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Description
Zeus-Class:Affiliation: United Tribes of Kobol(UTK) / Kobol Defense Force (KDF)
Typ: Battleship-Carrier-Hybrid (KDF designation: Assault-Battlestar)
Length: 1662,7 m
Width: 530 m (average), 628,3 m (widest point at the rear)
Height: 197,2 m (average), 277,3 m (highest point at the rear)
Engine unit(s):
Sublight engine: CIE99.691 ion drive
Hyperdrive: HJE-6944
Hyperdrive system: interstellar
Shield System: Tech Con MSDDS-2260
Armament:
36x L4V2V “Thor” Plasma Artillery Gun, cal. 1400 mm
40x I7F58 "Vulture" KEW-Artillery, cal. 1350 mm
20x R-94D “Overlord” Missile Launcher
40x I-V3 “Argos” plasma-based CIWS
Complement (maximum): 192x Python Mk IV (twelve squadrons)
Standard Complement:
64x Python Mk IV (four squadrons)
48x Aquila Mk VII (three squadrons)
16x Raptor Mk XI (one squadron)
Role:
planetary bombardment
fighting enemy forces
protection of trade routes
defence of strategically important areas
escort of the Hephaestus-Class Fleet-Basestar
deep space patrol (if required)
deep space escort (if required)
heavy reconnaissance (if required)
Cargo Capacity: 2512224 m³ (distributed over several storage rooms)
Specificity:
one of the three battleship classes of the Kobol Defence Force
according to the criteria catalog of the Office for Intergalactic Investigations (OII), the civilian and military foreign intelligence service of the IUSP, the Zeus-Class is a conventional battleship-carrier hybrid without the easily reconfigurable multifunctional multi-purpose hangar decks, which are a Milky Way concept that could not be established in the KDF
following the unification of the survivors of the Twelve Tribes of Kobol and the surviving Cylons to form the United Tribes of Kobol, there was also a unification of the armed forces and a major reformation and reorganisation of both forces and their ships to form the new Kobol Defence Force
a result of the analyses of the Colonial-Cylon Wars carried out at the founding of the KDF is the combination of the primary ship types of both fleets (Battlestar, Basestar) in the new fleet in order to balance the disadvantages of the two ship types with their respective advantages
to reinforce this development, the advantages of the ship types were further emphasised in the development of the new classes
so that the Artemis-Patrol-Basestars are the primary patrol ships, the Metis-Protector-Basestars are the primary reconnaissance ships and EW/ECM platforms, Apollo-Guided-Missile-Basestars are the primary carriers and long-range artillery platforms, and the Hephaestus-Fleet-Basestars are the primary supply and tender ships (keyword: mobile military bases).
the Athena-Fast-Battlestars and the Artemis-Tactical-Battlestars, on the other hand, are the primary combat units in direct combat operations against enemy capital ships
the culmination of this reinforcement of the Battlestars' battleship character is the Zeus-Class, the largest Battlestar and thus the largest warship in the KDF.
the Zeus-Class was designed even more for direct combat, not to say "close combat"*, against enemy capital ships than the other two Battlestars
* "Close combat" is of course relative and means that these Battlestars engage enemy ships at a distance of between one and ten ship lengths, i.e. between 1.5 and 15 km (but sometimes even closer)
in particular, the L4V2V "Thor" plasma-based artillery and the R-94D "Overlord"Missile Launcher are designed for maximum impact power
however, this comes at the cost of range; none of these weapon systems is a threat to moving shield-equipped targets at a distance of more than 20 km
but, the R-94D "Overlord" Missile Launcher is the only UTK mobile launch system capable of firing the AIDES-38 "Hades" missile.
the "Hades" missile, in turn, is the only KDF missile capable of carrying the "Cerberus" warhead, a multiple-thermal-warhead, three warheads each with an explosive power of 25 Gt TNT equivalent and 83 ML thermal power, making the "Cerberus" warhead the most powerful thermal warhead and thus the most powerful weapon system of the KDF
*83 ML or MegaLeaby means a fireball with 83000000 °C (83 million) in its core
the I7F58 "Vulture" KEW-Artillery, on the other hand, has a longer range than these two weapon systems, but compared to the I7F58 "Vulture" (L/H) KEW-Artillery fitted to the Athena-class, the range is halved but the rate of fire doubled.
