Andromeda Ascendant

Andromeda Ascendant
Aliases/Other Names:	Andromeda Rommie (Mainly AI Nickname)
Class/Type:	Glorious Heritage class
Registry Designation:	Serial No. XMC-10284
Length:	4300m
Beam:	1000m
Draft:	950m
Decks/Sections:	50 Inhabitable Decks 13 Uninhabitable Decks
Inertial Mass:	96,408,876kg
Cargo Handling Systems:	Manual Control AI control Autopilot
Laid:	CY 9768
Commissioned:	12th day of Kalends, CY 9772,
Launched:	C.Y. 9772
Years Active:	Over 300 Years
Current Status:	Active
Ships Manufacturer:	Systems Commonwealth Newport News Orbital Shipyards (Located above Earth)
Ships Systems Modifier:	Various upgrades by Systems Commonwealth allied shipyards at intervals of several years to preform major structural repairs and reinforcements, and update small hardware and software
Construction Yard:	Newport News Orbital Shipyards, Earth
Fighter Complement:	Slip fighters
Heavy Mech Armor Complement:	4,000 GUA Units (Presumably) 2 Planetfall Defense (OEBots)
Crew Manifest
Crew Compliment:	4500 living crew 10 cargo holds 4 large docking bays About 36 slipfighters 12 drones
Skeleton Crew:	6 living Hundreds of androids
Passenger Capasity:	2300 with full living crew
Commanding Officer (Captain):	Fatima Novarro (original) Perim (former) Dylan Hunt (CY 9781 to present)
Executive (1st) Officer:	Gaheris Rhade Beka Valentine (Current)
Life Support Officer:	Trance Gemini
Chief Engineer:	Seamus Harper
Science Officer:	Seamus Harper Rev Bem
Communications Officer:	Rev Bem
Chief Helmsperson:	Refractions of Dawn (original) Beka Valentine
Weapons Officer:	Tyr Anasazi Telemachus Rhade
Ships Systems
Main Computer System(s):	Rommie
Main Navigation System:	Beka Valentine
Avionics/Helm Systems:	Rommie
Main Sensor Systems:	Rommie
Drive Systems
Power Systems:	AP Fusion Generator
Sub-Light Engines:	Navigational Thrusters
Main FTL Engines:	Gravity Field Generator powered Slipstream Core
Max Sub-Light Speed:	30-50 PSL
Maximum FTL Acceleration/Range:	99 PSL, but this speed would kill everything inside the ship
Offensive Systems
Kenetic Projectile Weapons:	Smart Bullets
Missle Systems:	40 Smart Missiles launchers
Particle Beam Weapons:	AP Cannons Point Defense Lasers
Primary Heavy Weapons systems:	Nova Bombs
Defensive Systems
Hull Composition:	Reactive Armour Polymer Sheath
Countermeasures:	Combat drones 6 Radiating Counter Measure generators
Basic Defense Systems:	High tension armor Ablative armor Reactive armor
Special Defense Systems:	Battle Blades
Political & Chronological Information
Era(s):	Fall of the Commonwealth
Affiliation/Alligences:	Systems Commonwealth
Ships Navy/Fleet:	High Guard
Ships Role/Purpose:	Central Assault Ship
Enemies:	Magog Spirit of the Abyss
Andromeda's engine ports while running. If you look closely, you will see red 'corners' that indicate where the plasma is ejected from.

Andromeda Ascendant (Registry Designation: Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10284") both is and was the central flagship of both the Systems Commonwealth and New Systems Commonwealth and one of the last surviving Glorious Heritage class ships after the fall of the Long Night of the Commonwealth.

[edit] History

The Andromeda Ascendant XMC-10-284 is a Glorious Heritage class vessel. She is well known by the new Commonwealth. She began her life in the Newport News Orbital Shipyards above Earth, where her keel was laid in CY 9768. Construction preceded without a hitch right through the delivery and installation of the Headwaters of Invention Mark VIII Slipstream engines in CY 9772. The Andromeda is the tenth Glorious Heritage class heavy cruiser, High Guard ship of the line, from the days of the old Systems Commonwealth

[edit] First Mission

Perim, the first to command Andromeda.

Under the command of Perseid Captain Perrim, the Andromeda was sent on a top secret mission to ascertain the source of the Magog invasions. Her crew soon discovered the Magog World Ship. The Magog overwhelmed the crew and killed them, just as Andromeda barely made it to slipstream. But as AIs cannot navigate slipstream on their own, Andromeda wandered in the tangled webs until she emerged on the edges of Triangulum, having gone mad and almost attack a Than ship. When she got to the nearest outpost, the Vedrans wiped her memory of the mission.

[edit] New Command

Andromeda was later brought into the service of Dylan Hunt.

