Editing Athena (WarShip class)
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision
Your text
Line 37:
Line 37: The '''''Athena'''''-class cruiser was a concept originally developed by the [[Terran Alliance]]. Beginning in the 2170s the Alliance became concerned that separatists would either seek to establish their own colonies or strike at Alliance colonies in acts of nuclear terrorism. The Alliance government was concerned enough that it issued enormous grants to the defense industries of a number of leading Terran nation-states, industries that had been rendered largely moribund by that point.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> The '''''Athena'''''-class cruiser was a concept originally developed by the [[Terran Alliance]]. Beginning in the 2170s the Alliance became concerned that separatists would either seek to establish their own colonies or strike at Alliance colonies in acts of nuclear terrorism. The Alliance government was concerned enough that it issued enormous grants to the defense industries of a number of leading Terran nation-states, industries that had been rendered largely moribund by that point.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> − The various industries involved in the development of the ''Athena'' had virtually no practical experience of deep space warfare, and the resulting design concept was the result of a range of simulations, brainstorming, and experience of orbital space battles conducted during the [[Cold Wars#Second Cold War|Second Cold War]]. The final design was for a ship designed to provide support for Alliance troops invading separatist colonies, and for conducting space-to-space nuclear warfare. Equipped with potent batteries of lasers for such tasks as surface bombardment, anti-shipping missions and providing anti-fighter coverage, the ''Athena'' design also incorporated heavy capital missile batteries in the nose and stern and a number of autocannon batteries. While the autocannons were most likely added as an afterthought, they could be used both for high-speed closing engagements and for engaging targets such as satellites and stations that were largely immobile. The ''Athena'' design featured stern-heavy weaponry, a feature that later designs such as the ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]'' shared, indicating that the ''Athena'' was intended to hover over a battlefield at the threshold between the atmosphere and space, with her nose pointing away from the planet.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> + The various industries involved in the development of the ''Athena'' had virtually no practical experience of deep space warfare, and the resulting design concept was the result of a range of simulations, brainstorming, and experience of orbital space battles conducted during the [[Cold Wars#Second Cold War|Second Cold War]]. The final design was for a ship designed to provide support for Alliance troops invading separatist colonies, and for conducting space-to-space nuclear warfare. Equipped with potent batteries of lasers for such tasks as surface bombardment, anti-shipping missions and providing anti-fighter coverage, the ''Athena'' design also incorporated heavy capital missile batteries in the nose and stern and a number of autocannon batteries. While the autocannons were most likely added as an afterthought, they could be used both for high-speed closing engagements and for engaging targets such as satellites and stations that were largely immobile. The ''Athena'' design featured stern-heavy weaponry, a feature that later designs such as the ''[[McKenna (WarShip)|McKenna]]'' shared, indicating that the ''Athena'' was intended to hover over a battlefield at the threshold between the atmosphere and space, with her nose pointing away from the planet.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> The ''Athena'' never entered service with the Terran Alliance, and the design remained unused for many years. The future founder and [[Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]], [[James McKenna]], discovered the plans for the ''Athena'' while he was enrolled at [[Annapolis Academy]]. McKenna developed an infatuation that incorporated the core concepts of the ''Athena'' and which became the combat [[JumpShip]]. When the various interstellar nations around the Hegemony began developing armed JumpShip designs the Hegemony revisited the ''Athena'' design and went on to develop the famous ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser. The ''Athena'' design returned to obscurity, only to be revisited by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in the closing stages of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> The ''Athena'' never entered service with the Terran Alliance, and the design remained unused for many years. The future founder and [[Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]], [[James McKenna]], discovered the plans for the ''Athena'' while he was enrolled at [[Annapolis Academy]]. McKenna developed an infatuation that incorporated the core concepts of the ''Athena'' and which became the combat [[JumpShip]]. When the various interstellar nations around the Hegemony began developing armed JumpShip designs the Hegemony revisited the ''Athena'' design and went on to develop the famous ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser. The ''Athena'' design returned to obscurity, only to be revisited by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in the closing stages of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/>
