Difference between revisions of "Praeon class battleship"

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USWS Praeon photographed on Chon-Sa orbit

Interior of hangar on USWS Praeon

Test fire of a Krupp GPK-564K heavy particle cannon

The Praeon class battleship is a design of a warship in service in the United Systems Fleet, introduced in 2169. It is the biggest and heaviest class of warship ever introduced in the fleet. It is an advanced design that provides balanced space for all important functions of a modern warship. A pair of powerful engines connected with large engineering section provide outstanding propulsion, while a pair of enormous heavy particle cannons offers formidable firepower. High capacity hangar can support many smaller ships. The large proportions give more than enough room for command section and crew quarters.

Service History

Large numbers of Deneroth Madena class battleships were produced in late 2150's. This fact forced the United Systems leadership to order a brand new type of battleship, overpowering any possible enemy types. Soon the new design was ready, a massive battleship with a very advanced design, that was considered superior to other proposals. The keel was laid down on Earth's orbit in 2160. Works on the first prototype - the USWS Praeon - took enormous seven years, almost four times as long as construction of one enemy battleship. Construction time of following Praeon-class ships should be reduced to 5 years, so next two ships of the class - USWS Pangea and USWS Proton should be finished in early 2170.

However, the recently finished battleship is an amazing achievement in shipbuilding. The only ship of it's class, the USWS Praeon, came into service in 2167 and since then plays an important role in the Solar systems defense against enemy operations. The most notable action was successful attack on a lone Deneroth battleship during a reconnaissance mission deep in the Proxima Centauri sector in 2168.

Ships in the class

USWS Praeon
USWS Pangea (unfinished)
USWS Proton (unfinished)
USWS Pictor (unfinished)
USWS Procyon (unfinished)
USWS Pollux (planned)
USWS Passat (planned)

Specifications

Length	870m
Crew	6140 crewmen
Prototype laid down	4. March 2160, Earth
Prototype finished	14. April 2167, Earth
Prototype Commissioned	2. June 2167
Hangar capacity	10 small spacecrafts

Armament

2x Krupp GPK-564K automatic heavy particle cannon
24x Narvik AVK-4D automatic medium particle cannon (not functional in Orbiter)

Shields

Shields are powered by a special shield generator in front part of the ship, and held together by series of emitters and energetic rails along the entire hull. The main advantage of this configuration is shield 's own separated generator. If the ship's main generator fails, the ship still remains partially protected from enemy fire.

DOWNLOAD

The USWS Praeon is now a part of the "United Systems fleet v1.1 complete" package, available at Orbithangar

