NUNS Saint Catherine (SDFL-5):
Specifications:
Ship type: variable attack space aviation cruiser
Government: Alexandrian Union
Manufacturer: Hyundai Heavy Industries
Launched: May 23, 2069
Commissioned: January 19, 2070
Number of class commissioned: 5 (3 under construction as of 2070)
Complement: 225 (35 officers, 150 enlisted, 40 pilots with the capability to accommodate another 100 personnel on special assignment)
Dimensions (Cruiser mode):
-Length: 480 m
-Width: 190 m
-Height: 99 m
Mass: operational mass 210000 tons
Structure: heavy energy converting armor
Speed: Sublight: 0.20 speed of light, Auxiliary Drives: Mach 5 (Mach 10 in space)
Space fold (FTL) range: 100 light years (unaffected by fold faults due to use of super fold drive system)
Range: estimated 30 year life span, which can be extended with regular maintenance and overhauls
Power system/main machinery: Main Engine: General Electric Reaction Engine Cluster, Fold Engine: General Electric Super Fold System (auxiliary gravity field control system), Sublight Drive: Aerojet Rocketdyne Impulse Drive Cluster, Gravity Control System: OTEC Advanced Gravity Control System
Sensors:
-Electromagnetic wave sensor
-Fold wave sensor
-Multifunction radar array system
Communication systems:
-Fold communication system (FTL communication)
-Radio/laser communication system (STL communication)
Armament:
-2x Heavy Quantum Reaction Cannon/Macross Cannon (both on docked ARMD carriers)
-10x quarter cannons (2x quarter cannons on each docked ARMD carriers)
-640x missile tubes for Standard and ESSM missiles (80x missile tubes on each docked ARMD carriers)
-4x antiship missile launchers
-32x point defense turrets
Countermeasures: pin-point barrier system, repulsion field system, IDECM (Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures)
Aircraft:
40x craft in docked ARMD units (20 per ARMD) and 4x auxiliary hangar bays (located at engine pods), standard complement complement includes:
-VF-25 Messiah
-C-20 Rabbit II
Description:
The NUNS Saint Catherine is a light super dimension fortress/aviation cruiser of the Saint Anne Class. The Saint Anne Class was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Alexandria and is based on the OSM Christ Pantocrator built for the Order of Saint Mark. The Saint Anne Class has two ARMD-type carriers docked (which serve as the arms in Storm Attack mode) that provide the bulk of the ship's aviation complement. The docked ARMD carriers can be undocked and function as independent fold-capable carriers, similar to the ARMD carriers on the Macross Elysion. Each docked ARMD carrier also features a Macross Cannon, which is less powerful than the Macross Cannons on the OSM Christ Pantocrator. Most of the armament on the main hull of the ship remains unchanged from the OSM Christ Pantocrator. The Saint Anne Class retains the super fold drives of the OSM Christ Pantocrator, but to reduce cost the fold reactors are replaced with conventional reaction furnaces. An export version is also offered by Hyundai Heavy Industries to compete with Yaesu Heavy Industries' export version of the Macross Quarter.