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Starships of the United Nations
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(by tonnage, lightest to heaviest)

Civilian

Hyubase L4S “Comet” Sprinter:

Lockheed-Ford U-200-series Sprinter

Keaton Aerospace Quixote-class Dasher Corvette:

Lockheed-Ford P-900-series Police/Customs Patrol Corvette: A Dasher-weight Corvette in use by over five hundred police, customs, and private security forces across the U.N. Often stationed onboard a Callahan-class vessel or the police station on or near a skipway, P-900s are a ubiquitous sight near oft-traveled ports and trading posts, as these have a well-deserved reputation for lawlessness. P-900s are armed with a single pulse laser cannon, though some forces prefer the P-960 model, which also boasts an EMP cannon.

Lockheed-Ford K-200-series Space Hauler:

StarMack Space Hauler:

Dromedary-class Light Freighter:

Hughes “Constellation” Trans-System Shuttle:

Boeing 939-300 “Artemis” Trans-System Shuttle:

Boeing 979-800 "Apollo" Inter-System Shuttle:

Callahan-class Police Cruiser:

Sinbad-class Survey Cruiser: A re-fit of the canceled Australia-class Patrol Frigates, whose roles were overtaken by the newer Albion-class. Re-tooled for civilian use, the newly-christened Sinbad-class operate in the "blank spots" of U.N. territory, carrying out cartographic, scientific, colonial and patrol tasks. Sinbads remain armed, though stripped down from their former roles, in order to deal with Jacks and other criminals, boasting two gauss cannon turrets, six pulse laser arrays and two missile turrets. These ships are the primary vessels of the U.N.'s Department of Exploratory and Colonial Operations, or DECO, and command of a Sinbad is the most sought-after position within that Department.

Caravan-class Commercial Freighter

Terranica Grande Starliner: A massive luxury transport vessel, capable of carrying more than 12,000 people. Only eleven such ships exist, their rarity making them even more of a hallmark of U.N. starfaring prowess, as the arrival of a Terranica Grand in port is cause all by itself for celebration. They have the highest crew compliment of any vessel in U.N. space, though the Magellan-class has the capacity to hold more passengers.

Millennium-class Superfreighter:

Magellan-class Colony Ship:

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S-36E “Super Cyclone” Fighter: A fast, agile fighter, adept at multiple roles and configurations, and in many ways the “face” of the UNCSF. Powered by central fusion drive, propelled by combination of fusion torch and four FIPAs. Armed with central gauss cannon and four missile/equipment hardpoints.

SR-51 “Vulpine” Recon Fighter:

SB-47 “Wasp” Tactical Bomber:

S-32 “Guncat” Interceptor:

T-28 “Tiger” Armored Dropship:

T-70 “Rook” Spacecraft Warning and Control Ship:

Al-Mahab-class Gunboat:

Finae-class Missile Corvette:

Hyung-class Landing Craft:

Europe-class Scout Carrier:

Albion-class Escort Frigate:

Asia-class Missile Frigate:

Tharsis-class Strike Frigate:

Hellas-class Transport Frigate:

Americas-class Destroyer:

Uranus-class Support Tender: Military variant of the Millennium Superfreighter, up-armored and refitted with a more powerful fusion reactor and Orion II capability. Equipped for repair, resupply, medical aid, and a variety of other support tasks. Armed with a tighter point defense system, three gauss turrets, and room in the launch bay for up to twenty fighters and five corvettes.

Neptune-class Battlewagon:

Eden-class Assault Carrier:

Jupiter-class Battlecruiser:

Saturn-class Carrier:
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Er, hell yes. I can always get behind more Growing Pains. And I can always get behind starfighters. I can also always get behind MiG 1.44s. It's a pretty lethal combination of win. Can't wait to see the info.
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Damn, is it really that transparent what the new Cyclone design was based on?
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Moby is a bit of an outlier when it comes to fighter planes. Trying to sneak your influences past him is somewhat akin to trying to push an oiled hotdog through the eye a needle. ;)
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That is an image I will spend about a week getting out of my head. Thanks, Ford. Thankya.

