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Wolf Class CruiserEarth Alliance Ships: GUEST DESIGNS PAGE 2
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
Jordan Britt
Titanic Class Colonial Transport During the middle of the Earth-Minbari war, Earth Force knew that it was facing defeat (althought it wouldn’t publically admit it just yet), comissioneda crash study design of a type of "super-lifeboat evacuation ship" should the Minbari ever reach Earth. By the time the ink had dried for the start up, the war was over and the Titanic was all but forgotten as Earth Force and EarthGov slowly began the long recovery from the war. However, shortly after the Drakh attack on Earth, (and the subsequent cure for the plaugefound), Titanic ‘resurfaced’ again and was built out of the remains of Omega engines and other assorted parts from several different vessels. In fact, Titanic didn’t even really have a name until fans of a 20th century film of the same title, started a write-in and e-mail campaign to have Earth Force name the ship Titanic, as it was huge for a ship of its type at that time. The fans got their way and in a few years, Titanic was launched. Living up to its namesake, it hit a comet near Saturn and crashed into the planet. Fortunatly this time, this particular Titanic had plenty of lifeboats on board for the shakedown crew and nobody was injured. Earth Force, seeing the project as a ‘titanic’ waste of money, canceled plans for sister ships named Lusitania, Olympic and Brittanic.
Excerpt from "Infamous Ships of the Earth Alliance" by J. Britt, Uni. of Syria Planum-Mars, 2267
Luciano Trentadue
Luciano has provided extensive background information for his ships, so I've placed them on a seperate page, located HERE
Mackie
Amadeus Class Gunboat A small EA fire support gunboat, from the post-Crusade era. Shown here at 4 times normal scale, being roughly the size of a White Star, though nowhere near as maneuverable.
Accolade Class Cruiser This combines the best aspects of the Percele and Arrakis classes into a single EA/ISA cruiser. Fast, powerful and well armored, though the C&C is rather exposed
Avalon Class Frigate Another Russian design, suffering from the same reactor overload problems as other designs of the period.
Arrakis Class Cruiser A more powerful variant of the Percele, but not as resistant to damage. Its faster, but not as agile.
Calisto Class Mobile Observatory A mobile deep space observatory, the ultimate descendant of the Hubble!
Cossack Class Cruiser A "no-nonsense" cruiser, equipped with somewhat older weapons types to reduce the power drain on the propulsion systems during combat maneuvering.
Davids Class Colonial Transport A colonial transport developed after the Drakh Plague using primarily Omega components. Undoubtably, that experience would inspire the Alliance not to "have all its eggs in one basket".
Galileo Class Mobile Research Facility A mobile research platform.
Marnot Class Corvette Small, maneuverable escort vessel, using technology similar to the Arctic. Possibly an Olympusreplacement.
Moloch Class Advanced Technology Demonstrator A testbed, primarily for advanced propulsion systems, but retaining an operational capability. It represents an attempt by Earthforce to develop true, Minbari style, gravitic propulsion, unlike the hybrid systems used on the Warlock and other EA warships.
Moscow Class Spinal Cruiser (SLARN: Spinal Laser Advanced Refit Nova) A later attempt to built an effective spinal laser equipped warship. Extremely slow and unmaneuverabledue to the power requirements of the lasers. Like many designs from Russian shipyards of the period, it had reactor overload problems, usually due to excessive weapons load.
Percele Class A platform for testing Drazi systems. The name is Finnish for "Devil".
Rana Class Transport A small cargo transport. From the looks of it, I'd say its some sort of priority transport. Obviously it carries important cargo, with all the weapons visible on it.
Samson Class Cruiser A small, well armed EA cruiser, capable of carrying Thunderbolts.
Sodoma and Garamond Class Cruisers. Two possible replacements for the Hyperion. The "retro-looking" Sodoma is fast and well armed, but lacks fighters. The Garamond is less agile, but carries several assault shuttles and considerable firepower. Its also the more expensive of the two designs.
Sunstorm Class Another mixed EA/Drazi technology testbed.
Therion Class Omega Class Technology Testbed A prototype for many of the systems eventually installed in the Omega class, based on a heavily modified Hyperion hull.
