Earth Alliance Ships: GUEST DESIGNS PAGE 1
These are designs created by other people who have given me permission to post them here on this site. Some sent me compete drawings, others simple sketches that I redrew. Most descriptions are directly from the creators.
Warships
Adam Blaylock
Argo Class Explorer The Argo class was a result of budget cuts and shifty dealings by designers. Built from parts taken from other projects and star ships, the Argo is visually less than stunning. It is, however, far more survivable than the Cortez this class was based on. With an expanded fighter launch rack, designers of this ship managed to squeeze four squadrons of Aurora fighters in. Defensive weapons systems have been added, as well, however there is little offensive power to the Argo. She, like the Cortez, depend on fighter support in heated battles.
Adam Somers
Alpha Class Dreadnought: This ship is a much more heavily armed version of the Omega class destroyer. It is the same size as the Omega and carries 36 fighters and 4 shuttles and is armed with 14 Twin Plasma Cannons, 6 Particle Beam Guns, 2 Fusion Missile Launchers, 6 Heavy Particle Lasers and 6 Heavy Pulse Cannons.
Ark Royal Class Carrier: It is armed with 16 particle lasers and carries 72 fighters and 8 shuttles
Heavy Psi-Corps Mother Ship: This ship carries one squadron of 12 Black Omega fighters and is armed with 8 laser cannons.
Size Comparison Chart of the various designs.
Alexander Kean
Some of these drawings are done in the same scale as my size comparison charts. The Hope is a gigantic colonial transport. The Ultima is a super-dreadnought, while the Magus (small) is a super-battleship. The Accelan (small) is a fast missile cruiser while the Apetha (small) is an escort cruiser. Alexander has also done alternate color schemes for some of his ships, the Magus, and the Apetha
The "Sharlock" is a fusion of Minbari and EA tech. Not sure if it belongs here or on the Minbari page though. This drawing is full scale, Here is the smaller one.
Antihero
Several designs without any background information.
Blitzkrieg Class Assault Ship Prototype
Griffon Class Heavy Battleship
Prototype Broadside Heavy Cruiser
Barricade
Big Willy
Echo Class Cruiser The Echo class cruiser is a replacement for the aging Hyperion class cruisers. It utilizes the Hyperion's reliable design with technology from the Warlock class destroyer. The Echo's job is to be an escort cruiser in larger fleets and to act independently on deep-space patrols. Many parts of the Echo were taken from the Warlock. The Echo uses an engine block that is similar to the Warlock's. It has two fusion reactors and two gravimetric reactors in the main engine block. However the Echo has an additional two gravimetric reactors on its port and starboard sides. The extra thrusters give the Echo a distinct advantage in speed and maneuverability over most other ships, including the Warlock. The echo can turn 90 degrees in any direction in one second at maximum thrust. The weapon systems of the Echo are also based on those used on the Warlock. The Echo carries seven Medium and Heavy plasma cannon turrets of the same type mounted on the Warlock. Each of these turrets has two cannons. The turrets are placed in the same areas that the turrets on the Hyperion are. The placement of the turrets allows maximum fire coverage and the Echo has few or no blind spots. The Echo has 17 PP cannons in strategic places for defense against fighters. The most powerful weapons mounted on the Echo are the two heavy particle cannons in the front. Each of these particle cannons has ¾ the energy output of the G.O.D lasers on the Warlock, significantly more powerful than those on the Omega. Two Fusion warhead launchers are mounted on the port side of the cruiser, across from the hangar bay. These launchers can launch a variety of different ordinance, including mines, missiles, and torpedoes. The Echo does have planetary bombardment capability. Like the Hyperion, the Echo only carries six fighters. Also the Echo has no real assault capability although it does carry two breaching pods and 250 marines. Because very little space is taken up by a hangar, more space can be allocated to other systems like weapons and sensors. The Echo is fitted with extremely advanced sensors. The first two ships of this class were the EAS Echo and the EAS Hyperion II, which was sort of a tribute to the Hyperion and has the same paint scheme.
