USS Maximus

USS Maximus

(Cladis Class )

Before the USS Devastor Area and after the famous UE Bismarck (United Earth) there was one ship every boy and space ship enthusiast knew: The USS Maximus

Built just a decade before the Unidesign Doctrine really took hold, this ship was the pinnacle of Pan Saran Design and technolgy (Already with many Union tech influence – Considered the “first” actual Uni Design or at least one of the logical pre decessors)

The ship gained virtual Superstar dom under Command of Captain Gaius Trontus. He and his crew (The Gaius Dozen) became legendary as no other Pre Translocator area ship kille more Y'All Battle ships and escaped than the Maximus. She destroyed no less than 4,500 Y'All Units.

She was damaged almost every time but never severely and always pulled through.

The USS Maximus officially listed as active even today (A Museum Ship in permanent Orbit around Pluribus Unum)  Until such day when Captain Trontus returns. He is officilally listed as MIA ( most likley killed and vaporized in the Battle of Sares as the bridge was hit and destroyed)

The Maximus

Length :1033 m x 644 x 499

Propulsion : 6 x ISAH-Internals ( Pan Sarans shrouded or incorporated Isah Drives inside the ship)

Max Acceleration: 600 km/sec2

TL Range: 6500 LY

Armament:

10 SUNBORE – Terran Deuterium Slug Cannons,

6 x 1 Ton Relativistic Plutonium Catapults (Pan Saran Main Weapon)

12 x 200 kg RPC

200 x 1 KG RPC Rapid Fire Onagers

10 FTL Blacklight Cannons,

12 STERNUM Ship to Ship Batteries

Crew Compliment: 120 Officers 3600 Crew, 1000 Marines, 3

Defensive: Ultronit Armor (upgraded to Molecular Compacted Ultronit in 3420), Shields: Triple Redundant Shimmer Shields (20 Megawatt/Cm2 displacement),  12 Power Deflection Mirror Projectors

Pan Sarans did not use fighters and no provisions were made for Fighter Craft. The only Auxillary Craft were the Captains Yacht and a few dozen Shuttles.

The Cladis Class was considered inferior to the comparable Terran Battle ships of that time and less versatile. While Capable of landing, Pan Saran Ships generally stayed in space and were serviced in Planetar -Orbit Ship Service Facilities. There were no provisions made for Escape Pods. (The Bridge could be jettisoned as means of escape for the Officers) An attempt was made to upgrade the Cladis Class with External Escape Pods and an added Hangar Module for fighters resulting in the short lived Cladis Refit- Program and the Cladis ADCAP Class.

After the 4th Galactic War, most of the 12,500 surviving Cladis Class Battle ships were stripped of military hard ware and sold on the civilian market or scraped. Only 4 were Mothballed for historic reasons.

Many Cladis Class see service as Clipper Ships and Freighers still today.