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Added quite a bit, with quite a bit more to come.
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I've always dug the various paint jobs and unit details (Jolly Rogers in the 2X century!), and it's quite interesting to see the train of thought that led to the first in-verse human starfighter. Another thing I found interesting- I've done this too- is that the concept of competing design proposals carries over to the sci-fi future (I did it in TE with the next-gen Arrowhead Microfighter and the BAM fighter, with the subversion that neither fighter was all that good for the average space jockey), nevermind the fact that I can totally dig the Guncat design.
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Don't worry, the Guncat lives on as a badass mercenary/bounty hunter craft. Seiron Dynamique ended up selling to the civilian market after the Cyclone forced them out of the military, and it turns out the Guncat was amazingly easy to customize and modify, not to mention dirt cheap after Seiron lowered their prices so they'd get some sales. Seiron Dynamique ended up doing as good a business as Jovian Aerospace did. And trust me, there'll be plenty of paint jobs for the Guncat posted when I do the full article for it.
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Terranica Grand Starliners


-Terranica Starlines formed from a merger between Virgin Galactic and KLM in 2092, making trips from Earth to Mars, Ceres and the Jovian moons. Starting out, the operated using vessels not much larger than modern-day 737s strapped to Ion Drives.

-The Terranica Grand was built and launched in 2132, when Terranica believed there were enough people traveling in space to warrant its construction. It was only the eighth vessels ever fitted with a Second Space drive, and brought the first group of colonists to the Three Paradises system in 2148. At the time, the Terranica Grand was only three kilometers long and consisted of a single O'Neill Cylinder, though the line had already started the distinctive sharp octahedron outer hull shape. The Lunar Maiden was built along the same lines, and was launched in 2150, just in time for the first border opening between the UN and the Commonwealth.

-Hermetic Nomad, Caliburn Ascendant, and Starlight Dreamer are launched in a triple ceremony. These new ships incorporate a larger docking bay, the newest generation of Second Space drives, and most importantly the now-standard triple O'Neill Cylinders surrounded by seven of Stanford Rings.

Ships and Routes

TGC-1 Terranica Grand - Earth, Europa, Titan, Plutonian Quartet
TGC-2 Lunar Maiden - Earth, Ceres, Avalon, The Scythe
TGC-3 Hermetic Nomad - Mercury, Mars, Gilead, Kriolon
TGC-4 Caliburn Ascendant - Avalon, Asgard, Pygmalion, Resh'calm
TGC-5 Starlight Dreamer - Destroyed during T-K War
TGC-6 Void Frontier - Jules Verne SSC, Ganymede, Casablanca, Sudden Rainfall of Sapphires Webworld
TGC-7 Empyrean Venture - Bielobog, Faerie, Earth, Grazel
TGC-8 Quantum Carnival - Ganymede, Strugatsky Bros. SSC, Rohan, Tak'hel
TGC-9 Aurora Sojourner - Asgard, Europa, Earth, Oryam
TGC-10 Equinox Sun - Decommissioned, later used to construct the new Ben Bova SSC
TGC-11 Golden Crescent - Enceladus, Oberon, Bielobog, Blackworld
TGC-12 Starlight Dreamer II - Io, Plutonian Quartet, Avalon, Gilead
TGC-13 Heaven's Horizon - Avalon, Kriolon, Hartess, Nor'kass
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Those are some sweet names for starliners. Aurora Sojourner is my favourite, it sounds all sleek and stately, like a Space Queen Mary 2. Considering they're made of three O'Neill Cylinders and seven Stanford Rings I would bet you could simply live on those ships, too...
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O'Neill cylinders as massive interstellar cruise vessels? Arty, that's just epic and massive. Those things could hold thousands upon thousands of tourists and would, in themselves, be hubs for transport, trade, and tourism as they sail the seven spaces! That is one of those things that makes Growing Pains one of the most organic and "living" universes out there. Man, these ships must have SPACE GYPSIES!
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Fun note; When I searched for Stanford Ring to explore the concept it just got results about college graduation rings. :D

Depending on size these liners do sound a bit more like massive space colonies than you might think cruise liners would be but those names were nifty. How did Starlight Dreamer get blown up in the T-K war? Was it making itself a valid military target or was it just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

The best name for me is the Quantum Carnival that's got just an epic ring to it. The Equinox Sun sounds familiar? Isn't that the ship used in in Seige's Growing Pains Epic (as it was called back in the day)
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Booted Vulture wrote:Fun note; When I searched for Stanford Ring to explore the concept it just got results about college graduation rings. :D
That's probably 'cause they're usually called Stanford Toruses :).
How did Starlight Dreamer get blown up in the T-K war? Was it making itself a valid military target or was it just in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Maybe it was drafted into service as a troop ship?
The Equinox Sun sounds familiar? Isn't that the ship used in in Seige's Growing Pains Epic (as it was called back in the day)
Nah, that was called the Harbinger of Thunder, and it was an old Klashie guncutter (the story was called Spirit Jericho).
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S-36E "Super Cyclone" Space Superiority Fighter

