A Circle Has No End: Volume I

Magnificent Carrier Class

BACKGROUND

The design was originally commissioned in secret by Night Guard Commander Mezza Luna in 965. It had the original purpose to eradicate the Hive Collective to the south. It and its collection of heavier-than-air fighters/bombers never saw action, and was mothballed in 972, after Princess Celestia discovered and vetoed the plan. Originally christened the H.M.S Magificent, the name was later changed to T.M.S shortly after Princess Luna re-activated it. However the original name stuck, and common parlance referred to it as H.M.S. The ascent of Princess Luna to the position of Queen Regent further confused this. Air Martial Spitfire notably referred to it as the H.M.S, and never changed the designation officially.

Government: Principality of Equestria

Ship Type: Prototype aerobattle flagship

Class: Magnificent

Manufacturer: Classified

Crew: 2,038 total permanent, room for 500 additional.

Command Tower: 30, Plus eight bridge officers

Pilots: 300

Wonderbolt Flyers: 500

Wonderbolt Auxiliary: 500

Non-Pegasi Crew: 200

Marine Contingent: 500

Notable Ships of Class:

T.M.S. Magnificent: It served as the command and control centre in most military situations during the Great War, leading the charge toward the home islands of the Griffin Empire.

SPEEDS:

Full thrust: 135 km/h.

Maximum Range: 3,547,800 km over 3 years (estimated 3 month supply load)

STATISTICAL DATA:

Length: 560 meters

Girth: 200 meter diameter

Weight: 355,000 metric tons (core weight) / 860,000 metric tons (standard)

Armor: 10 meter thick laminated titanium

Propulsion:25 steering propellers, 5 combined drive propellers

Power System: Alicornium-based Pressurized Water Reactor

Auxiliary Power System: Petrol engine on each propeller.

Radar System: TRS I (Twilight Radar System I)

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

LUNAR-CLASS CANNONS (16): [two at bow and stern, six along each broadside]

PRIMARY PURPOSE: anti-ship warfare

SECONDARY PURPOSE: fortification bombardment

RANGE: 6.5 km

DAMAGE CLASS: capital/physical

RATE OF FIRE: 3 rounds/minute

PAYLOAD: 50,000 rounds (3,125 shells/cannon)

RETRACTABLE ANTI-AIR GUN TURRETS (50): [5 at bow and stern, 10 along each broadside, 10 along top and bottom]

PRIMARY PURPOSE: self-defense

SECONDARY PURPOSE: anti-fighter warship support

RANGE: 840 meters

DAMAGE: medium low/physical

RATE OF FIRE: 100 rounds/second

PAYLOAD: 2 million shells (40,000 shells/turret)

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

MULTI-DECK LAUNCHER AND STORAGE SYSTEM: This is the reason there is such a large mecha compliment aboard the Magnificent Class vessels on average. This system allows for the storage of 500 units at a time and can launch 100 units a given moment and have another 100 ready in less than a minute if already on standby. It is this system along with the slew of armaments that make this class one of the most feared in history.

CORE EJECTION SYSTEM: The core ejection system is for the explicit purpose of salvaging the alicornium core. If the ship is close to critical, the reactor can be jettisoned to keep the precious element intact.

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS: The standard communications array can communicate with multiple craft simultaneously at ranges of up to 32 km. This range can be boosted indefinitely by using radio-ready craft to relay communications.

RADAR: The radar array, a new technology created by Princess Twilight Sparkle, was not in the original design, but incorporated during the beginning stages of the Great War. Has a range of 30 km

COMPLEMENT (STANDARD):

Note: Complement during the war was vastly less then designed for, due to a resource shortage.

Transports: 100 (50 practical)

W01 Phoenix: 70 (10 practical)