates- Main ships used as escorts for larger ships
Howler-class, 400m, 10 STS batteries, 2 cannons, 100+ anti-fighter guns, missile batteries
'Missile boat' support frigate (remote-controlled, no crew or life support), upwards of 40,000 missile launchers, two cannons, 500m
Monday-Class heavy frigate, 508m, four main guns, upwards of 150 anti-fighter guns, 12 STS batteries

Battleships- Small carrier/ attack craft with atmospheric stabilisers, primarily engage in ground support rather than space combat
Merlin-Class, 250m, 30 fighters, two STS batteries
Hercules-Class, 450m, 70 fighters (multiple decked carrier), numerous STS guns
Tyrannon-Class lander, 70m, one STS battery

Dreadnaughts- General purpose attack craft
Hallmark-Class, 750m, 7 main cannons, 50 STS batteries, 150 fightercraft
Odyssey-Class, 1010m, 4 main cannons, 75 STS batteries, 200 fightercraft

Destroyers- Anti-Ship craft, closer ranged and heavily armoured
Templar-Class, 1630m, 8 main guns (spread laterally), 105 STS batteries, 50 fightercraft
Wyvern-Class, 2000m, 16 main guns, 200 batteries, 65 fightercraft

Cruisers- Anti-ship craft, long range
Pantheon-Class, 3000m, one solar cannon, 16 STS batteries
Winter-Class armoured cruiser, 3500m, two solar cannons, 30 STS batteries, two main guns

Carriers- troop deployment and fighter deployment and flagships
Gargantua-Class Assault Carrier, 4100m, two solar cannons, 40 STS batteries, over 1000 fightercraft and 3000 infantry
Leviathan-Class 4500m, one solar cannon, 50 STS, 6 main guns, 1000 fighters
Behemoth-Class, 5600m, 100 STS, 20 main guns, 3000 fighters, 10000 infantry
Midnight class (Only one made), 8260m, one solar cannon, 26 main guns, >150 STS guns, 100,000 infantry and fightercraft

Overall, each ship class has a designated role in its warfare. However, all are multipurpose all the same. The midnight class is the newest classification of warship, and was originally slated to become the only carrier used in fleets, before the fall of earth.

Also, a solar cannon is a weapon that can destroy continents. Like their equivalent to halo's MKV SMAC or glassing beam. They have a range if hundreds of thousands of km.

I have the nameplate.


Cheat lied to me

2014 was so last year


what are you playing at merica? catch up with the times

Seriously, I don't know.

y/n

>Babysititng for some neighbours
>they have a 5 week old kitten
>Kitten is sat on my shoudler while I'm on my laptop
>Kitten starts purring
>Kitten falls asleep on my shoulder

AAAAAWWWWWWWWWW

If I'm going to be forced to DL everything anyway. Seriously, MCC has been downloading for an hour and is on 2%.

Fuck.

Lizard Squad hitting XBL and PSN. Anyone getting any problems?


I'm not bothered as I'm just playing Skyrim but it took ten minutes to get onto te dashboard .-.

THE PUPPIES ARE SO CUTE

brb in 20 minutes

my yusername deserved a bit more swag so I gave it more swag

make a post get an upboat

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30539111

Women could be allowed to serve in British infantry units for the first time by 2016, the BBC understands.
An Army review of the ban on women serving in close combat is continuing and military sources have told the BBC there is now a "real desire" among ministers to end the restrictions.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said roles should be "should be determined by ability not gender."
But concerns remain over whether woman can cope with the physical demands.
There are also concerns that if they become injured, this could lead to claims for compensation.
'Killer instinct'
Currently women can serve on the front line, but not where the primary aim is to "close with and kill the enemy".
This means women are not permitted to serve in the infantry or armoured corps where they could be involved in close combat.
Female aircrew have been flying combat missions over Iraq, and this year the Royal Navy allowed women to serve on submarines for the first time.
Women soldiers have also been on the frontline in Afghanistan although in support roles, such as medics and bomb disposal experts.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said the review on women serving in the infantry, commissioned last May, has put to rest some of the old arguments that barred them, such as that women lack the killer instinct and could undermine a unit's cohesion, affecting its ability to fight.
A defence source told the BBC the wellbeing of British personnel is of the utmost importance, but there is now genuine hope that all areas of the armed forces will be opened up to women, following further research conducted as part of the Army review.
The Ministry of Defence says it needs to carry out more research but military sources say that if those concerns are addressed, women could eventually serve in units like the infantry.

Interesting.