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Apr 7, 2012 12:31:47 GMT -7
Post by Kitten on Apr 7, 2012 12:31:47 GMT -7
Tohoku-class cruise
Type: Cruiser
Fuel capacity: 55,000 tones
Crew capacity: 40 (minimum)
Passenger capacity: 40,000
Carried vessels: Two squadrons of Alliance gunships
A Tohoku-class cruiser resembled a group of skyscrapers bound by a base, which contained the main engines and power generators. Secondary engines were placed near the top of the large twin central towers.
The port side of the vessel had three towers; a large central tower, a smaller tower to port and a much smaller tower aft. The starboard side's large central tower was joined to the port side tower by a "skybridge"-like structure around a third of the way up from the base section. To the aft and starboard of the central tower was another smaller tower. In addition to these five upper towers, a sixth tower was located on the lower side of the starboard half of the ship.
While the five upper towers were considered to be the "top" side of the ship, the artificial gravity was inverted in all sections below the base section of the ship, which contained landing platforms for the attached squadrons of gunships as well as docking facilities for any visiting smaller craft.
There was a significant variation between the Magellan and Dortmunder. The latter had a large engineering section which spans between the two main engines on the legs of the superstructure, while the former was missing this assembly.