Xora Class Battleship/Technology Testbed An EA testbed for incorporating Vree technology on Earth platforms using technology gained from membership in the InterstellatAlliance and through "less overt" means.
Picture A picture showing a Davids class transport being escorted by a pair of Marnots.
Malcom Lu (Galen82)
Artemis Class Heavy Cruiser The Artemis was built to replace the Hyperion as Heavy Cruisers. The Artemis incorporates the latest technology, including artificial gravity, fusion beam cannons, and a gravitic drive engine. The ship has a much greater fighter complement due to her larger fighter bays. Hangar decks are located in the front and lower areas of the ship. The Neptune is an updated version.
Black Omega Carrier A heavily modified passenger liner, like the Psi-Corps transport. This version, however, is enlarged and equipped with bays for Black Omega Star Furys squadrons.
Earth Earth Force One (New Model) A newer model of Earth Force One, it compares to the old Earth Force One as the 747 compared to the 707. Larger, faster, and more luxurious, it allows the Alliance President to travel in style and safety.
Hospital Ship A converted passenger liner, a cheap and effective hospital ship platform.
Maple-Dog
Marcus Starkiller
Blitzkrieg Class Battleship/Carrier Designed after the Drakh Assault on Earth and the subsequent plague.
Gettysburg Class Light Cruiser Warrior Class Attack Carrier Kitty Hawk Class Carrier RAF Class Fighter Carrier Barbarossa Class Pocket Destroyer Luftwaffe Class Carrier
California Class Destroyer Desert Fox Class Assault Destroyer EAS Devastation EAS Little Big Horn EAS Ramshead Elco Class Patrol Ship Exploration Class Explorer Hammer Class Battleship Helgoland Class Dreadnought Hospital Ship Iowa Class Battleship Kirk Class Explorer Lakeland Class Battleship Oregon Class Battlecruiser Prototype Oregon Class Battleship Shenendoah Class Battleship Techno-Union Class Picket Cruiser Wisconsin Class Battleship MGSC Red Planet
Peenemunde Class Light Destroyer
"Navy" Thunderbolt A modified Thunderbolt with additional crew and gun mounts.
A collection of parts for EA ships
A single picture showing all of Marcus' designs.
EAS
Lazarus Experimental Battlecruiser
Merkur (Pascal Klein)
Venturer Class Explorer Scout The first prototype of the Venturer was designed, and built long before the first conflicts involving the EA. After making contact with other races, first being the Centauri, the EA decided to fabricate a more powerful scout. One that was able to defend itself more adequately when attacked. After some extensive testing, it was concluded that the ship be re-designed, especially after the first peace treaties were set into action, for a powerfully built scout could be misinterpreted a destroyer, or warship by some inferior races. After the re-designing, and fabrication of the first batch of ships, the Venturer was not that easily accepted into the fleet. People were skeptical, and frightened of living on a starship, whcih was not capable to defend itself in case of a pre-emtiveattack. This was perhaps why the Venturer was named a failure, and thus only 23 were issued, 19 were built, 6 scrapped, and out of the remaining 13, only 5 survived after Draziconflicts. Out of the 5 remaining, only 4 are still in service today. These 4 ships perform simple escorts in Earth Alliance space, on purpose, away from potential harm.
