Kukulkan
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 The flagship Kukulkan (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) | |
| Affiliation: | Free Planets Alliance |
| Flag officer: | Vice Admiral Hawood |
| Purpose: | Flagship (7th Fleet) |
| Pennant number: | 07FB10-2136 |
| Length: | 958 metres (OACE) |
| Armament: | Neutron Beam Guns, Missiles, Railguns (OACE) |
| Status: | Captured or Destroyed |
The Kukulkan was the Alliance flagship of Vice Admiral Hawood.
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Service history
The flagship of the 7th Fleet, the Kukulkan participated in the Alliance invasion of Imperial territory. With Alliance supply lines cut off, the 7th Fleet was engaged by the Kircheis Fleet. The 7th fleet was comprehensively defeated, losing 90% of its ships, and the Kircheis Fleet departed the battlefield. Notwithstanding that, the Kukulkan survived. When the 13th Fleet arrived in the area and was also engaged by the Kircheis Fleet, Vice Admiral Hawood marshalled his remaining forces and launched a doomed charge into the Kircheis Fleet, allowing the 13th Fleet to withdraw. The Kukulkan's final fate is unknown, but it was certainly either captured or destroyed. (DNT: 'The Verge of Death (Part Two)')
Design
The Kukulkan, like most Alliance flagships, was a modified version of the Alliance's standard battleship design. As with the majority of Alliance flagships, key distinguishing features were the four antennae protruding from the dorsal, ventral, port and starboard side of the rear hull. Additional armament emplacements protruded from both the port and starboard side of the upper-half of the vessel's prow. The Kukulkan was visually identical to the 4th Fleet flagship, the Leonidas.
Gallery
 Prow (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
 Rear (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
 Missile launchers (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
Appendices
Appearances
- DNT:
- 'The Verge of Death (Part Two)' (only appearance)
Background information
Kukulkan is the name of a Maya snake deity.
