USS Avalon

USS Avalon

Union Battle Ship – Hormut Class -

Completed and commissioned at Ross System Shipyards in 4418, the Hormut Class is the predecessor of the Trafalgar Class. While the Hormut class is a Uniform Design Union Battle ship and as such a terrible war machine of tremendous fire power, the Hormut Class manufactured by Enroe Ship Yards, suffered from a Shield generator design problem. The design prevented the shield sectors from overlapping and created weak spots.

This design flaw became apparent during a heavy weapon engagement battle in the Warduz System ( Close to the Nul Region in the Upward Sector) with an unexpected strong Nul Battle force. (Known as the Warduz Engagement ).

The USS Avalon lost shields faster than expected as the Computronic rerouting of energies was failing due to the design flaw. The resulting hull and engine damage resulted in Nul Boarding action. The heavy casualties of Marines (one of the Hull damage shots hit the Marine Deck) repulsing action fell to regular Navy Crew. Notable was the action of Midshipman Limbur who prevented the Nul boarding party to take engineering. Said Midshipman received the Medal of Honor for his actions)

The Avalon (and consequently all Hormut Classes with a service life expectancy of more than 50 years) received a Shield refit after she was repaired.

The Avalon is part of 14th Fleet. Port of Call is Fort Pluribus.

She received a major upgrade refit in 5018 with a new Bridge module, new engines and sensor suite upgrade. She is a 3100 meter Battle ship with an emphasis on heavy weaponry. Her main mission was and is Union Security - Threat Response
 * Standard Crew Compliment: 4,000 + 3,500 Marines and 2,500 Axillary craft crews and pilots.
 * 44 x Translocator Giga load -Dual
 * 14 x TL Sniper Cannons - 1/2 Ly RW - Kilo Load
 * 1 x TL Terra Load
 * 34 X Loki II Starters
 * 30 x FTL DE- Projectors 35,000 Terra-watt ea

Plus other weapons of smaller size, point defense cannons, Disintegrators, Plasma Guns, Graviton Cannons, Paralysators and Tech Stop. Planetary Bomb Shafts, extended Mine laying capability 5000 Terran Terror- Aerial Denial, 400 Wolfcraft Fighters, Thor Gun Boats, 4 Barracuda Destroyers.