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Two Super Cyclones over Ambar in Three Paradises system. The rightmost Cyclone displays the "Jupiter-camo" color pattern of the Japanese Space Defense Force ("Sulfur Dragons" Squadron), while the left and foremost fighter belongs to the United States Space Navy (VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" Squadron)

Origins

The dawn of the twenty-third century to about halfway through it was a good time to be a Terran military theorist. The United Nations Security Council, seeing the military power of the two juggernauts of the spacelanes, the Interstellar Commonwealth and the Carepakeh Empire, admitted that they would be severely outclassed in a military engagement with either of these two powers. While the Commonwealth seemed friendly enough, and had indeed gone out of their way to help the United Nations through trade and technology sharing, they were simply too big, too close, and just a little too nice to trust. The Carepakeh, on the other hand, had been given a very bad reputation by the Commonwealth, and their isolationist nature gave them the appearance of a rat backed into a corner.

To remedy this situation, the Security Council called upon engineers, soldiers, military historians, and even science fiction writers to determine how best to adapt the UN militaries to this very new climate. Thousands of designs, doctrines, simulations, mock-ups, and prototypes passed by the desks of admirals and generals over the next few years, some of which made it into full production (e.g. the first MLV tanks), and some that never saw the light of day, deemed either impractical or impossible to implement (e.g. the infamous "Death Star" project, a mobile space station complex centered around a massive particle cannon array). Each submission was meant to answer a question posed by the Security Council: What is the best way to transport troops from planet to planet? How accurate and reliable would orbital artillery be? Would the risks of using military foglets outweigh the benefits? Debate on these topics, and hundreds of others, raged across the UN, from the hall of the United Nations to the basements of armchair generals.

The question that led to the development of the S-36 Cyclone was one of the most divisive: would there be a use for small, one-man spacecraft in engagements likely to span thousands of kilometers, and could possibly last for days? Using their potential opponents as unwitting sounding boards, the supporters of the so-called "Starfighter Initiative" argued that the Commonwealth and the Empire had both used fighters in their wars with each other, and that the United Nations would be foolish not to include what was obviously an integral part of the space navies of other starfaring superpowers. The Initiative's opponents, however, argued that the Commonwealth had only included fighters in a patrol and reconnaissance role, one which could easily be filled by advanced sensors and laser-propelled foglet swarms; the Carepakeh, meanwhile, only used their fighters as dropship escorts during invasions, having found a way to make their fighters useful in both atmosphere and vacuum. This could be remedied, the opponents said, by simply arming and up-armoring the dropships. The Starfighter Initiative had one advantage that allowed them to prevail in the argument - the economic boom resulting from trade with the Commonwealth and the exploration and colonizations footing had given most countries a lot of money to spend, and those countries were willing to experiment a little. So, the International Committee on Military Advancement, which would eventually evolve into the United Nations Combined Space Forces, put out the call to military contractors to develop a machine that would become mankind's first Starfighter.

Development

Over thirty contractors from all over the United Nations answered the call for designs, but in the end, only two managed to meet the requirements listed by the ICMA. These designs were the YF-32 "Guncat," submitted by France-based Seiron Dynamique, and the YF-36 "Cyclone," from Jovian Aerospace on Callisto. The two designs could not have been more different - the Guncat was heavily inspired by Commonwealth designs of the past, updated with modern technology from the Commonwealth and the UN alike, and more suited toward prevalent military theory; the Cyclone, on the other hand, had been designed from the pencil marks up, with no direct inspiration taken from any existing design. The logic behind this was that instead of adapting an alien design for UN pilots and engineers, the Jovian designers would produce a machine that was 100% Terran, and therefore perfectly suited for its users and its possible roles as envisioned by those users.

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The respective strengths of both designs were readily apparent. The Guncat boasted more raw firepower, with its three pulse laser cannons giving a pilot accuracy, range, and economy, though the designers chose to avoid secondary/autonomous weapons, such as missiles, instead focusing the entire craft around the laser cannons. The Guncat was also believed to be safer to pilot, with the cockpit closer to the center of mass managing to avoid "g-trauma" on the pilot.

