I like the Finnish names, it's a cool thing.
Regarding Daedalus and Prometheus.
We're fairly certain that there would have been elements that objected to the EDTO effectively 'taking over the world', from all previous factions. This would have required a significant security presence at whatever we end up calling 'South Ataria Island'.
Hmmm.
The detachment would have been quite large at first -- two full carrier groups, at the very least. With the buildup of forces in all factions before the Global War, navies had expanded to sizes not seen since the Second World War. America alone fielded two dozen of the massive nuclear-powered supercarriers, and had invested heavily in submarines and conventional surface combatants as well. The new Kearsarge-class battleships were the latest manifestation of this, heavily armored and capable of shrugging off a Tomahawk missile hit. Its weapons are massive sixteen-inch cannon, firing rocket-assisted rounds capable of striking a one-meter target at fifty miles with ease.
At the time of the launch ceremonies, the heavy guard had diminished with the defeat of most anti-EDTO threats. A single carrier group, consisting of the carrier USS Republic, the battleship HMS Invictus, and several destroyers, frigates, and submarines. With the alien attack and the firing of the SDF-1's main gun, most of these ships would have sealed up their hatches under the anticipation of possible nuclear fallout, so the crew survival rate would be higher than zero when the island was swallowed by the misjump.
Given the loss of the fold drive and the years-long journey back to Earth thus expected, plans would have been made to refit the ships for service as spacegoing escorts. The submarines would have been easy to fit sublight drives to, their hulls already mostly airtight, and missiles could easily replace their torpedoes. Given their low reaction-fuel bunkerage, however, they'd mostly be docked with the SDF-1 and deployed only for combat.
The larger craft carry a large array of weapons and sensors that could be of use, and the carrier's flight deck and aircrews would be extremely valuable to the primarily Valkyrie-based defense that would now have to be raised. Given the huge size and mass of the capital ships, no attempt was made to fit them with drives, they were simply docked permanently to the SDF-1 and their weapons and sensors incorporated into her network.
The smaller surface combatants were less easy to deal with. Sonar and anti-submarine weapons were of minimal use. The phased-array radar systems of the destroyers were more useful, and some consideration was given to employing them as scouts. In the end, however, it was decided to strip the useful systems from them and scrap the hulls for use in the SDF-1's factories, rebuilding Macross City and adding to the Valkyrie and Destroid forces. The radar systems would be fitted to the submarines for the scouting role, and the missiles would fill their torpedo tubes.
In the end, the SDF-1 was left with five mobile units in support - the former submarines USS Charleston, USS Gato, HMS Inflexible, HMCS Manitoba, and DFNS Kronprinz Albert. Two large support platforms were tethered to her hull, and a large mass of metal, ceramics, and electronics had been added to her recycling systems.--
"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of General Zod has been approved."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Regarding Daedalus and Prometheus.
We're fairly certain that there would have been elements that objected to the EDTO effectively 'taking over the world', from all previous factions. This would have required a significant security presence at whatever we end up calling 'South Ataria Island'.
Hmmm.
The detachment would have been quite large at first -- two full carrier groups, at the very least. With the buildup of forces in all factions before the Global War, navies had expanded to sizes not seen since the Second World War. America alone fielded two dozen of the massive nuclear-powered supercarriers, and had invested heavily in submarines and conventional surface combatants as well. The new Kearsarge-class battleships were the latest manifestation of this, heavily armored and capable of shrugging off a Tomahawk missile hit. Its weapons are massive sixteen-inch cannon, firing rocket-assisted rounds capable of striking a one-meter target at fifty miles with ease.
At the time of the launch ceremonies, the heavy guard had diminished with the defeat of most anti-EDTO threats. A single carrier group, consisting of the carrier USS Republic, the battleship HMS Invictus, and several destroyers, frigates, and submarines. With the alien attack and the firing of the SDF-1's main gun, most of these ships would have sealed up their hatches under the anticipation of possible nuclear fallout, so the crew survival rate would be higher than zero when the island was swallowed by the misjump.
Given the loss of the fold drive and the years-long journey back to Earth thus expected, plans would have been made to refit the ships for service as spacegoing escorts. The submarines would have been easy to fit sublight drives to, their hulls already mostly airtight, and missiles could easily replace their torpedoes. Given their low reaction-fuel bunkerage, however, they'd mostly be docked with the SDF-1 and deployed only for combat.
The larger craft carry a large array of weapons and sensors that could be of use, and the carrier's flight deck and aircrews would be extremely valuable to the primarily Valkyrie-based defense that would now have to be raised. Given the huge size and mass of the capital ships, no attempt was made to fit them with drives, they were simply docked permanently to the SDF-1 and their weapons and sensors incorporated into her network.
The smaller surface combatants were less easy to deal with. Sonar and anti-submarine weapons were of minimal use. The phased-array radar systems of the destroyers were more useful, and some consideration was given to employing them as scouts. In the end, however, it was decided to strip the useful systems from them and scrap the hulls for use in the SDF-1's factories, rebuilding Macross City and adding to the Valkyrie and Destroid forces. The radar systems would be fitted to the submarines for the scouting role, and the missiles would fill their torpedo tubes.
In the end, the SDF-1 was left with five mobile units in support - the former submarines USS Charleston, USS Gato, HMS Inflexible, HMCS Manitoba, and DFNS Kronprinz Albert. Two large support platforms were tethered to her hull, and a large mass of metal, ceramics, and electronics had been added to her recycling systems.--
"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of General Zod has been approved."
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.