Sargon-class heavy carrier
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Production information | |
Manufacturer: |
Davo-Hamish Shipyards (planned) |
Model: |
Sargon |
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Operator(s): |
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Preceded by: |
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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: |
3 Element Zero drive cores |
Shielding: |
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Hull: |
297cm of Titanium-A3 Ablative Heavy Armor |
Sensor systems: |
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Targetting system: |
Shipwide VI |
Armament: |
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Crew: |
6,000 (rough approximate) |
Skeleton crew: |
1,000 |
Usage | |
Commissioned: |
Never approved |
Role(s): |
Carry and deploy fighters, bombers and interceptors/engage enemy ships |
Era: |
Asari Cycle |
Affiliation: |
Systems Alliance |
The Sargon-class heavy 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 Sargon-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. The Sargon-class, if it had ever been approved and built, would have filled the role of a heavy carrier, taking part in large-scale engagements, principally on the front line, with the intention of being able to tackle smaller vessels on its own, in addition to carrying and deploying aircraft. In the end, the Charles de Gaulle-class proved far superior in tackling this task, with dreadnought-level armaments to boot. In the end, the Sargon-class was shelved and ultimately never used, although Cerberus would steal the schematics in 2180 CE and reverse engineer them to create their own line of carriers, the Justinian-class, which would go on to be used during the Reaper War.
The class of ship would have been named for Sargon of Akkad, the 1st King of the Akkadian Empire of Ancient Sumer from c. 2334 BCE to c. 2284 BCE who was famous for being the first in recorded human history to found an empire.