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
The '''''Athena'''''-class cruiser was a concept originally developed by the [[Terran Alliance]]. Beginning in the 2170s the Alliance became concerned that separatists would either seek to establish their own colonies or strike at Alliance colonies in acts of nuclear terrorism. The Alliance government was concerned enough that it issued enormous grants to the defense industries of a number of leading Terran nation-states, industries that had been rendered largely moribund by that point.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> | The '''''Athena'''''-class cruiser was a concept originally developed by the [[Terran Alliance]]. Beginning in the 2170s the Alliance became concerned that separatists would either seek to establish their own colonies or strike at Alliance colonies in acts of nuclear terrorism. The Alliance government was concerned enough that it issued enormous grants to the defense industries of a number of leading Terran nation-states, industries that had been rendered largely moribund by that point.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> | ||
| − | The various industries involved in the development of the ''Athena'' had virtually no practical experience of deep space warfare, and the resulting design concept was the result of a range of simulations, brainstorming, and experience of orbital space battles conducted during the [[Cold Wars#Second Cold War|Second Cold War]]. The final design was for a ship designed to provide support for Alliance troops invading separatist colonies, and for conducting space-to-space nuclear warfare. Equipped with potent batteries of lasers for such tasks as surface bombardment, anti-shipping missions and providing anti-fighter coverage, the ''Athena'' design also incorporated heavy capital missile batteries in the nose and stern and a number of autocannon batteries. While the autocannons were most likely added as an afterthought, they could be used both for high-speed closing engagements and for engaging targets such as satellites and stations that were largely immobile. The ''Athena'' design featured stern-heavy weaponry, a feature that later designs such as the ''[[McKenna (WarShip | + | The various industries involved in the development of the ''Athena'' had virtually no practical experience of deep space warfare, and the resulting design concept was the result of a range of simulations, brainstorming, and experience of orbital space battles conducted during the [[Cold Wars#Second Cold War|Second Cold War]]. The final design was for a ship designed to provide support for Alliance troops invading separatist colonies, and for conducting space-to-space nuclear warfare. Equipped with potent batteries of lasers for such tasks as surface bombardment, anti-shipping missions and providing anti-fighter coverage, the ''Athena'' design also incorporated heavy capital missile batteries in the nose and stern and a number of autocannon batteries. While the autocannons were most likely added as an afterthought, they could be used both for high-speed closing engagements and for engaging targets such as satellites and stations that were largely immobile. The ''Athena'' design featured stern-heavy weaponry, a feature that later designs such as the ''[[McKenna (WarShip)|McKenna]]'' shared, indicating that the ''Athena'' was intended to hover over a battlefield at the threshold between the atmosphere and space, with her nose pointing away from the planet.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> |
The ''Athena'' never entered service with the Terran Alliance, and the design remained unused for many years. The future founder and [[Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]], [[James McKenna]], discovered the plans for the ''Athena'' while he was enrolled at [[Annapolis Academy]]. McKenna developed an infatuation that incorporated the core concepts of the ''Athena'' and which became the combat [[JumpShip]]. When the various interstellar nations around the Hegemony began developing armed JumpShip designs the Hegemony revisited the ''Athena'' design and went on to develop the famous ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser. The ''Athena'' design returned to obscurity, only to be revisited by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in the closing stages of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> | The ''Athena'' never entered service with the Terran Alliance, and the design remained unused for many years. The future founder and [[Director-General]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]], [[James McKenna]], discovered the plans for the ''Athena'' while he was enrolled at [[Annapolis Academy]]. McKenna developed an infatuation that incorporated the core concepts of the ''Athena'' and which became the combat [[JumpShip]]. When the various interstellar nations around the Hegemony began developing armed JumpShip designs the Hegemony revisited the ''Athena'' design and went on to develop the famous ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser. The ''Athena'' design returned to obscurity, only to be revisited by the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in the closing stages of the [[Age of War]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> | ||