USS Melbourne

USS Melbourne

 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.

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.



United Industries of Ross 128 were the first to propose a new prototype. The new prototype was ordered and became the the Akuna Class of 5017 of which the USS Melbourne was the first to leave space dock.

Only 2601 Akuna Class shops were built and commissioned. The Cheng Ho Class introduced in 5020 by SII (and later licensed to United Industries and Enroe) replaced older ships and the Akuna Class.

The USS Melbourne (the nineteenth Union ship carrying this name) is still in service as of 5100 (receiving two upgrades)

The USS Melbourne is the first Union Battleship with an uninterrupted trans light range of over 9000 LY and the first Union Battleship with Attikan type ISAH drive. She accelerates faster than any previous Battle ship and triples the range of original Attikan engines.

The USS Melbourne

is a 3100 m Main Battleship


 * Standard Crew Compliment: 4,000 + 3,500 Marines and 2,500 Axillary craft crews and pilots.
 * 56 x Translocator Giga load -Dual
 * 23 x TL Sniper Cannons - 1/2 Ly RW - Kilo Load
 * 4 x TL Terra Load
 * 34 X Loki II Starters
 * 30 x FTL DE- Projectors 35,000 Terra-watt ea
 * Max. Acceleration: 560 km/sec
 * Max Range: 9,500 Light Years
 * Max. Translight: 31,000 t/LS