Iwo Jima Class Assault Carrier Capable of carrying over 300 fighters of various types, plus a variety of assault craft, the Iwo Jima is a powerful assault platform. It carries a heavy defensive armament.
Mercy Class Hospital Ship The Mercy-Class Hospital Ship is a modified Iwo Jima Class ship. The Mercy-class ship is dispatched to emergency situations and is also present in very large fleets to treat battlefield causalities. It is usually escorted by an Olympus class corvette in low threat areas. Otherwise, an escort of Echos, Warlocks or other ships is used.
Briareos
The Aegis Fast Missile Frigate
Sorcerer Class Heavy Tactical Destroyer
Vigilant Class Long-Range Strike Carrier
Bryn Evans
Iraq Class Built as a massive battlefield carrier (a much smaller version of a Drakh mother ship) With the first shield generators ever to be seen in any none first one race & she uses a new chemical reactor which runs on Hyperanium a substance found in hyperspace with incredible energy, however due to its energy the tanks are placed outside to give the energy or the ship would implode into another form of space & create a small black hole.
United States Class After the cure for the Drakh plague was found, the Earth Alliance decided to create a new set of starship designs, the George Washington project & so a new fleet of starships was launched. The United States class Battlecarrier was the first starship designed & launched.
Europe Class The Europe class is a brand new design of Aircraft Carrier which is fitted with the energy shields proved that it wasn’t perfect with the destruction of the Alpha Centauri when its generates overloading when a radiation leak caused weapon cell cascades & destroyed the crew with all hands, showing the Earth Force Generals that they shouldn’t jump the gun, but the Europe class has proven to be vital as an Earth Force vessel, & is one of Earth’s greatest prides. Armed with 108 Starfury’s & With 18 Jupiter type laser array’s & brand new Anti-matter Energy pulse cannons she’s been given the nickname NEW SHADOW.
Vanguard Advanced Heavy DestroyerAfter the Drakh Plague failed to destroy the Earth’s populayion, the Drakh launched a 12 year terror campaign, & after 2 years of hostilities Earth Force needed a new destroyer in a plan to surprise the Drakh, & in 2273 The ISA gave Earth Force a grant to take 30 Victory Destroyers, construct there own Victorys, & design there own version without Bio-Armor. As a result the Vanguard class came into service in 2275 with the Vanguard, Victor, Valiant & Vulcan & were immediately sent to known Drakh activity hives & were immediately a success. With Advanced fusion & Antimatter Cannons & a new Bubble shield (mostly Earth Technology) took the Drakh with complete surprise & the Drakh never built anything like it, automatically telling the Universe not to pick a fight with Earth.
Casual Observer
Casual Observer's ships are designed as a group and he has provided rather extensive background information for them, so I've created a seperate page for them, HERE.
Casual's done some more...
Medivac Class Hospital Ship: total 3 units, +2 under construction. Based mostly on the Spearhead design, the Medivac class is a hospital ship. It may not be as large as the Mercy class, but this is a result of its original design. It's mission consists of taking wounded off planet to the Medivac which itself leaves the system to the rear area where more suitable facilities like the Mercy Class ships are standing by. Pictured is the EAS Ambulance whose crew has taken an extra precaution against taking fire. It carries 9 atmospheric shuttles and no weapons. The class includes the Medivac, Ambulance, and Dust-Off. (Paramedic and Red Cross under construction)
Callsign Class C&C Ship: Total: 1 unit, +1 ordered. Also based on the Spearhead design, the Callsign is a C&C ship whose sole purpose is to remain outside the battle zone as a communications ship. It can also offer coordination and location of ships, friend or foe, during battle to ship captains. She carries no guns or embarked craft as the communications gear takes all the ships room and power. Must rely on frigates and corvettes for protection. The class is the Callsign with 1 other unnamed ship ordered for construction. **Note: purple stripes indicate non-combatant C&C ship, differing from a combatant C&C ship**
Demon class Attack Carrier: total 2 units, +1 ordered/+1 under construction. This is a ship that gives fighter cover, and lots of it. Carrying about 384 fighters, this ship and her sister work often with TF27 when extra fighters are needed. The ship's weaponry includes more than enough AA guns in the form of duel pulse cannons- similar, but modern version of B5's original defense-grid. Other weapons include several medium pulse/laser mounts that are Omega derived. This ship is NOT an offensive weapon, although its fighters are. Weapons are designed to allow the ship to hold it's own until reinforcements arrive or a fighter recall is issued. The class includes the Demon and Courage, with Honor nearly completed at which time construction will start on the Challenger.
