NOAH Class

NOAH Class

the first standard, mass produced Second Exodus - Ark. Designed and built by GE. (Earth Orbit and Luna Yards)

It featured a Hyper Jump Engine (Saran Type III)

It's distinctive feature was the Crane. A heavy duty mechanical arm that carried the auxiliary fuel or equipment pack and could be used to disassemble the

Ark after Landfall.

Another famous feature was the Landing Plow - The Noah Class did not descent vertical ,but conducted an automated trajectory landing. This was due to its

rudimentary Arti Gravs. NOAH Class Arks skirted across the surface to land.

Noah Arks were 600 meters long and had a main cylindrical body with a diameter of 280 meters. They were slow and not very maneuverable, these Arks were unarmed and most of the passengers were kept under Sleep Inducers. Almost all ship functions were automatic or robotic. From Engineering to Navigation. The Ship master only had to control the course and make sure all systems worked as they should. Some Planets received only one Ark, but usually at least 2-3 Arks went together in a Convoy.

Range : 400 LY standard - 1000 LY with extra tank

Noah Class needed many days to accelerate to Jump Speed and had to jump from Gravity Well to gravity Well. They had to travel to the best jump point and decelerate the same way on the Jump target.

