Trinity Class Heavy Carrier

The Trinity-Class Heavy Carrier is a Black-Water Heavy Carrier in use with the Atreus Aerospace Command, and the Confederacy of Veiid.

Trinity Class Trinity-Class Heavy Carrier
Heavy Carrier
AASC Hell or Highwater (CV-06) during a maneuver around Duna. c. 2197
National Origin		Confederacy of Atreus
Production History
Designed
2193 - 2195
Produced
2195 - 2196
Designer		Odyssey Aerospace Astronautical Design Office
Unit Cost		172,805(√)
Number Built		2
Service History
In Service
2196 - N/A
Used By		Confederacy of Atreus Confederacy of Veiid
Spacecraft Characteristics
Launch Mass		310,300 kg
Dry Mass		160,700 kg
Length		38.0 m
Width		7.6 m
Height		8.5 m
Propulsion		2 RE-M3 "Mainsail" Chemical Rockets 6 RE-J10 "Wolfhound" Chemical Rockets
Maximum Thrust		5250 kN
Specific Impulse		337 seconds (2171 m/s)
Complement		65 total, 15 officers, 10 Senior NCOs, 40 Enlisted Personnel
Armament		Mark IV Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 36 Small/Medium Missile Cells
Spacecraft Carried		10 Multirole Fighters

Design

The Trinity-Class Heavy Carrier is a staple of the Atreus Aerospace Command (AASC), being highly versatile and flexible in both role and mission.

The Trinity-Class is defined by her long, continuous shape, with a prominent bow containing eight missile cells as well as her single Mark IV Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, which runs a portion of the ship.

The majority of the Trinity's internal space is taken up by various flight facilities, including hangar bay doors and docking areas for small fighters, which are very tightly packed inside of her hull.

Similar to Odyssey's future project in the Hartfordia II-Class Heavy Cruiser, the Trinity uses a massive amount of engines to achieve a Thrust-to-Weight ration unseen outside of the AASC, giving the Trinity maneuverability similar to a light cruiser rather than a heavy carrier.

Development

With the majority of Sub-capital contracts and hulls completed and delivered to the AASC by 2195, the AASC began looking to build a new Heavy Carrier/Fleet Carrier to serve as the largest of their ships and Flagships for their Admirals.

With the Siren-Class Escort Carrier entering service shortly after initial requirements went out for the Next Generation Flagship Program (NGFS), the AASC Navy Warfare Development Command (NAVWARDEV) quickly outlined flaws in focusing on a single Heavy Carrier hull, and decided to split the NGFS Program into a Next Generation Heavy Carrier (NGCV) and Next Generation Fleet Carrier (NGCVB) Programs, with the NGCVB program leading to the development of the Retribution-Class Fleet Carrier.

Awarding the contract for the NGCV to Odyssey Aerospace Astronautical Design Office, the Trinity Class was one of the first ships to be fitted with the still experimental Mark IV Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.

However, concerns were raised due to the relatively limited hangar space and logistical capacity offered by a Fleet Carrier on the smaller side. However, with the adoption of the Retribution-Class, these concerns were addressed by the size of the Fleet Carrier.

Flight Deck

The Hangar of the Trinity-Class is multi-layered, being unique in that aspect. The hangar bay doors are located at the bottom of the hull of the carrier, being split in two areas by a partition in the middle making flight operations highly vertical, being performed by deck crews using EVA "Jetpacks" to maneuver quickly.

However, this makes flight operations impossible while under any movement impossible, also exposing Trinity-Class Carriers to attacks while conducting operations as making any evasive maneuvers would bring serious injury or death to any deck crew operating using EVA packs as the ship would rapidly accelerate compared to them, crushing them against the hull and high speeds.