Siren Class Escort Carrier

The Siren Class Escort Carrier is a class of Space-based, Escort Carrier designed and operated by the Atreus Aerospace Command, and in use with Illishira, and the Confederacy of Veiid.

Siren Class Siren Class Escort Carrier
Escort Carrier
AASC Siren on a "work-up" in Low Kerbin Orbit (LKO) c.2198
National Origin		Confederacy of Atreus
Production History
Designed
2190 - 2193
Produced
2193 - 2194
Designer		Odyssey Aerospace Astronautical Design Office
Unit Cost		100,910(√)
Number Built		4
Service History
In Service
2194 - N/A
Used By		Confederacy of Atreus Confederacy of Veiid
Spacecraft Characteristics
Launch Mass		197,179 kg
Dry Mass		101,200 kg
Length		33.2 m
Width		6.6 m
Height		7.0 m
Propulsion		1 RE-I5 "Skipper" Chemical Rocket 2 RE-J10 "Wolfhound" Chemical Rockets
Maximum Thrust		1400 kN
Specific Impulse		350 seconds (2287 m/s)
Complement		60 total, 16 officers, 14 Senior NCOs, 30 Enlisted Personnel
Armament		Mark III Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 42 Small/Medium Missile Cells
Spacecraft Carried		8 Void Superiority Fighters

Design

Designed with cost-effectiveness and multi-mission capability, the Siren Class is a ship focused on practicality, built around its hangar on the ventral side of the vessel, as well as its Mark III Magnetic Accelerator Cannon which runs along the centerline of the ship, above the hangar.

Doctrinally, the Siren serves as the Flagship for escort formations, as well as patrols made up of smaller vessels such as Destroyers, Frigates, or Corvettes. Additionally, due to its nature as an Escort Carrier, the Siren provides these formations with a sizable fighter compliment as defense against other void-craft, while also being able to launch offensive strikes against other ships.

Development

With the contract for a new light/escort carrier being announced after the end of the Belkan Civil War, the Siren Class was the earliest carrier contract given by the Atreus Aerospace Command (AASC) with the contract being awarded to the Odyssey Aerospace Design Office (OADO) in Mid-2190 as Odyssey began securing contracts for various AASC vessels.

However, the OADO lacked the experience in designing Black-water vessels that other nation's design offices possessed, lending to the Siren's "unique" shape and appearance.

With thought in mind that the Siren was to be an escort carrier, she was designed originally with a lack of high thrust-to-weight ratio, but makes up for this with a larger compliment of interceptor missile mounts, comparable to a cruiser of a similar size. This is not out of the ordinary however, as the original hull for the Siren was made in a design study with OADO as a light/heavy cruiser concept.

Service History

Upon receiving the Sirens, they were received with mixed opinions. Some crew's preferred the design of the ship, but many complained about the cramped quarters due to the heightened crew requirements compared to other ships in the AASC.

However, despite the controversial reception, upon the first "cycles" of the new carriers, crews began to report more positively as they settled into their new vessels.

Ships of the Line

Name	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Status	Operator	Hull Code
AASC Siren	January 21st, 2193	November 1st, 2194	November 3rd, 2194	Active	Atreus Aerospace Command	CVE-01
AASC On The Contrary	January 22nd, 2193	October 31st, 2194	November 2nd, 2194	Active	Atreus Aerospace Command	CVE-02
AASC Credit To Give	January 24th, 2193	November 5th, 2194	November 8th, 2194	Active	Atreus Aerospace Command	CVE-03
AASC Learn To Fly	January 25th, 2193	November 7th, 2194	November 9th, 2194	Active	Atreus Aerospace Command	CVE-04