The Ecthelion

The Ecthelion is the newest, and most powerful ship in the UEC Fleet.

Commision and Construction
In 2458, the UEC was loosing ground before the Arcadians. Their fleets were outgunned, and outmatched, and the UEC was struggling to keep up with Arcadian technological advances. This spurred and intensive investment into R&D of new ship systems. The result was the Galifre Ship Drive, and the super heavy Lateral MAC II.

Upon development, both systems were implemented into existing ships, and construction was begun on a new Carrier Class that was designed around the technological advances.

The result was UEC Ecthelion. Construction was started in 2460 in an orbital facility around Jupiter. It was completed in early 2464.

Loadout
The Ecthelion is the first ship eveer built that can support multiple Lateral MAC II's. It had two of the cannons running the length of the ship, built directly into the frame. The enormous amount of energy required to fire the MAC's is generated by the 7 independent Galifre Drives.

The ship also sports multiple MAC I's mounted on the surface, along with Laser banks and Plasma Emmiter cannons.

The Ecthelion is also home to some 500 fighters, 250 bombers, 100 Heavy Corvettes, and 25 Assault Frigates.

It also carries an experimental sheild device, powered by the Galifre drives.

Crew
The Crew of the Ecthelion numbers roughly 10,000. Made primarily of support crew and marines. There is also the bridge crew of about 100, and the pilots and back up pilots of all the ships that use the Ecthelion as a base.