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 [[File:Hangár na USWS Praeon.PNG|thumb|right|Interior of hangar on USWS Praeon]]
 [[File:Praeon (8).PNG|thumb|right|Test fire of a Krupp GPK-564K heavy particle cannon]]
-== General facts ==
+The '''''Praeon'' class battleship''' is a design of a warship in service in the [[United Systems Fleet]], introduced in 2169. It is the biggest and heaviest class of warship ever introduced in the fleet. It is an advanced design that provides balanced space for all important functions of a modern warship. A pair of powerful engines connected with large engineering section provide outstanding propulsion, while a pair of enormous heavy particle cannons offers formidable firepower. High capacity hangar can support many smaller ships. The large proportions give more than enough room for command section and crew quarters.
-:Praeon class battleship is a design of warship in service in United Systems Fleet introduced in 2169. It is the biggest and heaviest class of warship ever introduced in the fleet. It's advanced design provides balanced space for all important functions of a modern warship. A pair of powerful engines connected with large engineering section provide outstanding propulsion, while a pair of enormous heavy particle cannons offers formidable firepower. High capacity hangar can support many smaller ships. The large proportions give more than enough room for command section and crew quarters.
 == Service History ==
-:Large numbers of ''Deneroth'' ''[[Madena class battleship|Madena class battleships]]'' were produced in late 2150's. This fact forced ''United System's'' leadership to order a brand new type of battleship, overpowering any possible enemy types. Soon the new design was ready. A massive battleship with very advanced design looked great on paper. The keel was laid down on Earth's orbit in 2160. Works on the first prototype - the ''USWS Praeon'' - took enormous seven years, almost four times as long as construction of one enemy battleship. Construction time of following Praeon-class ships should be reduced to 5 years, so next two ships of the class - ''USWS Pangea'' and ''USWS Proton'' should be finished in early 2170.
+Large numbers of ''Deneroth'' ''[[Madena class battleship|Madena class battleships]]'' were produced in late 2150's. This fact forced the [[United Systems Fleet#United Systems|United Systems]] leadership to order a brand new type of battleship, overpowering any possible enemy types. Soon the new design was ready, a massive battleship with a very advanced design, that was considered superior to other proposals. The keel was laid down on Earth's orbit in 2160. Works on the first prototype - the ''USWS Praeon'' - took enormous seven years, almost four times as long as construction of one enemy battleship. Construction time of following ''Praeon''-class ships should be reduced to 5 years, so next two ships of the class - ''USWS Pangea'' and ''USWS Proton'' should be finished in early 2170.
-:However, the recently finished battleship is amazing achievement in shipbuilding. The only ship of it's class, the ''USWS Praeon'', came into service in 2167 and since then plays important role in Solar system's defence against enemy operations. The most notable action was succesful attack on a lone Deneroth battleship on reconaissance mission deep in the Proxima Centauri sector in 2168.
+However, the recently finished battleship is an amazing achievement in shipbuilding. The only ship of it's class, the ''USWS Praeon'', came into service in 2167 and since then plays an important role in the Solar systems defense against enemy operations. The most notable action was successful attack on a lone ''Deneroth'' battleship during a reconnaissance mission deep in the ''Proxima Centauri'' sector in 2168.
-== Ships of the class ==
+== Ships in the class ==
-:''USWS Praeon''
+* ''USWS Praeon''
-:''USWS Pangea (unfinished)''
+* ''USWS Pangea'' (unfinished)
-:''USWS Proton (unfinished)''
+* ''USWS Proton'' (unfinished)
-:''USWS Pictor (unfinished)''
+* ''USWS Pictor'' (unfinished)
-:''USWS Procyon(unfinished)''
+* ''USWS Procyon ''(unfinished)
-:''USWS Pollux (planned)''
+* ''USWS Pollux'' (planned)
-:''USWS Passat (planned)''
+* ''USWS Passat'' (planned)
-== Specificatons ==
+== Specifications ==
-:Length - 870m
+{|-
-:Crew - 6140 crewmen
+!Length
-:Prototype laid down - 4. march 2160, Earth
+|870m
-:Prototype finished - 14. april 2167, Earth
+|-
-:Prototype Commissioned - 2. june 2167
+!Crew
-:Hangar capacity - 10 small spacecrafts
+|6140 crewmen
+|-
+!Prototype laid down
+|4. March 2160, Earth
+|-
+!Prototype finished
+|14. April 2167, Earth
+|-
+!Prototype Commissioned
+|2. June 2167
+|-
+!Hangar capacity
+|10 small spacecrafts
+|}
 == Armament ==
-:2x Krupp GPK-564K automatic heavy particle cannon
+* 2x ''Krupp'' GPK-564K automatic heavy particle cannon
-:24x Narvik AVK-4D automatic medium particle cannon (not functional in Orbiter)
+* 24x ''Narvik'' AVK-4D automatic medium particle cannon (not functional in Orbiter)
 == Shields ==
-:Shields are powered by a special shield generator in front part of the ship, and held together by series of emmiters and energetic rails along the entire hull. The main advantage of this configuration is shield 's own separated generator. If the ship's main generator fails, the ship still remains partially protected from enemy fire.
+Shields are powered by a special shield generator in front part of the ship, and held together by series of emitters and energetic rails along the entire hull. The main advantage of this configuration is shield 's own separated generator. If the ship's main generator fails, the ship still remains partially protected from enemy fire.
 == DOWNLOAD ==
-:The USWS Praeon is now a part of United Systems fleet v1.1 complete package, available at [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5108 Orbithangar]
+The ''USWS Praeon'' is now a part of the "United Systems fleet v1.1 complete" package, available at [http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5108 Orbithangar]