Imperial carrier (788 UC era)
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 Imperial carrier (794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE)) | |
| Affiliation: | Galactic Empire |
| Type: | Carrier |
| Length: | 682 metres |
| Width: | 208 metres |
| Height: | 286 metres |
| Armament: | 16 forward beam cannons 120 Valkyrie fighters |
| Crew: | 1,879 |
This Imperial carrier (Japanese:空母) design served as the standard carrier design of Imperial fleets from the late stages of the FPA-Imperial War to at least 801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE).
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Gallery
 Gunship carrier (799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)) |
 Gunship carrier launching (799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)) |
Appendices
Licensed sources
The Galactic Empire prioritized construction of battleships and cruisers and thus developed carriers after the Free Planets Alliance. It was not until 780 UC (471 IC / 3580 CE), after the design of the Alliance Lazarus class carrier, that the Empire belatedly acknowledged the usefulness of carriers and resolved to build its own.
The Empire decided to adapt an existing design to reduce development time and chose the Wilhelmina class battleship design on account of its large power plant, which would give the resulting carrier design high mobility.
A large hangar module was added on top of the hull to carry a large complement of fighters. The gunship carrier variant differed only in the hangar module and was otherwise identical to the fighter carrier. (Data Book: Mechanic & Seiyū Encyclopaedia, p. 172)
Apocrypha
DVD features
A production sketch of the Imperial carrier appear in the DVD features.
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