Cheng Ho Class



With the dawn of the 51st century the Union Uniform Design concept is over two thousand years old and well established. The Union has grown tremendously and beyond just the M-0 Galaxy but into the Andromeda Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Leedei Dwarf Galaxy. Distances even within Union Space had been increased and are still increasing.

The standard battle ships with their 2000 – 3000 Light year range and speeds were simply not adequate to provide military battle ship muscle fast enough to where it was needed.[1]

The concept of assigning Fleets to space regions was one answer but with the continuous and expected growth it became more difficult and the Union Navy simply could not keep up with the growth of Union space.

Union Capital Ship procurement – Capital Ship planning therefore demanded a new Main Battle ship with drastically increased range and speed without losing fire power or protection. The required new ship type was not to exceed the 3500 meter size so it would still be capable of planet fall and fit into the service hangars of Gigamon space stations.

The first battle ship class introduced was the Akuna Class followed and replaced by the  Cheng Ho Class introduced in 5020 by SII.

The Cheng Ho Class

3400m Main Battle Ship

Standard Crew Compliment: 4,000 + 3,500 Marines and 2,500 Axillary craft crews and pilots.
 * 60 x Translocator Giga load -Dual
 * 20 x TL Sniper Cannons - 1/2 Ly RW - Kilo Load
 * 4 x TL Terra Load
 * 30 X Loki II Starters
 * 10 x Ship Roc -SII
 * 30 x FTL DE- Projectors 35,000 Terra-watt ea
 * Max. Acceleration: 660 km/sec
 * Max Range: 29,500 Light Years
 * Max. Translight: 31,000 t/LS

The Cheng Ho class features ISAH/Attikan -Hybrids -

The Class was intended from conception to have major carrier capabiliies and carries a large number of fighters, Minor Space Combatants of various types.

The Cheng-Ho -B- version was conceived to replace planet bombers by carrying a large number of Attack Bombers ( designed first for this class based on the OA -Bombers of the USMC )

[1] See also the   Battle Wagon concept of 5040