Deuce Class Assault Ship: total 27 units, +8 under construction. Given the necessary, but unglamorous task of marine transport, has fallen on the very large shoulders of the Deuce class more than once. This ship's simple role is to take marines and their equipment en masse to the target zone. When the marines are really packed in there, an amazing 8-9 thousand can fit inside the ship. However, the ship's usual load is 5,000 men and their equipment including tanks, artillery, and other large objects. Embarked craft number nearly 2 dozen shuttles of various types. Weaponry consists of simple medium defenses relying on escorts for most protection. Ships of the class include the Deuce, Humvee, Jeep, and Semper Fi.
Genesis Class Transport: total 11 units. Similar in function to the Deuce ships, the Genesis ships are the main supply and transport ships for I.P.X. Used mainly to resupply Galileo and Calisto exploration ships; the Genesis class can do some scouting and survey work if required. Her greatest asset however is her large hangar, which can hold 2 dozen shuttles, survey ships, and probes. Armament is light as the ships never enter "hot" zones. Ships of the class include the Creation, Genesis, Exodus, and the Pinta
Grunt Class Heavy Frigate: total 44 units, +13 under construction. Used solely by the marines, the Grunt class is the service's primary escort for troop convoys, which often include Deuce and Liberty ships. For a ship its size, it is well armed with four squadrons of fighters, multiple twin pulse cannons for AAA and 10 pulse/laser batteries. Even fleet officer's have commented about the Grunt's outstanding service, especially against overwhelming odds- a testament to it's all marine crew of ~315 men. As a sign that the gone are not forgotten, Grunt ships are usually named after Marines who have given the ultimate sacrifice so others may live. Notable ships are the Sacrifice, Devil Dog, Patterson, Jefferson, and McPherson.
Liberty Class Transport: total ~220 units, + ~25 under construction. Living up to their namesake, Liberty ships fill nearly every role there is. Produced by a civilian company, the Liberty has found uses in the marines, merchant marine, fleet, and as pictured, IPX. Used mainly as a personnel/cargo transport the ship carries various loads of weapons, bunks, and embarked craft. Notable fleet ships are the Freedom and Independence; Miramar and Pensacola (EAMC); Liberty and Scientist (IPX)
Minbar Class Testbed: total 2 units. Fusing Minbari and human tech again is the Minbar class of ships. These ships are unarmed testbeds that solely test the Minbari gravitic drive, and more importantly, the stealth system. As such, both ships take part regularly in EA war games, as well as training exercises with the Narn, and League worlds. (Centauri are out of the ISA and the Minbari already possess the tech.) The Minbar also carries a squadron of Condor class fighters (her sole defense) while the other ship carries more conventional craft. The ships carry several different sensor and communication packages as well. Ships are the MINBAR and the Red October II **note: yellow stripes indicate testbed**
Black Widow Class Light Cruiser: total 5 units, more orders pending trials. Basically an up-gunned Electra class ship, the Black Widows are being tested as possible components to TF27. These ships include new generator and computer systems to increase power while decreasing crew size. Carrying an amazing array of weapons, these ships will support the Apocalypse class cruisers in their role as the main muscle of the TF. Plans call for 2 squadrons of Mustang fighters, 2 Remoras, and 2 shuttles. Only 5 ships have been completed, while orders for more are pending EA war games against units of TF27, and other trials. Ships are the Rattler, Black Widow, Scorpion, Cobra, and the Hornet.
