Craft:

Earth Alliance Hyperion-class Heavy Cruiser

Type:

Heavy cruiser

Scale:

Capital

Length:

466 meters

Skill:

Capital ship piloting: EA Hyperion-class

Crew:

140

skeleton: 60

Cargo Capacity:

400 metric tons

Consumables:

8 months

Nav Computer:

Yes

Manuverability:

1D

Space:

4

Hull:

5D+2

Weapons:

3 Heavy Laser Batteries

• Fire Arc: 1 front, 2 turret

8 Laser Cannons

• Fire Arc: Turrets

Starfighter Complement:

6 fighters (usually EA Starfuries)

Information:

The Hyperion-class Heavy Cruiser is one of the oldest ships still in service,(together with the older Starfuries) they were all built before the Minbari War. Not many of them survived the war, but those who did have since then been upgraded with better weapons. There is neither artificial gravity or a rotating section on board, so the crew works in microgravity. This makes these ships only suitable for shorter missions, while the crews on the large Destroyers with rotating sections can stay out for longer patrols. The Heavy Cruiser also carries Starfuries on board, and it is the smallest Earth Alliance ship than can open their own jump-point. The Hyperion-class has also recently been upgraded, and they now carry beam weapons and otherwise improved weaponry.