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Designation:
Henry Gloval-class Space Factory Tender/Mobile Dock (SFD)
Names and disposition:
(VNY = Vickers Naval Yard)
SFD-01 |
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UES Henry Gloval |
Commissioned VNY, 2055 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-02 |
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UES Rolf Emerson |
Commissioned VNY, 2055 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-03 |
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UES Roy Focker |
Commissioned VNY, 2055 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-04 |
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UES Jonathon Wolff |
Commissioned VNY, 2055 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-05 |
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UES Carl Caruthers |
Commissioned VNY, 2056 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-06 |
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UES Breetai Tul |
Commissioned VNY, 2056 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-07 |
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UES Claudia Grant |
Commissioned VNY, 2056 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2066 |
SFD-08 |
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UES Vanessa Leeds |
Commissioned VNY, 2056 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2066 |
SFD-09 |
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UES Samantha Porter |
Commissioned VNY, 2057 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-10 |
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UES Kimberly Young |
Commissioned VNY, 2057 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-11 |
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UES Lynn Minmei |
Commissioned VNY, 2057 |
In service. |
SFD-12 |
|
UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2057 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2065 |
SFD-13 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2058 |
In service. |
SFD-14 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2058 |
In service. |
SFD-15 |
|
UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2058 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2068 |
SFD-16 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2058 |
In service. |
SFD-17 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2060 |
Destroyed Transient War, 2057 |
SFD-18 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2060 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-19 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2061 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-20 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2061 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
SFD-21 |
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UES |
Commissioned VNY, 2062 |
Destroyed 4th Robotech War, 2067 |
Ship's complement:
- Ships' crew (2700 men)
- Space Naval air group (2260 men)
- Directorate of ship's detachment (4000 men)
- Space Marine unit (6000 men)
- Life support limits are for a full combat complement and about 48,000
supernumeraries (50,000 men total).
Note: The given numbers are approximations; the exact number varied
somewhat due to operational realities and different ships.
Dimensions:
- Length: 4560 meters overall
- Height: 665 meters with scaffolding retracted
922 meters with
scaffolding extended
- Width: 788 meters with scaffolding retracted
1322 meters with
scaffolding extended
- Fuel Mass: 21,000,000 metric tons
- Operational mass: 80,000,000 metric tons unloaded
160,800,000 metric tons with all holds loaded
300,000,000 metric tons maximum, with objects in the scaffolding
Propulsion systems:
- Main power system: RRD Mk12 Anti-matter Reflex furnace.
The powerplant of the Gloval-class vessel can deliver up to 500 Petawatts of
power, and can operate for ninety minutes at maximum power before overheat
initiates autoshutdown.
- Maneuvering thrusters (14): Overtechnology
MRT-06 Fusion-plasma reaction thruster clusters with steerable nozzles.
Mounted on the dorsal surface (3), ventral surface (3), and sides (4 each).
- Reaction-mass thrusters (12): Rolls Royce MRE-15
Fusion-Plasma Reaction Thrusters with anti-matter energizer. These
engines are mounted in the port and starboard engine bays, in two square
banks of six engines each.
- Anti-gravity system (1): 100 RRD Samson
anti-gravity pods.
- Space fold (1): RRD Mk17 spacefold. This system, unlike
the other fold drives in the RDF is a non-conformal fold. This allows this
vessel to fold tow other vessels to dry dock for future repairs.
- Planetary capabilities: The Gloval-class has atmospheric
capabilities through its reaction thrusters and anti-gravity system. The
scaffolding under the hull, however, would not survive a re-entry into the
atmosphere. The ships' lower body has sufficient strength to let the ship
land on it, if the scaffolding were to be removed. The ship would float in
an ocean, though it would be best to do this with an unloaded ship rather
than with a loaded one. However, because of its mission profile, this class
almost never operates in an atmosphere.
Note: because of the location of the thrusters, the Gloval-class is
generally incapable of using its reaction engines when an object is in the
scaffolding. However, it is possible to tow another vessel if that vessel's
engines can be brought at least partially on-line, or if the vessel's mass is
significantly less than the Gloval's. However, folding to a safe location with
the crippled vessel is the preferred action.
Endurance and mobility limits:
- The dry stores endurance exceeds the expected lifetime of the main energy
furnace, as the Gloval-class, during normal deployments, produce these
stores. Apart from this, the on board recycling installations are very
extensive, and only incidental biomass losses need to be replenished. Water
stores are recycled almost completely. The hydroponics installations on
board will provide the crew with a steady supply of fresh foods, and are
designed to produce the bulk of their wares for 'export' to smaller ships of
the fleet.
