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Cassus Kett-class Cruiser; Obsolete Erineos Cruiser
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Cassus Kett-class Cruiser

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Dogosse Giar-class General Revil from Mobile Suit Gundam


Identification: Cassus Kett-class Cruiser

Designer: Svyok Naval Yards (later Svyok Design Bureau)

Manufacturer: Erineos Republic (Royal) Government Shipyards

Operator: Thyserian Royal Navy

Year Designed: 1939

Year Constructed: 2202
Planned: 10
Completed: 1
Cancelled: 9
Active: 1

Year Commissioned: 2204

Class: Battleship (1945 Classification)
Cruiser (Current Classification)

Length: 630 meters

Propulsion Unit(s): "Octavius" Battleship Engine (1), Mass Effect Drive (1)

Power Plant: Heavy Fusion Reactor (3) or Mass Effect Core (1), Emergency Hydrogen Fuel Cells (Vary in amount)

Shielding: Military Grade Kinetic Barriers

Armor: Military Grade Plating

Armament: Twin-barrel 30m Bloodrage Autocannon (4), Single-barrel 30m Bloodrage Autocannon (8), Tri-Barrel CIWS Cannon (1), GARDIAN Point Defense Systems

Crew: 500 (Including Naval Marines)

Compliment: Shuttles (6), Fighters (48)

Minimum Crew: 265

Passengers: 48-60 (Pilots)

Consumables: 6 Years

Other Systems: Military VI and Navigation Systems

Catapult Systems (8)

Description:

Spec'd by A'lia Zaynessa herself in 1939, she named this class of vessel after her father, Hierarchy Fleet Admiral Cassus Kett, who is the source of her inspiration for her political stance. Until 2202, the Cassus Kett remained the only vessel of the Erineos Republic that was designed but not built. Planned as the flagship of the Erineos Republic Navy in its day, the plan was unable to come to fruition due to financial costs. Since its inception, the design of the ship improved and took a vastly improved form than originally conceived. Older officers in the Navy dubbed her a Battleship, something out of the 1945 classifications. The modern design, finalized in 2185, combined the capabilities of a cruiser and a light carrier mixed into one. The Kett also began the shift away from solely CIWS weapon systems used on previous vessels and towards GARDIAN systems.

Events surrounding the Collectors and the Confederacy of the Terminus prompted quick approval of the ship to be put into production, as well as plans do construct ten vessels of the class. However, the plan was interrupted by Reapers and the construction was not started until 2202. Completed in 2204, the Cassus Kett was obsolete by the time she started construction in the shipyards: it was still a design of a bygone era. Now overshadowed by the new "Gray Navy" concept, plans for multiple vessels slashed, the cruiser only served as a temporary flagship until the completion of the Nerpa before being pressed into service as a line vessel.

Now centuries old, despite having received several refits, the future of the flagship pioneered by A'lia herself is in question.

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Top-down view of the vessel from MSG

The sole vessel of the class has received hull number CKC-01; departing from common naming conventions, the ship was named personally by A'lia Zaynessa. Like other former Erineos Republic vessels, the Cassus Kett's ERC prefix is now a KIN prefix.
Edited by Wheeljack, Feb 1 2017, 11:20 AM.
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