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I added some new ships to the SG universe as well as correcting conflicting numbers about the true scale of different ships:

- the Goa'uld royal shuttle is the ship used by Apophis at the end of Children of the Gods (instead of a "ring death glider"); it's basically a Goa'uld Air Force One for Goa'ulds pharaohs/queens and theirs suites ; it carries little to no weapon and is escorted by praetorian death gliders (modified death gliders piloted by Serpent Guards)

- the Wraith carrier is an atmospheric SSTO shuttle as well as a boarding pod equipped with actual "legs" as a living creature capable of carrying more than 50 warriors ; it differs from the Wraith royal shuttle as the Goa'uld royal shuttle differs from the Al'kesh

- the X-300 is a couple of modified US and Russian Buran orbiters equipped with an experimental MagnetoPlasmaDynamics (MPD) thrusts (an experimental fusion drive with high-fuel efficiency) by Area 51 engineers in order to carry nuclear ordinance up to the Moon, and a 360° railgun on the down side to deal with jaffa torpedoes and gliders ; they were built after the first Battle of Earth in 1998 which opposed the USSC to the Goa'uld Empire of Apophis, and serve as the Earth primary line of defense up until the commission of the USS Prometheus in 2003 ; they were crewed by American and Russian pilots

- the Phaethon is a Black Ops stealthship launched in the early 2010s for recon, intelligence gathering and S.O. commando insertions ; they are equipped with a range of missiles and advanced stealth; their actual number and localization is highly classified ; they are basically Blackbird in space

- the Pegasus is one of the two main ships built from the X-302 project after the beginning of season 6, in pair with the Vulture ; its a VTOL and SSTO troopcarrier inspired by the V-22 Osprey, the X-300 and the alien Tel'tak ; two of the main feats the X-302 failed to achieve that the Pegasus fulfills is 1) the payload (with a much wider bay for materials or troops) of more than 32 t (a Stargate) and 2) a ship big enough to be equipped with an hypedrive (and the nuclear reactor to powers it) ; it can carry up to 34 troops or 40 t of payload including a PL-01 stealthtank or a stargate ; modified versions were equipped with transport rings (as the Tau'ri didn't masters Asgard teleportation in this universe), stealth and some with AWACS/SWACS equipment for electronic warfare ; at least 50 of these are in service since 2009 ; basically they are the ships deployed by the USS Hammond during the Raid on the Lucian pyramid in SGU finale instead of 302s (replaced by the Vulture as primary fighters in this universe) because a fighter is NOT a troopcarrier

- the Vulture is the other ship born from the defunct X-302 project ; after the launch of the Prometheus and the Daedalus class, they were no need for a fighter to be a SSTO fighter, and they didn't need such wide wings ; inspired by the Stealthstar from BSG with a more "SG" design (like a 302 without wings) ; as their wide is three time shorter than season 3d model for 302 (5.6 m instead of 15), a space carrier can carry three times more ; as least 400 were built from 2004 to the mid-2010s with many different versions

- the Kelownite Kingfisher is Kelowna's main air glider during the Cold War between the three main powers of Langara ; I always envisioned an alternate opening scene for SG-1 ep 2 from season 7 with a desperate counterattack again the alien mothership of Anubis in a "WW2 Independence Day like sequence" ; in this short sequence, Kelownite Navy (as their is no proper Air Force yet, and air ships are launched from aircraft carriers) launches a few dozen fighters escorting half a dozen bombers to attack the alien spacecraft, along with a flotilla of gunships and battleships from Kelowna City main harbor (the city is surrounded by a gigantic lake connected to others with the same size by natural rivers or artificial canals as Langara's geography is inspired by Canada) ; instead of obliterating the flotillas with the ship's point-defense turrets, Anubis allows Herak to send its jaffas in air-to-air combat in order to offer them some training and entertainment (as the battle is won by the Jaffas by a huge margin, with maybe few death gliders casualties) ;
in this alternate episode, there is more ground combat between the jaffa batallion and Kelownite tanks divisions and local garrisons to retake the city even after Anubis runaway during the battle with Baal as he abandons troops on the ground ; Jaffas remnants (about a thousand) are overrun by Kelownite troops converging from the country to defend Capital City, Tau'ri units and even Free Jaffas from beyond the gate (around 200 of both) ; using a giant holographic version of himself to communicate, Teal'c offers to the survivors the possibility of joining their ranks or to be left free without punishment (usual jaffa strategy during battles between jaffas) : they all accepted as they saw Anubis abandoned them and being defeated by un-ascended Goa'ulds, or the fear of being executed if they returned to their former master. It's one the numerous events allowing the Free Jaffa to grow in number

