Africa Class



Africa Class Super Arks

Designed at the same time as the California Class, the Africa Class was one of the first designs of Super Arks available during the United Earth's Second Exodus period in 2110 and after. It had three slightly different versions, all capable of transporting 50,000 colonists as well as their supplies as far as 1000 light years depending on the version and the use of extra fuel tanks.

Based on the NOAH Class, it originally was not manufactured using mass production levels. Within five years after the launch of the first Africa Class it underwent a redesign and started to be mass produced.

Africa Class Arks were 1500 meters long and had a main cylindrical body with a diameter of 650 meters. They were slow and not very maneuverable. These Arks were unarmed and most of the passengers were kept under Sleep Inducers. From Engineering to Navigation, almost all ship functions were automatic or robotic. The Shipmaster only had to control the course and make sure all systems worked as they should. The systems on one ark could be slaved to those on board another ship.

Some Planets received only one Ark, but often at 2-3 Arks went together in a convoy.

This class of Ark was designed to land and never return to space. Instead, it was meant to provide items and technology to construct the colony.

In 2150 they underwent a second redesign to incorporate ISAH Pods.