Venturer II Class Explorer Scout (shown with Warlock for comparison) It was then, less than a century later, that the SFabri Corps designed a new building blueprint and soon began construction, secretly as to retain confidence, and not be subjugated by other sources, such as the general public or the EA Navy. After about a year, the Venturer II was complete and service ready. She was armored more extensively, and equipped more to defend itself. However, it was at this point still not released to the EA Navy, and still kept a secret. The first Venturer II was sent on a mission, which EA Navy did not consent to, or even know about. AN informant gave information of a Cortez doing a scout mission ahead of the fleet into pirate territory, and returning with as much information as possible. Upon return, the Venturer II made itself known to the fleet, and gave a more concise report than that of the Cortez. Amoung the report, was also detailed that the Cortez was ambushed unexpectantly, and managed to flee through a jumpgate, though the pirate ships which were responsible for the ambush could therefore have survived and told of EA spying missions into their territoy, which would have compromised the entire missions yet to come. However it was later discovered that after the central EA fleet moved in that the pirates were completely unaware of a pending attack. The VenturerII had over 360 railgun shells, and 40 Hunter Seeker close range anti-fighter missiles missing. The logs also conclude the EA's thoughts that the Venturer II cut off the pirates on their way home and destroyed every starship or vessel. Even thought the fleet was not large, the pirates did have over 60 stollen Starfurries, and a 2 Monsoon gunboats*. After this, the Venturer II was quickly accepted amoungst the alliance navy, and played imporant roles. Although SFabri Corps still retains building rights, and reluctantly agrees to build more ships, over 14 Venturer IIs now exist in the EA Navy. Only one has to date been destroyed, when attempting to escort a severely damaged NarnHeavy Cruiser from besieged neutral territory. A Centauri Battle Cruiser decided to openly fire upon the EA vessel as well as upon the Narn ship, although their allegations state that the Venturer II opened fire first, and that is conducted search and destroy missions upon Centauri listening posts. One Venturer II has been lost, as no contact has been made with the ship for 3 and a half years now. It is feared destroyed by many people, as it was launched to conduct a friendly exploration mission in the "uncharted".
Mike Brown
Atlantis Class Battleship Designed to complement the Warlock, the Atlantis is armed with mass drivers based on Centauri designs. The drawing has been redrawn by TKB to correct some artifacts and color inaccuracies brought about during the conversion from its original format.
MJ Donga
NeoMExelor
Republic Class Super Destroyer A refit of the Warlock class.
Nathan Meade
Elint Omega Missile Omega Other Omegas (stock on top, Omega Mk2, and Fire Support Omega) He had me draw up these Omega Variants that he's using in a campaign. He sent me the rough drawings and I redrew them.
Omegaleader
Anderson Class It was designed for weapons testing and system trails while the Omega was being desinged and new technology from the Minbari War was being utilized. It features a large targeting array and enhaced sensor packages, visiable fore, that completely take up the Forward Launch Bay. To remedy this a Launch Bayhas been retro-fitted to the back of the forward structure and can launch an addition 12 starfuries, bringing the total to 36. The targeting/ command/ communications section is also highly visiable toward the aft of the ship, with a dome and large antenni emminatingfrom the ship. Out of the two built, or refit rather, both have moved on to bigger and better things. The Anderson Sigma(Shown) is, at present, a heavy weapons platform for the 12th EarthforceExpeditionary Fleet, and the Tesla Gamma, is being used for the defense of border colonies as a Long-range Heavy Strike Carrier, due to it's Staryfurycompliment of 48, twice the that of an Omega. Both have recievedGravity upgrades and several engine over-hauls to increase speed and efficentcy.
EA Military Outpost The EA Military Outpost was originally going to be Babylon 6, but it was not needed, so the O'Neil Class components were sold to the military and redesigned for a purely military role. It was assembled in the Draconis system as a permentant outpost, supply yard, lay-over for EA patrols. It also has limited repair docks for the nessecary maintance needed by the aging EA patrols.
Epsilon Class Cruiser The Epsilon Class Heavy Cruiser is one of the first Earth Alliance vessels built after the first contact with the Centauri Republic. Used extensively during the Dilgar Invasion, it was later dismantled and used to buld the new Hyperion and Nova Classes. It's size is due to the fact that it carried hundreds of tons of ordinace, large amounts of supplies for long-range missions, and the huge gravity wheel set-up in the central core of the ship.
Europa Class Explorer Used by IPX as a cheaper alternative to the larger EA Explorers. Fast and quite capable of defending itself from unknown hostiles.
Gamacles Class Command Cruiser A modifed Nova, equipped with the weapons suite and C&C of the Omega Class destroyers. Ten were converted prior to the Omega's entry into service to serve as fleet command ships. All but one were lost during the Earth Civil War, or scrapped as more and more Omega's came online.
Earth Alliance Starliner A military version of the civilian Asimov class, used as a VIP transport and as a training vessel. It can also serve as a back up to the two Earth Force Ones, since it has a large fighter compliment and strong defense grid.
Paul Brown Website
Priapus Spinal Cruiser A unique Earth Alliance testbed for a recovered Hyach Spinal Laser. Paul has a detailed description and SCS here.
