Weapons of the United Nations

Ships of the United Nations Survey Command

The Stargazer Triad

Challenger Deep Survey Ships

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"Where no man has gone before" was the unofficial motto of the Challenger program, inspired by the famous line from Star Trek. First launched in the 2080s as part of the UN's 'Stargazer Triad' and immediately spreading out roll back the limits of explored space and to contact longshot colonies they rapidly lived up to their motto.

Designed first and foremost as long-endurance explorers, the Challengers were fitted with the most sophisticated hyperwave systems that the Sol nations could construct. The size of these early systems were so much that they in fact were built directly into the ships' keels. Comprehensive radiation shielding and a subcraft hangar ensured there were few natural hazards that could delay them in their missions. Many were further fitted with external tanking to further extend their already-impressive mission radius.

Long since superseded by newer and more modern exploration ships, the Challengers nonetheless set the gold standard for survey ships. (Un)fortunately, the Challenger's massive hyperwave and bulky habitat rendered it ill-suited for conversion to other roles and only a few hulls remain, almost all in graveyard orbits.

Galileo Planetary Exploration Ships

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The second of the UN's 'Stargazer Triad', the Galileo series planetary exploration ship were tasked with performing landings and ground investigations on worlds surveyed by the Challengers. While originally the design was similar to that of the Challengers, a radical new proposal from the ESA saw the Galileo turn into an immense (for the time) aerodyne ship capable of performing landings and take-offs under its own power. Built to last, Galileos were the most common ships in the UN exploration fleet and the design was found to be well-suited to conversion to more . . . military pursuits.

General Secretary Colonization Construction Ships

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Iconic of the breadth and scope of the UN-led international colonization effort, the General Secretary colonization ships were and still remain the largest mobile vessels ever built by near-baseline humans. Stretching almost two thousand meters from stem to stern they were self-contained cities. Their captains were also the mayors of almost twenty thousand souls and commanded more industrial hardware than most colonies of the era.

In service for more than half a century, slowly following the Challengers and Galileos into the Rim, the General Secretaries fabricated countless copies of terraforming hardware, habitats, navigational beacons and even complete ships. If the Challengers went where no man has gone before, in their wake the General Secretaries left civilization.

ARROWs Vessels

Algiers Deep Space Cutter (6x Cruiser)

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The cutting edge of ARROWs multirole response ship design. --Ezekiel- 23:23, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

• Stats

Mobility: 4

Evasion: 3.5

Armor: 16

Structure: 11

Hits: 52

Space: 160

Power: 180

P. Consumption: 152

• Combat Fittings (41 spaces)

4x DP cannon

(-16 spaces, -8 power)

2x Dual-mode Medium Beam Cannon

(-16 spaces, -32 power)

2x Scattering Beam Point Defence

(-4 spaces, -8 power)

1x Cluster Missile Launcher

(-5 spaces)

• Noncombat Fittings (119 spaces)

1x Flash Field

(-4 spaces, -32 power)

4x Fusion Thruster

(-32 spaces, -64 power)

2x Jump Drive

(-2 spaces, -8 power)

1x Structural Reinforcement

(-8 spaces)

4x Double-Bonded Lunar Titanium Armor

(-16 spaces)

9x Forced Fusion Reactor

(-9 spaces)

20CP cargo bay

(-20 spaces)

24DP hangar

(-24 spaces)

2x Docking Ring

(-4 spaces)

Engineering Coefficient: 4

Hull Coefficient: 4