Spearhead Class Light Cruiser: total 23 units, + 4 under construction. With nearly all its firepower facing forward, the Spearhead class of cruisers makes for an excellent blockade-runner, being able to punch a whole in any blockading fleet. She carries heavy and medium sized weapons, all facing forward, with only a hand full of smaller guns covering her aft. This is made up though in her embarked craft as she only carries 1 flight (6) of Thunderbolts. This is another type favored by the EAMC as it can give devastating fire support/planetary bombardment on a small area. Ships in the class include the Lance, Javelin, Spearhead, and Mace
Chris McAllister e-mail
Annihilation Class R&D Cruiser: An attempt to design the most powerful, medium sized, warship possible. It mounts a particle cannon, two energy mine launchers, a pair of heavy lasers, and eight standard particle beams. It has a full interceptor grid, and eighteen Thunderbolts.
Dragon Class Fast Frigate: A small, highly maneuverable warship, well armed with twin medium pulse cannons, a heavy laser, missiles, and a variety of defensive weapons.
Guardian Class Strike Destoryer: A possible Omega replacement, equipped with 2 MLPA, 2 heavy railguns, 2 missile bays, 8 SPB's and a launch bay with 24 fighters. (New drawing 2/12/02)
Eclipse Class Missileboat : A lighter version of the Sagitarius and Apollo, it has four anti-ship missile bays and a smaller dedicated anti-fighter bay, as well as pulse cannon turrets fore and aft. The midships shuttle bay can carry a couple large shuttles, or 3-4 fighters.
Ghoststalker Class Heavy Gunboat: The Earth Alliance's answer to the White Stars, the Ghoststalker is the smallest EA ship with a jump engine. Its fast, maneuverable, and heavily armed, too heavily in fact. It can not power all its weapons at once. It is equipped with a heavy particle cannon, four medium pulse cannons, four defensive particle cannons, and interceptors.
Hercules Class Battle Carrier : A massive warship, capable of carrying 72 fighters, but also packing a tremendous punch on its own, with six heavy particle cannons, a twin energy mine launcher, 16 Medium Laser/Pulse Arrays, and 16 standard particle beams. A typical mission would have its fighters jump into battle first, then the Hercules would wait for the appropriate moment to add its firepower to the fray.
Lancer Class Advanced Cruiser : A compact, heavily armed cruiser, with two HLPA's, a heavy close in defense, and modified "Warlock style" missile racks, along with a dozen Thunderbolts.
Mercurius Class Advanced Destroyer : The final development of the Nova/Omega hull design. Armed with twin heavy particle cannons, two E-Mine launchers, and a dozen medium laser/pulse arrays, along with twin "Warlock racks". It has a full interceptor grid and carries two dozen Thunderbolts. Intended to replace the remaining Nova's and older Omega Class Destroyers.
Nova Trainer Class Starfury: Equipped with a second crewman, forward and below the main pilot, this version of the Nova was the primary EA training craft for Nova and Aurora Class Starfury pilots.
Orion Heavy Dreadnought: Designed and built in prototype form just prior to the Minbari War, the Orion was basically an enlarged Nova, with a large compliment of fighters (72 to be exact) adding to its already formidible array of laser/pulse arrays and missile racks.
Razorwire Class Escort Cruiser : A heavy escort cruiser, well armed with four HLPA, and a mix of standard particle beams, interceptors, and missiles, as well as Thunderbolts.
Scorpion Class Missile Cruiser : Part of a design competition for a new EA missile cruiser to replace the aging Sagitarius, the Scorpion lost out to the Apollo. It has twin "Warlock style" heavy missile racks, along with four more lateral missile banks. For defense it has eight standard particle beams and can carry a dozen fighters. Several prototypes were built and pressed into service following the Drakh attack.