Andromeda was later assigned to a fleet of High Guard ships and was present at the Battle of Hephaistos, when the Nietzschean betrayed the Commonwealth. Hunt made a decision to have his crew abandon ship while he and his pilot, Refractions of Dawn use the nearby black hole to slingshot to the nearest slip point. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by his first officer, best friend and best man, Gaheris Rhade, who killed Refractions of Dawn. In self-defense, Dylan killed Gaheris as Andromeda was too close to the black hole to make the jump. On its event horizon, the ship became trapped in its time dilation field, as three hundred years past. She was later salvaged by the Eureka Maru and its crew decided to help Dylan restore the Commonwealth.

After the battle of Arkology, Andromeda and her crew were stranded in a pocket universe known as the Seefra system. Andromeda was nearly drained of power and her AI became erratic. But thanks to several power crystals, notably a cube that could turn matter to water, found on Seefra, Andromeda was restored to full power.

[edit] Technical Specifications

[edit] Propulsion

Andromeda's Engine core

The Andromeda Ascendant, like every other ship in the galaxies, runs on Hydrogen and Anti-Protons. A matter-antimatter reaction is created when these two substances are combined in controlled reactors. This reaction creates the power that runs the ship. An AP Solenoid Valve is critical in regulating the flow of Anti-Protons to the fusion reactors.

The power created by the matter-antimatter reaction is used mainly for two purposes. The first is to keep the Gravity Field Generator running. Because the GFG reduces the effective mass of the Andromeda to just less than one kilogram, it is a critical part of the ship's mobility system.

The second main power draw on the Andromeda is the process of accelerating more hydrogen into a Magneto-Plasma Dynamic Drive. The MPDD uses the accelerated hydrogen to create charged hydrogen plasma. This plasma is then accelerated to near-light-speed and ejected into space. This ejection creates thrust for the ship with maximum efficiency. The fuel efficiency of the MPDD is in direct proportion to the velocity at which the plasma is ejected.

Generally, most ships buy the Hydrogen and Anti-Protons they need to operate their GFGs and MPDDs from drifts that produce it (much like gas stations). All warships (including the Andromeda) have a Ramscoop that can be used to gather Hydrogen from the upper atmosphere of any gas giant planet. Aboard the ship, the Hydrogen is then purified and used to create Anti-Protons with the assistance of solar power from a nearby sun. Though on-board fuel processing is convenient, it takes a long time.

Starting with full tanks, in battlefield conditions the Andromeda can operate for about 60 days without refuelling. Decreased activity will prolong the period in which the Andromeda can operate without refuelling, and increased activity will reduce it. If time is taken to process fuel aboard the ship, the Andromeda's operating time is unlimited.

[edit] Weapons

The Andromeda is loaded to the gills with weapons.

These Weapon Systems Include The Following:

[edit] Combat Systems

40 ELS missile tubes
12 PDL 50Mw turrets
12 AP cannons
36 RF-42 Centaur tactical fighters
76 RA-26 Shrike strike fighters
12 AF/A-29 Phoenix atmospheric attack craft
16 ES-115 Oracle heavy sensor/attack drones
8 ES-14 Janus light sensor/attack drones
6 Radiating Counter Measure generators
1 AI command and control entity

[edit] Weapon Armaments

OM-5 standard Offensive kinetic kill missiles
DM-5 standard Defensive kinetic kill missiles
PM-6 Star Arrow smart anti-ship missiles
PM-6L Strategic Star Arrow smart anti-ship missiles (extended range variant)
PM-6LII Strategic Star Arrow multiple independent kill vehicle (MIKV) variant
SAPM-6III Strike Arrow surface attack variant
Nova Bombs

[edit] Physical Characteristics

FTL Drive: Mark VIII Slipstream Engines

[edit] Crew Complement

• 4132
• officers enlisted 1/11

[edit] Sensors

• PAS-37Q System Search Sensor (Phased Array)
• HSS-114D Hyper-Spectral Scanner (EO)
• AIS-117M Advanced Imaging Sensor (Synthetic Aperture/Moving Target Indicator)
• AIS-117I Advanced Imaging Sensor (Inverse Synthetic Aperture)
• ES/A-9R Electronic Support and Attack Measure Suite

[edit] Combat Systems

• 40 ELS missile tubes
• 12 PDL 50Mw turrets
• 12 AP cannons
• 36 RF-42 Centaur tactical fighters
• 76 RA-26 Shrike strike fighters
• 12 AF/A-29 Phoenix atmospheric attack craft
• 16 ES-115 Oracle heavy sensor/attack drones
• 8 ES-14 Janus light sensor/attack drones
• 6 Radiating Counter Measure generators
• 1 AI command and control entity
• 2 Planetary Assault Robots (Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum)

[edit] Commanding Officers

First - Fatima Novarro (upon Shakedown Cruise and Commissioning)

Second - Perim

Third - Dylan Hunt