Gaia Class
In the Roster of the Titans, the Gaia is an attempt at a Vessel that can take on Fleets. When the designers of Astral Engineering approached the Idea, the first idea was a Sphere or elongated sphere with Uniform Weapon banks. Ultimately though, it was decided on a more Traditional Design and create Arrays of Various weapon sizes that can target all sizes of vessels. It's Ultimate design addition, which also gave the Gaia it's name for giving life, was yet not integrated.
At this Point AE Enterprise was proposing it to the Navy as a New Upgrade to the Fleet and Potentially as a bid for a Flagship. The Navy however came back to them with major redesign request. Overall they were receptive to the ship but were not a fan of Weapons, shape and Usecase but didn't like the ship they presented. AEE was given a chance to revise their design now that the navy knew what they wanted.
Sweeping changes were made, the arrays were removed for more conventional Weapon Platforms on a Flattened Cylinder with additional Separate Protrusions that Resemble the flanks of a Spear along the top but the front is blunt sporting a Large Hangar for Quick deployment of smaller vessels. And around this time the idea of the Symbiosis Vessels and turn it into the first Battleship Carrier. The thought was simple: A Single vessel cannot possibly cover every angle and regardless of how many weapons it carries it will get overwhelmed. But what it if was not alone.
And that is when the Eureka moment happened. Along the Length of the vessel in each of the corners were indentations made and 4 Seperate vessels were designed focusing on small craft and Strike Craft while the main craft would be mostly focusing on Larger and Near size vessels. While not deployed the Nuevo Battleships Systems would be integrated and act as Shield Boosters, Secondary Powerplants and Capacitors.
At this Point AE Enterprise was proposing it to the Navy as a New Upgrade to the Fleet and Potentially as a bid for a Flagship. The Navy however came back to them with major redesign request. Overall they were receptive to the ship but were not a fan of Weapons, shape and Usecase but didn't like the ship they presented. AEE was given a chance to revise their design now that the navy knew what they wanted.
Sweeping changes were made, the arrays were removed for more conventional Weapon Platforms on a Flattened Cylinder with additional Separate Protrusions that Resemble the flanks of a Spear along the top but the front is blunt sporting a Large Hangar for Quick deployment of smaller vessels. And around this time the idea of the Symbiosis Vessels and turn it into the first Battleship Carrier. The thought was simple: A Single vessel cannot possibly cover every angle and regardless of how many weapons it carries it will get overwhelmed. But what it if was not alone.
And that is when the Eureka moment happened. Along the Length of the vessel in each of the corners were indentations made and 4 Seperate vessels were designed focusing on small craft and Strike Craft while the main craft would be mostly focusing on Larger and Near size vessels. While not deployed the Nuevo Battleships Systems would be integrated and act as Shield Boosters, Secondary Powerplants and Capacitors.
Power Generation
Quad Singularity Power Plant
Propulsion
4x Large Impulse
2x Medium Impulse
12x Small Impulse
2x Medium Impulse
12x Small Impulse
Weapons & Armament
12x Tachyon Lances
36x HV Plasma CannonsĀ
256 Missile Launcher Pods
36x HV Plasma CannonsĀ
256 Missile Launcher Pods
Manufacturer
Military Formation Usage
Rarity
~100
Width
4.5Km | 7.6Km with the additional Protrusion
Length
12Km
Height
2.8Km | 6Km with the highest towers
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