Ernest Hemingway-class offensive carrier
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Production information | |
Manufacturer: |
Davo-Hamish Shipyards (planned) |
Model: |
Ernest Hemingway |
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Operator(s): |
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Succeeded by: |
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Generation: |
Second |
Technical information | |
Length: |
895m |
Width: |
174m |
Height/depth: |
304m |
Max acceleration: |
20 kilometers per second |
Engine unit(s): |
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Power plant: |
4 Element Zero drive cores |
Shielding: |
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Hull: |
600cm of Titanium-A3 Ablative Heavy Armor |
Sensor systems: |
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Targetting system: |
Shipwide VI |
Armament: |
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Crew: |
5,000 (rough approximate) |
Skeleton crew: |
1,000 |
Usage | |
Commissioned: |
Never approved |
Role(s): |
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Era: |
Asari Cycle |
Affiliation: |
Systems Alliance |
The Ernest Hemingway-class offensive carrier was a planned classification of carrier that was one of many new carrier concepts brought forth after the First Contact War to build up the Alliance's second generation carrier fleet, following the success of their carriers against the Turian Hierarchy at Shanxi and Charon, all of which would have replaced the first generation Columbus-class: however, of the five, and eventually six, only three would be accepted, and the others, including the Ernest Hemingway-class design, were rejected. Largely, the decision to reject the Sargon-class design was due to the Alliance narrowing down what it needed from its new carrier fleet, and choosing to prioritize aircraft compliment and speed over armor and defenses (although they would slightly revise with the Charles de Gaulle supercarriers, although only because a method was found to combine both), choosing to allow their dreadnoughts to epitomize the latter. As a result, the Lincoln and Nelson-classes won out due to their simpler and more rugged designs, coupled with the fact they met what the Alliance wanted out of its carrier fleet. Out of the three rejected carrier designs however, the Ernest Hemingway-class was considered the most potentially innovative and unique, as the pitch was that of an entirely new subclass of carrier known as offensive carriers. Unlike what was considered the standard purpose of a carrier, that of a ship hanging back far from the front lines where it could safely deploy air forces to assist the main bulk of a fleet and usually came with an escort, the offensive carrier would have been used purely in a front line role, often acting as a surgical strike ship to hit deep into enemy territory and cause as much damage as possible before retreating. The offensive carrier would have preceded an Alliance offensive, causing chaos behind enemy lines and generally softening up the enemy before the main attack. The idea was ambitious, and the Ernest Hemingway-class was the closest to the three cancelled carrier classes to being approved, but it was ultimately decided to be too risky an investment, and given the Alliance's focus on defensive strategy, ultimately a waste of resources. This is what led to the Ernest Hemingway-class being shelved, although the inspiration for the ship would later inspire the Cerberus Justinian-class carriers, which would be used in a role similar to what the Ernest Hemingway-class was originally intended for.
The class of ship would have been named for Ernest Hemingway, a 20th Century American journalist, novelist, short-story writer and sportsman who was famous for his iceberg theory that ultimately went on to influence a lot of 20th Century fiction, and later even 21st and 22nd Century fiction as well.