Shadow Lancer Class Light Cruiser: Equipped with Shadow tech, this cruiser has twin medium pulse phasing cannons, four light molecular slicing beams, and eight standard particle beams, along with a dozen Thunderbolts.
Shadow Stalker Missile Corvette: This ship carries a large "Warlock style" missile rack forward, along with four light molecular slicing beams, and four standard particle beams.
Titan Class Stealth Cruiser : A small, stealthy warship intended for commerce raiding and deep strikes behind enemy lines, usually in "wolf packs". Equipped with two HLPA's, with excellent arcs of fire, along with eight standard particle beams and two "Warlock style" missile racks. It also carries two flights of Thunderbolts.
Viper Class Light Cruiser A possible Hyperion replacement, armed with a quartet of heavy pulse cannons, twin heavy lasers, and eight standard particle beams, plus an interceptor grid. The lack of fighters is a possible handicap.
Valkyrie Class Heavy Cruiser The final update to the venerable Hyperion design, the Valkyrie has 3 Heavy Laser Cannons, 3 Heavy Pulse Cannons, 4 SPB, 2 Missile bays and 18 fighters.
SA-26 "Freedom Fighter" Light Fighter Intended as a cheap, easy to produce, light fighter. It has twin pulse cannons and carries a pair of missiles. It has very little armor and one crew memeber.
SA-27 Phoenix Stealth Starfury Designed as a reconnisance fighter, the Phoenix uses three improved engines in a "T" configuration, and carries as pulse gatling cannon and four missiles.
Dale Cox
Valkyrie Class An advanced Earth Alliance monitor from the 2280's.
Stormbringer Class A highly advanced EA superdreadnought design from the early 24th century.
EAS Imperium
Cayce class Psi-Corps Destroyer
Novus Class Destroyer Comparison with Omega and Updated Omega
Castle Class Troop Transport & Castle Class Assault Ship
Cygnus class Heavy Cruiser During the Clarke administration Earth Scientists were experimenting with artificial gravity with very little success. One of the first designs to come off the drawing board was the Cygnus class Heavy Cruiser. There was limited success with this design. The artificial gravity was able to provide a workable gravity of just under 0.7Gs. The cygnus class was originally designed to complement the Warlock class destroyers that were also proving to be a difficult challenge for Earthforce R&D. Three prototypes came off the production line before President Clarke opted for the Omega-X design. These were EAS Corvus, EAS Iowa and EAS Vulture. As you can see, they were based largely off the Hyperion class cruiser designs - much of the engine systems remaining virtually identical.
Falcon Class StarFury This one man fighter design has moved away from the X wing approach in favour of the more aerodynamic double wing design. In addition to this alteration this fighter is powered by a gravitic drive similar to the Minbari's Nial fighters. The conventional engines are used when graivitic engines have used a certain amount of energy. This gives the Falcon Star Fury an extended range and conserves fuel.
Zeal Class Carrier The internal layout of this carrier is mostly a large hanger that houses 100 Falcon class Starfuries. Externally, there are hanger hatches on either side, 80 Breaching pod launch bays (red and yellow hatches) and 36 Heavy Bomber fighter launch bays. Being a dedicated carrier it is lightly armed and relies on escort cruisers for protection.
A summary of advanced EA designs
Swallow Class Deep Space Patrol Ship A long distance, long duration patrol ship designed for extended service without having to resupply or alternate crews. The rotating section is loosly based on that of the larger Explorer class ships for added comfort as crews can be on patrol for up to 14 months. It carries a large fighter group for added protection.
Philip "Entillzha" Wright
Arion Class Destroyers A series of designs (Alpha, Beta, Iota, Zeta) published in the Great Machine web magazine, Volume 4.
Galen
E.A.S. Titans Ivanova's ship, the EAS Titans, had the Shadow tech replaced with Vorlon tech, specifically the leftover components of Kosh2.0's destroyed transport. Basically the regrown Vorlon ship agreed to do it because it was bored, and it still sits in one of the Titans' holds with little to do. So, to keep itself busy it keeps growing into the other ship's systems.