this "close combat" specialisation against enemy capital ships also applies to the Python Multirole Combat Aerospace Craft and the Aquilas gunboats, with which the Zeus class is equipped before all other ships of the KDF
these have shield systems that allow these two types of space fighters not to return to the hangar even in the event of immediate enemy contact between the capital ships, but to continue to support the mother ship
the armament of these two small space crafts was also chosen according to their potential opponent
the Python Mk II is armed sufficiently to engage enemy capital ships up to the size of a cruiser, at least if the eight Malleo missiles are replaced by a single sensor-guided Tonitrua/M missile or an Ignis/M-type explosive device
For battleships, the Python Mk II is not a real threat, but the Pythons, as a squadron or with multiple squadrons, can greatly weaken enemy shields through numerical "superiority" and disrupt enemy manoeuvres, making the Battlestars job easier.
the Aquila gunboat is also a real danger to battleships, at least when attacked by a complete Aquilas squadron.
other adaptations to Zeus-class "close combat"- tactics include heavy armour and the removal of flight pods in favour of a dorsal landing bay
the Zeus Battlestars have some of the strongest and thickest armour of any known warship
only the armed cargo ships/blockade runners of Stargate Command, the Guardian-Angel-Class, have even stronger armouring
especially the underside of the Zeus Battlestar is extremely strongly protected
this is necessary because the own space fighters cannot return to the ship and land if the mother ship has activated its shields
It is therefore common for the Battlestar, should the withdrawal of its own fighters become necessary, to deactivate its shields and turn its massively armoured ventral side towards the enemy
this allows the fighters to land relatively safely in the dorsal landing bay.
the removal of the Battlestars' traditional flight pods is the most controversial adaptation of the Zeus class to the new tactics
because the flying pods not only served the traffic of their own small ships, but were also part of the defensive measures, i.e. they also served to protect the centrally located areas of the ship such as the hangar decks.
Nevertheless, the Admiralty decided to dispense with this design element, as a number of Battlestars were destroyed by the Cylons during the Colonial-Cylon wars, through concentrated fire on the flight pods (keyword: entry port).
therefore, the Zeus-Class has an internal landing bay, whose armoured gates are only opened during actual take-offs and landings, otherwise they are closed, which minimises the risk of hits in the landing bay
the launching tubes for the Pythons are also equipped with flaps, which excludes accidental hits on a tube
a final, because subsequent, adjustment is the structural reinforcement and installation of shock absorbers at the dorsal tip of the bow, which allow "ramming" manoeuvres
contrary to popular belief, especially among civilians, this does not mean that a Zeus Battlestar uses the bow like a ram spur of an ancient naval warship to ram the enemy hull
instead, in the heat of battle it happens very often, not to say most of the time, that a Zeus Battlestar actually gets too close to an enemy ship
but if two ships with active shields come so close that their shield bubbles touch, this can cause severe damage to both ships, especially to the shield systems and power supply
however, if a ship without active shields hits a shield bubble, the ship with active shields suffers the above damage, while the ship without active shields, on the other hand, suffers severe structural damage.
but this depends on the "angle of impact"
Thanks to the shock absorbers in the bow area, Zeus-class battlestars are able to "ram" the enemy shield at an angle of 45-75°, optimally 60-70° (i.e. relatively sideways) relatively undamaged, thus extremely weakening the enemy shields
this daring manoeuvre is known as the "Hera" manoeuvre, named after Commander Hera Agathon, who commanded one of the first Zeus-class Battlestars, the K.D.S. "Prometheus", and was the first to perform this manoeuvre
this was indeed an accident the first time, the Zeus-Class was built without shock absorbers at that time
but after this accident was of great advantage to the KDF for the outcome of the battle in which it occurred, Commander Agathon quickly called for the development of a "shock absorber" system
because even without any intention, the probability of such a collision in a battle with Zeus classes was and is simply too high, if only because of the extremely high mass of the Zeus-Class, which is difficult to compensate for even with the help of gravimetric auxiliary systems (the Zeus-Class is as manoeuvrable as a brick).
Commander Agathon, however, began flight manoeuvres soon after the introduction of the absorbers, which made such collisions even more "probable"(that she was very successful with it need not be mentioned)
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