Post by jonman94 on Dec 21, 2012 20:38:53 GMT -6
UNSC Alpha, Hull Classification Number: INF-102D
At 2600 meters long, this ship is more than twice the length of a Marathon class cruiser, but remains less than half the length of its big brother, the Infinity. Along with its twin sister ship, the Omega, these two warships were built to fight the covenant regime on their own level, built as a last resort in case of earth’s near-destruction.
Construction:
The Infinity Destroyers were first conceived as Marathon-sized cruisers, but before their frames could be finished, the ship’s designs were changed dramatically thanks to a huge salvage operation that occurred after the covenant cleared from around the remains of Halo Installation 04. The frames were augmented with the salvaged Forerunner metals, along with huge additions to the front and rear of the original frames. The aft addition allowed for a larger and perfected version of the prototype propulsion system used aboard the Pillar of Autumn, along with the prototype slip-space drives derived from forerunner tech, which allows the ship to travel in slipspace at speeds faster than any alien ship could ever go and hit its destination with pin-point accuracy. The bow extension allowed for more storage and crew area, along with allowing the space for a prototype “Super MAC” cannon that is comparable to the types utilized by Orbital Defense Platforms. This class of ship is designed to be a command center for smaller expeditions and scouting efforts, but when paired with its siblings, all three ships become a force to be reckoned with.
Ordinance and Onboard Weapon Systems:
Prototype “Super MAC” cannon
Hundreds of ship to ship missile pods, including Archer, Howler, and Rapier class warheads to compliment the MAC cannon
400x M965 Fortress point-defense guns
Dorsal MAC network
Dorsal missile network
Crew and Compliment:
Captain: James Cutter
Ship-Board Artificial Intelligence: Beta (Also known to a few as Allison, formerly the infamous AI fragment that became Project Freelancer’s Agent Texas)
4200 Navy Personnel
2400 Marines
700 Office of Naval Intelligence Personnel
160 SPARTAN-IVs (lead by an S-II commander, Major Jonas Dawning, S-774)
220 Civilian Personnel
Est. 1200 Army and Air-Force Personnel usually paired with Marine groups.
Other Details:
120 Cat-1 primary bays
60 Cat-2 secondary bays
45 Cat-3 matériel deployment bays
4 Cat-8 sub-vessel deployment bays, each carrying a Charon class frigate
4200 SKT-29 Class-8 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboats
5900 RLT-85 Emergency Shuttelpods
History:
Built alongside the Omega and the Infinity in the Oort Cloud, the Alpha was on its maiden testing-runs with its finial crew setup, the ship destined to follow the Infinity in its search for the other Halo Installations, but when it entered slipspace, it hit a dimensional anomaly, which led to the ship disappearing from UNSC space and into a whole new dimension, the ship finding itself in orbit outside an unknown planet. After losing any contact with ONI and the Infinity, Captain Cutter decided to descend into atmosphere, hoping to get into contact with the surface dwellers and find out what the hell is happening.
The image is a modified version of the original (flipped and made smaller for forum), found here:
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