INSS MacArthur

SERVICE DETAILS
Type	battle cruiser
In Service	before AD 3017
destroyed in AD 3017	1
Dimensions (abs. mini. est.) Length:	m
Beam:	m
Height:	m
Mass (abs. mini. est.):	empty: 50039 metric tonnes (6g); loaded: 61939 metric tonnes
Propulsion:	Alderson jump Drive
FTL	instant jump
Max Acceleration:	6 g
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INSS MacArthur
Status:	destroyed
Length:	167 m^[1]
Beam:	90 m^[1]
Draught:	24 m^[1]
Mass:	empty: 9630 metric tons (estimated) loaded: 30541 metric tons (estimated) (44710 tons realistic) (68785 tons submarine)^[2]
Crew:	87^[3]
Weapons:	nose laser several laser cannons numerous torpedo launchers
Defenses:	Langston Field ablative shielding(armor)
Auxiliary Craft:	1-2

The Imperial battlecruiser INSS MacArthur appears in The Mote in God's Eye. It belongs to the Second Empire of the humans which consists of more than two hundred worlds, over fifteen million cubic parsecs.

History[]

First Empire[]

Sometime in the 21st century (*2120) humanity devastated the Earth and was on the brink of extinction when Dan Alderson made the Alderson jump Drive a reality. Humanity settled on numerous worlds and founded the First Empire around 2170. However, soon enough humanity found itself at odds with itself and civil war broke out.

Secession Wars[]

The secession wars lasted an unspecified time and devastated numerous worlds. Many of those that were still habitable force man to become savages. Even over 400 years later some of these worlds remained cut off from the rest of mankind. Others miraculously found their way back to the stars.

A.D. 2870[]

The Ley Crater, a trading ship converted for war, with a working Langston Field and a hold full of torpedoes fell on New Scotland. With this new found technology they wiped out New Ireland.

Second Empire[]

Sometime 300 years after the Secession Wars the Second Empire was founded and intends to re-unit mankind by force if need be.

A.D. 3017[]

New Chicago[]

After a battle with rebel forces Blaine is promoted to captain and sent to escort guests to New Scotland and Sparta.

Mote Prime[]

Design elements & Technology[]

FTL[]

Human ships use the Alderson Drive, which allows them to travel instantaneously between "Alderson points" in specific star systems.

Artificial gravity[]

Human ships are build such that "on station" the ship rotates to create artificial gravity. The outboard wall becomes the floor. When traveling through normal space with acceleration the wall aft becomes the floor, hence, furniture and such are design to be relocate-able. Ships usually accelerate at one standard gravity. Civilian ships usually coasts while military ships always accelerate.

Bridge[]

The bridge has numerous consoles. It has an intercom system which connects to sections via switches.

Hangar deck[]

Wardroom[]

The wardroom has a large round table. The microwave heater is an indispensable item for e.g. coffee. Food is prepared by the ship's cook who's usually a gunner. The ship's food stock consists of bioplast, yeast steaks, New Washington corn plant.

Crew quarters[]

Most crew quarters are berths. Only the captain, the executive officer, the ship's chaplain have a spacious stateroom. Each room has designated acceleration stations to be used during acceleration.

Life support[]

The ships has air adsorber converters, some type of recycling and filter system.

Sick bay[]

Ths ship's sick bay has regeneration stimulators to heal wounds.

Computer system[]

The ship's computer, also called brain, is some kind of semi-intelligent but no AI system.

Power generation[]

Power is provided by a fusion reactor which also serve to provide photons for normal space propulsion.

Engineering[]

Shields[]

The ship has Langston Field shields which absorbs any type of energy and re-emits it. It absorbs, disperses and contains the kinetic energy of exploding gas or radiation particles or photon energies of lasers. The Field would begin to glow, its absolute black becoming red, orange, yellow, climbing up the spectrum toward the violet. As no light passes through the outside always looks black. In order to use sensors they have to be extended via mechanical arms or telescope beyond the shield's perimeter.

Weapons[]

huge laser in the nose
numerous laser emplacements
hydrogen torpedoes fired from two forward torpedo roomsand at least one aft torpedo room

gunroom[]

Auxiliary Craft[]

A boat, a wedge-shaped lifting body, which appears to be able to transport up to 30 passengers. It's presumed to have a two-man crew.

Dimensions:

L: m
H: m
W: m

A scout with delta wings.