[James Calmara]

EARTH FLEET

[James Calmara]

Prometheus-class battlecruiser



With the success of the F-302 interceptor, Earth's military needed a ship capable to delivering the fighter to battle, with the Prometheus filling this role both as a carrier and combat vessel. Although Daedalus-class battle cruisers have all but superseded this line of vessels, other IOA nations particularly European nations, have acquired the plans for this class of vessel and have constructed and operate a number of them. Homeworld has deployed them as garrison vessels for the various installations they operate across at least three galaxies.

Class Overview
• Name: Prometheus-class battlecruiser
• Builders: United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany,
• Operators: United States Air Force (Former), Russian Federation Air Force (Former), Royal Navy, Marine Nationale, Aeronautica Militare, Luftwaffe of the Bundeswehr .
• Preceded by: None
• Succeeded by: Daedalus-class battlecruiser
• In commission: 2003
• Completed: 10/10

General Characteristics
• Displacement:
• Length: 375m (1230ft)
• Width: 80m (262 ft)
• Height: 65m (312 ft)
• Propulsion: Asgard hyperdrive
• Speed: 177,027 km/s (110,000 mile/s) - 59% light speed
• Complement: 115 ((20 minimum) patrol-task inc. 32 strong marine force)
• Armament: 4 quad-mounted railguns, 16 missile batteries, Twin Asgard plasma weapons.
• Vessels carried: 8 F-302 Interceptors (patrol-task), 2 Puddle-jumpers & 4 F-302 Interceptors (garrison-task)

Ships of the Line
Name Operator year built status tasking
Prometheus USA 2003 destroyed N/A
Icarus Russia/USA 2005 destroyed N/A
Caio Duilio Italy 2010 active patrol
Andrea Doria Italy 2012 active garison
Brandenburg Germany 2009 stand down patrol
Bayern Germany 2009 active patrol
Aquitaine France 2007 active patrol
Normandie France 2009 active patrol
Illustrious UK 2007 stand down patrol
Astute UK 2009 active garison


Note on Status: A part of a European agreement two of the eight vessels available will be on stand down in dock for a six-month period with the opportunity for a full overhaul .

Note on Tasking: A patrol tasking involves a creating a safe area around a Homeworld Installation, be that the Milky Way Alpha Site or another site of interest or further afield such as Atlantis and/or it’s alpha site, as such greater flexibility is required so the ship caries a platoon strength fighting force and a pair of puddles jumpers for mobility should the rare instance beaming not be an option, the trade-off is a reduced F302 compliment. But a call is usually put in to it’s nearest 304 for support should the vessel engage a hostile force. Garrison Tasking is a patrol of earths solar system, this is always in a pair and more often than not a 304 is either on hot stand-by on earth or in the area. Its focus is keeping threats away from earth, as such the maximum F302 compliment is carried.

Operational Note: It has also become standard practice that the pair of ships rotate to garrison tasking then to stand down status.

[James Calmara]

Daedalus (304) class Deep Space Carrier

Taking the lessons learned during their production of the Prometheus-class cruiser, Stargate Command and Area 51 scientists soon created a larger and more powerful craft in the form of the Daedalus-class Deep Space Carrier, the immediate successor to the Prometheus. Built to go one-on-one with Goa'uld motherships and Wraith cruiser, this class of vessel has become the backbone of Earth's defensive fleet. The ‘gift of the Asgard to the Tauri have led to significant advancements with existing ships having undergoing upgrades to bring them to “Block II” specifications, which equip each cruiser with an Asgard core and beam weapons along with a clocking shield and upgraded systems. All Vessels constructed since have these modifications and advancements built in. Earth forces now field a total of eleven of these advanced battlecruisers with four more under construction or planned.

Class Overview

Name: Daedalus-Class Deep Space Carrier
Builders: USA, Russia, China, UK & France

Operators: United States Military, Russian Federation Air Force, Peoples Liberation Army Air Force, Marine
Nationale & Royal Navy (Joint)

Preceded by: Prometheus-class battle cruiser

In commission: 2005

Completed: 11/12

General Characteristics
Length: 225m (738 ft)
Width: 75m (246 ft)
Height: 95m (311 tf)
Propulsion: Tau'ri thrusters, Asgard hyper drive
Sublight Speed: 150,300 km/s (93,392 mile/s)
Complement: 200 (4 minimum
Armament: Eight quad-mounted rail guns, sixteen missile batteries - Mark III, VIII and IX warheads, Horizon weapons platform (USS Apollo, RFS Kerimov, PLAV Zhang Qian ), Four Asgard beam weapons

Aircraft carried: Sixteen 302-class fighters



Production History/Ships of the Line:

Name	Launched	Assignment	Status	Commander	Colour Scheme
Daedalus	2005	Pegasus	Active	Colonel Stephen Caldwell	Green
USS Iliad	2005	Delian	Active	Colonel Paul Chapman	Gold
USS Odyssey	2006	Earth	Active	Colonel Ian Davidson	Orange
RFS Korolev	2006	Earth	Destroyed	Colonel Vladimir Chekov	Purple
USS Aeneid	2007	Delian	Active	Colonel Miranda Elwood	Red
USS Apollo	2007	Pegasus	Active	Colonel Abraham Ellis	Blue
PLAV Sun Tzu	2009	Earth	Active	Colonel Lee Sun	Jade
USS George Hammond	2009	Earth	Active	Colonel Samantha Carter	White
RFS Zhukovsky	2010	Earth	Active	Colonel Ivonov Serge	Violet
PLAV Zheng He	2010	Earth	Active	Colonel Jan Long	Celadon
ECCS Concorde	2010	Pegasus/Delian	Active	Captain James Woodbridge/Capitaine Jacques Reymond(4mth rotation)	Cyan

RFS Kerimov	2011	Pegasus	Active	Colonel Daria Voruncova	Indigo
PLAV Zhang Qian	2011	Pegasus	Active	Colonel Yuen Han	Emerald
USS Shiva	2013	Vedas	Active	Lt Colonel Andrew Erickson	Maroon
USS Vishnu	2013 (Estimate)	Vedas	Under Construction	TBD	TBD

Information contained used with kind permission of Henry Pratt. Original post can be found at Stargate: Delta