The Cyclone, on the other hand, had a much more powerful central reactor, was far more maneuverable, and gave more firepower options, with a 30mm gauss cannon and two internal missile bays (which would be upgraded to four with the "C" variant later). It quickly became a popular craft with its fest pilots, who admired the maneuverability and flexibility of the craft. This was achieved by incorporating four Focused Ion Propeller Arrays (FIPAs) on motorized "wings," which could twist and revolve to vector thrust in any direction needed. While the Cyclone and the Guncat both used a nuclear fission torch as the main engine, the Guncat used dozens of small chemical thrusters spread all over the hull that could quickly change the craft's nose-direction, but not its vector. To do this, the Guncat would need to fire its torch again. The Cyclone, on the other hand, moved much more fluidly with the FIPAs, and the placement of the arrays meant that snap turns still didn't put all that much g-trauma on the pilot.

In the end, most space navies ended up buying both designs, with the Guncat taking the role of interceptor and space superiority fighter, while the Cyclone was considered a multi-role, fighter-bomber position. The Guncat's greater top speed and fire range, it was believed, would allow it to reach crisis regions faster, making it a superior dogfighter.

Early Service

On August 14th, 2249, only a few days after the first S-36-As were put into production, the Klashnoi Confederation achieved Second Space flight for the first time, and to everyone's surprise, they already had a war fleet. The Confederation's conflict with the Charred Rock rebels had produced an experienced, tested military force that the United Nations could not help but recognize as a potential threat - especially considering the proximity of the Confederation's border to the Three Paradises system. A task force comprised of the first Saturn-class Space Carrier, the British HMS Battle of the Nile, and her battle group was deployed to the UN-KC border, officially to help the Confederation mop up the last of the Charred Rock elements in the region and to keep them from infringing upon United Nations territory.

While this action certainly had ulterior motives, three very good things came of it. The first was that a very likely threat to UN citizens was curbed, as the Battle of the Nile won four engagements against Charred Rock forces fleeing to UN space with stolen Second Space drives. The second was that UNCSF got a very good look at Klashnoi military hardware, though the Klashnoi got just as good a look at the UN's. And thirdly, the Cyclone and the Guncat had a fantastic opportunity to be put through their paces.

What many pilots discovered was that, although the Guncat certainly had the advantage of speed and firepower, these both had the drawback of increasing the Guncat's heat-energy visibility, and stealth was considered to be one of the main reasons for using starfighters in the first place. While the Guncat's lasers were all but guaranteed to score a hit once target lock had been achieved, rebel fighters could pick up the rapidly-rising heat signature of the lasers charging, and activate stealth and sensor countermeasures before the lasers were finished charging. Not to mention the high heat output of the Guncat's dual fission torches would let the rebels see them coming hours before the fighters arrived on scene. The Cyclone, however, had a much smaller heat signature, both in cruise flight and when firing. By only firing their torches at a quarter power and augmenting them with thrust bursts from the FIPAs, the Cyclones could creep up on their targets. Gauss cannons, meanwhile, have a much smaller heat signature than lasers, and could be loaded with a variety of ammunition to fit the situation - broadshot and flak rounds for use against fighters, super-dense or high explosive rounds against capital ships.

The T-K War

Post-War

"Super" Variant

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Moved the Super Cyclone down (I swear, I'll finish writing the article one day!) and replaced it with a Master List of all major United Nations starships, which will have short descriptions attached to them, while each individual ship will get its own in-depth article.
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I'm almost ten months behind on this, but I'd like to return to the Terranica Grand for a moment. I presume when you say 'O'Neill Cylinder' you mean 'O'Neill Cylinder massively scaled down'? You mention that the Terranica Grand was only 3km long, compared to O'Neill's 32km design, and if they were full scale then these starliners could carry literally millions of people, as opposed to the 12,000 citedi nt he Master List. Could you explain your vision of them a little bit more?
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I'll gladly admit I'm playing pretty fast and loose with the term "O'Neill Cylinder," in that it doesn't fit the Island Three model perfectly. In the 2270s, an O'Neill Cylinder simply means a space-going cylindrical habitat with a self-sustaining ecosystem and spun for simulated gravity. Think of it in the way that the original designs for a computer involved using most of a good-sized ballroom - over time, less space was needed and, conversely, more were needed in more places. The term stuck around as a tribute, though indeed some space station complexes feature O'Neill Cylinders even larger than the Island Three designs!
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I'm not that good with math, so I'm not sure how small you could make an O'Neill cylinder, but I wonder how many RPM a 3km long cylinder would have to do in order to simulate 1 gravity assuming a reasonable diameter... I'm kinda worried though that the answer might be, well, high.
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Humans can handle two or three RPM, and there's been some research that suggest that they could acclimatise to higher RPMs than this, even 6+. They're a tenth of the length, so they're probably a tenth of the diametre which is about six hundred metres. To get 1g you'd need to rotate a 600m diametre cylinder at about 1.7 RPM, so no biggy. :)
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