- The mecha consumables supplies (mainly missiles) are likewise virtually
inexhaustible, as the ship serves as a depot and manufacturing center for
all but the most difficult to produce weapons, while the on-board mecha
squadrons are very limited in number. The ship-launched missile magazines
are likewise almost literally sitting on their supply sources.
- The reflex furnace can function for about 25 years at normal usage levels
before an energizer rebuild is necessary. The heavy loads placed upon these
systems by the various manufacturing processes cause a significant reduction
in energizer lifetime.
- At full power, the main propulsion systems can produce up to 24
Teranewtons of thrust at a minimal reaction mass efficiency profile, or as
little as 470 Giganewtons of thrust at a maximum efficiency setting. At
lower power levels, these thrusts are commensurately smaller.
- At full power (and when not towing another vessel), the Gloval-class can
achieve a maximum delta-v of 654 kps at the cruising acceleration of 2.6G, a maximum delta-v of 134.7 kps at the battle acceleration of
3.5G,
and a delta-v of at most 54.2 kps at the flank acceleration of 15.2G. While
these numbers may seem high, it should be noted that the vessel when not
towing another vessel is tremendously over powered. Usually most of
these vessels do not accelerate at much more than 2.1G. At lower power
levels, and with larger loads, these ranges are commensurately smaller.
- The fold systems are not navigationally guaranteed for any single jump
beyond 5 kiloparsecs. If longer voyages are required, the ships must conduct
multiple fold jumps.
- The maximum sustained atmospheric speed is limited to Mach 2. A higher
speed can be attained while accelerating to orbit, but this stresses the
engines to above their sustainable heat tolerances, and must be limited to
orbital ascents. The maximum hover time on the anti-gravity systems is
limited only by maintenance requirements.
Weapon systems:
- Bofors RIC-12 reaper ion cannon turrets (10): The reaper
cannon delivers 4.5 GJ of energy per salvo with a range of around 75,000 km
and a faster rate of fire of around once every three seconds. The cannon delivers
charged atomic particles that impact a target and release radiation and
large amounts of heat melting the armor. This cannon is also very effective
against shields because the radiation interferes with the harmonics of the
shield by delivering EM pulses with the radiation. Each turret mounts two of
these cannons and can swivel around an arc of 310 degrees horizontally, and
+30/-10 degrees vertically. Six of these turrets are mounted on the
top of the hull in front of the bridge, the remaining four are mounted
behind the bridge facing rewards.
- Bofors PL-7 point defense turrets (60): Mounted in the
sides of hull behind movable panels, these standard RDF weapons can fire 53
MJ of particle energy four times per second at a range of up to 20 km.
- Raytheon Mk 267 surface to air missile launchers (30): A
missile launcher mounted in a twelve tube pop-up turret, firing
anti-mecha/missile missiles, though the projectiles can guide on point-blank
enemy ships. When the missiles are released they are already on their
intercept vectors, or very close to them. The launcher is designed to
fire the SA-12
Arrow medium range surface-to-air missile. Each turret has a reload time
of 6 seconds and a magazine with a 600 round capacity. These turrets are mounted behind armor plating and pop up when firing and
are mounted on the main hull(20), and in front of the bridge (10).
Air group and mecha complement:
(circa 2063)
(Space Naval Air Group)
(Space Marine Unit)
Note: The given numbers are approximations; the exact number and
type of mecha varied somewhat due to operational realities and different ships.
Additionally there are always a number of mecha in storage awaiting delivery to
various locations across the fleet. These mecha can be made combat ready
in a short period of time, though there is a lack of trained combat pilots
onboard the factory as most pilots are shuttle pilots or ferry pilots.
Electronics Systems and Special Equipment:
- RRD DSO-6 omnidirectional barrier defense system(1): An
advanced forcefield system which covers the full four pi steradians around
the ship with a yellow-greenish forcefield (or if desired, only part of the
ship). This field will stop all solids and directed energy weapons (except
lasers through a narrow band). However, excess energy which cannot be
shunted from the field will be stored in the virtual structure of the field
itself. The storage wattage is high but not infinite, and when the barrier
overloads the field will discharge the stored energy particles. This
discharge will have the force of a high-yield (>45 MT) fusion bomb.
However, as the discharged energetic particles' vectors will be away from
the field and its generating vessel, the vessel will survive, though it will
suffer severe damage to its internal electronics and power systems, and will
not be battleworthy until repairs are made .
- Hughes DSP-5 pinpoint barrier defense system(7): Uses
four movable disks of force field, conformal to the ship's surface, to repel
light torpedo attacks, or particle beam fire.
- The Gloval-class carries several manufacturing centers modeled on those
found on board the Macross-class. These are capable of producing almost all
supply stores.
Design notes:
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