The Griffin of Zakuul
- Intent: To create a cruiser sized carrier for the Battlefleet Vandemar.
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- Manufacturer: Aresian Ship Engineering
- Affiliation: Vandemar
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Aresus-class Heavy Cruiser Carrier
- Production: Limited
- Material: Impervium, Alusteel, Suprasteel, Transparisteel, Titanium, Duranium, Agrinium, Tungsten, Frasium, Electrum, Oak wood
- Classification: Heavy Cruiser Carrier
- Length: 1000 meters
- Width: 590 meters
- Height: 370 meters
- Armament: Low
- Dual Turbolasers
- Quad Heavy Lasercannons
- Tractor Beams Generators
- Dual Lasercannons
- Point-defense lasercannons
- Point-defense rotary blasters
- Defenses: High
- Plating & Materials
- Impervium-Alusteel Armor Plating, sloped layers with turtleback scheme around vital parts like magazines, engines, reactors
- Alusteel-Suprasteel-Impervium Hull
- Titanium-Frasium Frameworks
- Duranium Bulkheads (general)
- Transparisteel Windows
- Duranium-Frasium-Tungsten Reactor Chamber Plating
- Multi-layered Shielding, Military-Grade, Heavy Cruiser Rating
- Electronic Countermeasures
- Electronic countermeasures suite
- Communication jammers
- Anti-communication jammers
- Anti-electronic warfare suit
- Encryption system for communication
- Code cylinders for on-board security and access
- Automatic firefighting, counter-toxin and vacuum locking
- Damage and hazard control systems
- Primary and secondary life support systems
- Plating & Materials
- Hangar Space: Very High: 9
- Hangar Allocations:
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive: Class 1.0, Backup 6.0
- Sensor Phalanx with secondary backup, including hyperwave signal interceptor, dedicated energy receptors, electro photo receptor, life form indicator, radiation sensor, heat pit sensor, military grade
- Navigation Computer
- Crew (Optimum): 7.000
- Crew (Skeletal): 2.400
- Passengers: 6.600
- Complement:
- 2.000 Auxillary Marines
- Cargo Capacity: 12.000 metric tons
- Consumables: 1 year
- Internal bridge: The bridge has no actual visual viewports or is exposed, rather it is placed in the center of the ship.
- First In: The Olympia-class is designed to attack first and then ask questions, its speed shall carry it into battle, inflict as much damage as possible and remove itself from the situation before enemy reinforcements arrive.
- Mother of Many: The Aresus-class is a dedicated carrier and brings its strike-craft into action to support the fleet with waves of fighters and bombers.
- Straight On: The speed of the cruiser is related to his sublight and hyperdrive speed, its manoeuvreability is not very great and it profits from working in a group or being protected by escorts.
- Barrel-less: The carrier's main weapon are its strike groups and therefore it has only few weapon systems which qualify it to stand in a battle line.
The Battlefleet Vandemar is the military naval arm of the Vandemarians, established by the High Imperator many centuries ago, it was designed to maintain the sovereignity of the Olympian System as well as providing training, experience and a possibility to participate in the wars of the Galaxy as well as protecting the small realm from them. Developed based on various experiences and influences, the Vandemarian navy is a well supplied and highly trained combat force.
The Aresus-class is the carrier of the Battlefleet. Cruiser-sized and with a good sized strike craft group in its hangars, it is a formidable enemy and excellent support ship for the fast operating ships of the Vandemarian navy. It shares the same speed and defenses with its battle-line peers to keep up and stay put when its necessary. In capital to capital combat it has to rely on escorts or dedicated heavy cruisers to support it, or a captain wise enough to utilise its speed and stay on distance to get out the maximum from the strike group.
Built with a similar armor layout like the Legions vessels, it is very capable to withstand heavy punishment without sacrificing vital parts of the ship. Even when the armor is breached and weapons and hangars disabled, the ship will still bring its crew home. Vandemar has a limited amount of manpower and is focused on protecting it.