Gerald Mole
Wizard Class Destroyer Intended as a cheaper alternative to the Warlock, the Wizard is an enlarged and updated Omega. They were found to be too slow and sluggish for close in combat, so they were used as long range fire support vessels.
Grand Inquisitor Dask (Daniel Haughton)
Browning Class Escort Cruiser A powerful anti-fighter escort cruiser, though not as good in the anti-shipping role. Has two dozen (!) Heavy Interceptors and six laser/pulse arrays.
Conestoga Class Fleet Tender A replacement for the Cotton, equipped with artificial gravity and large cargo bays, that are also modular. Normally it carries 2-4 cargo pods, but can carry up to 16, though at a SEVERE maneuverability penalty! An SCS is available.
Hecatoncheires Named after the monstrous "hundred-headed" brothers of the Greek Titans, the Hecatoncheires is something of a step backwards in naval architecture. Eschewing the utilitarian nature of the Nova, Omega, and Warlock class ships, the Hecatoncheires harkens back to the classical wet-navy lines of the Hyperion class ships. Based in part on the spaceframe of the Orpheus class battleship, Earth's first true, though unsuccessful, battleship, the Hecatoncheires is an improvement upon the Orpheus in all ways. Carrying several times the raw firepower, double the fighter complement, and the best sensor suite available to Earth Alliance, the Hecatoncheires is expected to be able to go one-on-one with any vessel in the known galaxy short of the Minbari Shargotti class battlecruisers and the ISA Victory class destroyers.
MacArthur Class Heavy Assault Carrier A massive assault ship, designed to enter a system, drop its troops and support units, then high tail it out of the system until the shooting is over. It has powerful anti-fighter defenses, but very poor ship to ship capability. SCS available.
Hunt818
EA Hunter Seeker : Data on seperate page.
Hyperion Website
Aleph Class Battleship A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
Alpha Class Battleship A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
Astro Class Attack Cruiser A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
Hyperion Class Battlecruiser A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
Komandorski Straits Class Carrier Photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here. Note that this isn't his design, he just made a mini and drew the picture of it. The original design came from here, the J-2 Report website.
Mars Class Battlecruiser A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
EAS Phoenix A complete description can be found here.
Pluto Class Battleship A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
Psi Class Battle Destroyer A complete description, along with photos of the B5W kitbashed mini can be found here.
The following designs are modifications of Hyperion's designs by Marcus Starkiller
Abel Class Battleship Aleph Class Battleship Alpha Class Battleship Ares Class Attack Boat Astro Class Attack Cruiser Chimera Class Large Cruiser Dragon Class Heavy Corvette Edwards Class Auxilary Carrier Gamma Class Assault Frigate Hectate EAS Coors Hectate EAS Discovery Hectate EAS Eagle Hectate EAS Endeavor Hyperion Picket Cruiser Mars Class Battlecruiser Omicron Class Strike Destroyer Oscar Class Missile Cruiser Phalanx Class Battleship Pluto Class Heavy Battleship Psi Class Battle Destroyer Theta Class Heavy Destroyer Utrecht Class Heavy Carrier
Hyperspace (Lars Joreteg) Website
Monsoon Class Gunboat A Crusade-era Earth Alliance gunboat. Well armed, and capable of carrying additional weapons in detachable, mission specific, pods. For the most part, it would use fixed EA bases for resupply, etc..., but its not impossible that it could also use tenders, much like the old pre-WW1 torpedo boats used tenders to carry them long distances. The lack of a jump drive might make a jump capable tender even more likely to see use. With all the old Nova hulls around in the post 2265 era, it would make a logical tender, with its MPLA's removed and a repair bay for a Monsoon replacing the hanger and docking clamps on the hull for a dozen or so Monsoons. Fully loaded, it would be incredibly sluggish, but would allow a greater range of operation for the gunboats. Here's a picture.
Tempest (top) and Arctic (bottom) Class Cruisers Competing designs for a Hyperion rep
