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Description
Vessel Name: Castle of Lions
Registry: ARCS-628930
Class: Fortress
Type: Diplomatic Landing Craft and Fighter Carrier
Status: Active (destroyed December 20th, 2057)
Purpose: Originally diplomacy and establishment of Altean rule on planet Arus, now front-line combat in the War between the Galactic Coalition and the Galra Empire, Home of the Lions of Voltron and their Paladins
Constructed: Antharea shipyards, Altea
Commissioned: August 3rd, 1914 (Earth Time)
Dedication: "When the Lions bare their teeth, tyranny meets its death. When Voltron shakes his mane, we shall see liberty again." (King Alfor's introduction speech for Voltron)
Dimensions: (Castle form) Height: 200 m
                                    Width: 150 m
                                       Length: 80 m
                   (Ship form) Height: 80 m
                                    Width: 150 m
                                    Length: 200 m
Mass: 6,045,000 metric tons
Decks: 45 (mostly located near the bottom in Castle form)
Standard Crew Complement: 1200 (though most systems are mechanized for use by minimum crew)
Standard Cruise Speed: Warp 3
Maximum Cruise Speed: Warp 7
Emergency Speed: Warp 9 (at great risk to the ship)
Power Systems: Teleduv FTL drive, Balmera Crystal energy core (Battleship-class crystal required), photosynthetic power reactor (photon-collection panels in nacelles)
Armaments: 5 Type-6 Altean proton cannons, 32 Type-3 Altean plasma blasters, integrated photon torpedo banks on Levels 4 through 12
Defenses: Altean lunar titanium composite hull, Class-6 Altean particle barrier
Auxiliary Craft: 5 Lions of Voltron, 6 Lion Speeders, 12 Altean expeditionary shuttles
Crew Manifest: Captain Takashi Shirogane - Commanding Officer
                       Commander Samuel Holt - Chief Engineer
                       Altean Minister Coran Raible - Chief Operations Officer
                       Paladin Keith Kogane - First Officer, Paladin of the Black Lion
                       Paladin Lance McClain - Chief Flight Ops Officer, Paladin of the Red Lion
                       Paladin Pidge Holt - Chief Intelligence Officer, Paladin of the Green Lion
                       Paladin Hunk Garret - Assistant Chief Operations Officer, Paladin of the Yellow Lion
                       Paladin Allura Fala - Diplomatic Attache, Paladin of the Blue Lion
                       Paladin Sven Holgersson - Senior Marine, auxiliary Lion Paladin
                       Princess Romelle Amue - Chief Medical Officer

My design for the Castle of Lions (Castle-Ship) for my Voltron fic; "Voltron: Galactic Knights".
Medium: MS Paint over pencil sketch

Description
Vessel Name: Castle of Lions
Registry: ARCS-628930
Class: Fortress
Type: Diplomatic Landing Craft and Fighter Carrier
Status: Active (destroyed December 20th, 2057)
Purpose: Originally diplomacy and establishment of Altean rule on planet Arus, now front-line combat in the War between the Galactic Coalition and the Galra Empire, Home of the Lions of Voltron and their Paladins
Constructed: Antharea shipyards, Altea
Commissioned: August 3rd, 1914 (Earth Time)
Dedication: "When the Lions bare their teeth, tyranny meets its death. When Voltron shakes his mane, we shall see liberty again." (King Alfor's introduction speech for Voltron)
Dimensions: (Castle form) Height: 200 m
                                    Width: 150 m
                                       Length: 80 m
                   (Ship form) Height: 80 m
                                    Width: 150 m
                                    Length: 200 m
Mass: 6,045,000 metric tons
Decks: 45 (mostly located near the bottom in Castle form)
Standard Crew Complement: 1200 (though most systems are mechanized for use by minimum crew)
Standard Cruise Speed: Warp 3
Maximum Cruise Speed: Warp 7
Emergency Speed: Warp 9 (at great risk to the ship)
Power Systems: Teleduv FTL drive, Balmera Crystal energy core (Battleship-class crystal required), photosynthetic power reactor (photon-collection panels in nacelles)
Armaments: 5 Type-6 Altean proton cannons, 32 Type-3 Altean plasma blasters, integrated photon torpedo banks on Levels 4 through 12
Defenses: Altean lunar titanium composite hull, Class-6 Altean particle barrier
Auxiliary Craft: 5 Lions of Voltron, 6 Lion Speeders, 12 Altean expeditionary shuttles
Crew Manifest: Captain Takashi Shirogane - Commanding Officer
                       Commander Samuel Holt - Chief Engineer
                       Altean Minister Coran Raible - Chief Operations Officer
                       Paladin Keith Kogane - First Officer, Paladin of the Black Lion
                       Paladin Lance McClain - Chief Flight Ops Officer, Paladin of the Red Lion
                       Paladin Pidge Holt - Chief Intelligence Officer, Paladin of the Green Lion
                       Paladin Hunk Garret - Assistant Chief Operations Officer, Paladin of the Yellow Lion
                       Paladin Allura Fala - Diplomatic Attache, Paladin of the Blue Lion
                       Paladin Sven Holgersson - Senior Marine, auxiliary Lion Paladin
                       Princess Romelle Amue - Chief Medical Officer

My design for the Castle of Lions (Castle-Ship) for my Voltron fic; "Voltron: Galactic Knights".
Medium: MS Paint over pencil sketch