Description

I added some new ships to the SG universe as well as correcting conflicting numbers about the true scale of different ships:

- the Goa'uld royal shuttle is the ship used by Apophis at the end of Children of the Gods (instead of a "ring death glider"); it's basically a Goa'uld Air Force One for Goa'ulds pharaohs/queens and theirs suites ; it carries little to no weapon and is escorted by praetorian death gliders (modified death gliders piloted by Serpent Guards)

- the Wraith carrier is an atmospheric SSTO shuttle as well as a boarding pod equipped with actual "legs" as a living creature capable of carrying more than 50 warriors ; it differs from the Wraith royal shuttle as the Goa'uld royal shuttle differs from the Al'kesh

- the X-300 is a couple of modified US and Russian Buran orbiters equipped with an experimental MagnetoPlasmaDynamics (MPD) thrusts (an experimental fusion drive with high-fuel efficiency) by Area 51 engineers in order to carry nuclear ordinance up to the Moon, and a 360° railgun on the down side to deal with jaffa torpedoes and gliders ; they were built after the first Battle of Earth in 1998 which opposed the USSC to the Goa'uld Empire of Apophis, and serve as the Earth primary line of defense up until the commission of the USS Prometheus in 2003 ; they were crewed by American and Russian pilots

- the Phaethon is a Black Ops stealthship launched in the early 2010s for recon, intelligence gathering and S.O. commando insertions ; they are equipped with a range of missiles and advanced stealth; their actual number and localization is highly classified ; they are basically Blackbird in space

- the Pegasus is one of the two main ships built from the X-302 project after the beginning of season 6, in pair with the Vulture ; its a VTOL and SSTO troopcarrier inspired by the V-22 Osprey, the X-300 and the alien Tel'tak ; two of the main feats the X-302 failed to achieve that the Pegasus fulfills is 1) the payload (with a much wider bay for materials or troops) of more than 32 t (a Stargate) and 2) a ship big enough to be equipped with an hypedrive (and the nuclear reactor to powers it) ; it can carry up to 34 troops or 40 t of payload including a PL-01 stealthtank or a stargate ; modified versions were equipped with transport rings (as the Tau'ri didn't masters Asgard teleportation in this universe), stealth and some with AWACS/SWACS equipment for electronic warfare ; at least 50 of these are in service since 2009 ; basically they are the ships deployed by the USS Hammond during the Raid on the Lucian pyramid in SGU finale instead of 302s (replaced by the Vulture as primary fighters in this universe) because a fighter is NOT a troopcarrier

- the Vulture is the other ship born from the defunct X-302 project ; after the launch of the Prometheus and the Daedalus class, they were no need for a fighter to be a SSTO fighter, and they didn't need such wide wings ; inspired by the Stealthstar from BSG with a more "SG" design (like a 302 without wings) ; as their wide is three time shorter than season 3d model for 302 (5.6 m instead of 15), a space carrier can carry three times more ; as least 400 were built from 2004 to the mid-2010s with many different versions

- the Kelownite Kingfisher is Kelowna's main air glider during the Cold War between the three main powers of Langara ; I always envisioned an alternate opening scene for SG-1 ep 2 from season 7 with a desperate counterattack again the alien mothership of Anubis in a "WW2 Independence Day like sequence" ; in this short sequence, Kelownite Navy (as their is no proper Air Force yet, and air ships are launched from aircraft carriers) launches a few dozen fighters escorting half a dozen bombers to attack the alien spacecraft, along with a flotilla of gunships and battleships from Kelowna City main harbor (the city is surrounded by a gigantic lake connected to others with the same size by natural rivers or artificial canals as Langara's geography is inspired by Canada) ; instead of obliterating the flotillas with the ship's point-defense turrets, Anubis allows Herak to send its jaffas in air-to-air combat in order to offer them some training and entertainment (as the battle is won by the Jaffas by a huge margin, with maybe few death gliders casualties) ;
in this alternate episode, there is more ground combat between the jaffa batallion and Kelownite tanks divisions and local garrisons to retake the city even after Anubis runaway during the battle with Baal as he abandons troops on the ground ; Jaffas remnants (about a thousand) are overrun by Kelownite troops converging from the country to defend Capital City, Tau'ri units and even Free Jaffas from beyond the gate (around 200 of both) ; using a giant holographic version of himself to communicate, Teal'c offers to the survivors the possibility of joining their ranks or to be left free without punishment (usual jaffa strategy during battles between jaffas) : they all accepted as they saw Anubis abandoned them and being defeated by un-ascended Goa'ulds, or the fear of being executed if they returned to their former master. It's one the numerous events allowing the Free Jaffa to grow in number