Empire Class Fleet Carrier

Duchy-class Fleet Carrier

The Duchy-class Fleet Carrier is the ultimate planetary assault platform and fleet flagship of the Navy.

Physical Dimensions

• Length: 650 meters
• Beam: 100 meters
• Displacement: 220,000 – 320,000 tons

Capacity

• Dropship Capacity: 80 Duchy-class combat dropship/gunships
• Marine Embarkation: Full Marine Division (~22,000 Marines) with dedicated, permanent berthing (no hot bunking)

Crew

• 6,000 Navy personnel (including air wing and support staff) — all with dedicated berthing

Command & Flag Facilities

• Dedicated Flag Bridge (separate from the main bridge) for fleet command staff
• Multiple high-security Conference Rooms and briefing suites
• VIP Accommodations for senior Marine and Navy officers, dignitaries, and task force commanders (including private quarters, offices, and secure communications suites)

Armament

Main Battery

• 8 × triple turrets mounting 400 MJ heavy energy weapons (20" gun equivalent)
• Total: 24 × 400 MJ guns

Secondary Battery

• 20 × triple turrets mounting 144 MJ energy weapons (12" / Heavy Cruiser equivalent)
• Total: 60 × 144 MJ guns

 (Secondary battery alone delivers firepower equivalent to approximately 2.5 Heavy Cruisers)

Point Defense

• 400 × Mark 15 Mod 0 Heavy PDC (high-rate 60–120 kJ weapons optimized for anti-drone, anti-missile, and anti-small craft defense)

Defenses

• Shields: 138,000 Hitpoints / 27,600 Regen per Minute (3× battleship shield strength)
• Extremely thick layered armor and multi-redundant shielding systems

Hangar Layout

Multiple large Battlestar-style side hangars with extensive maintenance, rearming, and storage decks

Role

The Duchy-class Fleet Carrier is the ultimate planetary assault platform and fleet flagship. At 650 meters long with a 100-meter beam, it combines the troop transport capacity of a mobile invasion base with overwhelming battleship-plus firepower.

It serves as both the primary delivery system for an entire Marine Division and a mobile command center for theater-level operations. When a Fleet Carrier arrives in orbit, the enemy faces not only a massive ground invasion but also a heavily armed supercapital ship capable of dominating orbital space.

Empire Class Fleet Carrier
Basis	Original Design
Armor	20,000 Hitpoints
Shield System	Mark 120 Mod 0 Aegis Shield System (30,000 Hitpoints / 6,000 Regen per Minute)
Computer Cores	3
Sublight Acceleration	30 G
FTL Speed	20 c
Complement	Up to 100 gunships (full service, maintenance, re-arming, and crew support facilities)
Armament (All Mod 0)
Mark 10 Mod 0 PDC	40 twin turrets (DPM per gun: 79.92 → Per turret: 159.84 → Total DPM: 6,394)
Mark 15 Mod 0 Heavy PDC	40 twin turrets (DPM per gun: 120 → Per turret: 240 → Total DPM: 9,600)
Mark 50 Mod 0 Ion Gun	8 twin turrets (DPM per gun: 375 → Per turret: 750 → Total DPM: 6,000)
Total Point Defense / Interceptor DPM ≈ 21,994

The Empire Class Fleet Carrier is a massive, purpose-built force projection platform designed to deploy and sustain large-scale gunship and strike craft operations across theater-wide campaigns. Capable of supporting up to 100 gunships with comprehensive maintenance, re-arming, magazine storage, and crew facilities, it serves as a true mobile airbase. Its formidable self-defense armament—among the heaviest of any carrier class—provides robust protection against missile salvos, drone swarms, and raiding forces, allowing it to operate closer to the front line than traditional carriers. Empire-class vessels are the cornerstone of expeditionary fleets, enabling overwhelming strike craft superiority deep in contested or hostile space while contributing significant screening firepower to the battle group.