Gemini
light cruiser
Lust for profit
When the Interstellar Alliance was formed, and many races, having not only the space devastated by the war, but also the gravitational technology of Minbar, began to expand their borders. Earth also decided to seize the opportunity to grab what was lying around. The newest Warlock class destroyers at the time were powerful and quite expensive. In addition, due to access to more advanced gravity technology and some design tweaks caused by some “political” decisions, the Warlocks went for modernization. Meanwhile, for expansion, Fleet Command ordered a smaller, cheaper, and faster ship from Rocketdyne, capable of quickly appearing anywhere in space to defend Earth’s interests, and later supplementing the Warlocks’ combat capabilities as part of a fleet. Thus was born the Gemini class light cruiser.
The little Warlock
It was a vastly simplified version of the Warlock, but had enough armament to strike fear into not the strongest of opponents. In 2268, the first cruisers joined the fleet and immediately took over the tasks of the outdated Hyperion class heavy cruisers.
During their service, Geminis were modernized, receiving new navigation, weapons control, tracking systems, and new missiles. The light cruisers became excellent patrol ships guarding the borders of the Earth Alliance.
Technical data
Length
1,221 meters
Width
338 meters
Height
185 meters
Artificial gravity
Available
Crew
387 men
Troop
50-100 men
Engines
4 + 2 + 2 gravimetric engines
Power
3 antimatter reactors
Hyperspace drive
Available
Duration
6 years
Maneuverability
Class C+
Maneuvering in the atmosphere is not possible
Weapon
- 2 medium beam cannons
- 4 medium lasers
- 5 paired medium pulse turrets
- 4 light pulse turrets
- 36 anti-ship missiles
- Interceptor-1 complex, 4 launchers
Fighters
- 8 Thunderbolt class fighters
Defense
- 4-6 meters of semicrystalline armor
- tractor beams
Exploration equipment
- 10 “Sighted” reconnaissance probes
- 4 “Sentinel” autonomous robotic reconnaissance probes
Transports
- 3 shuttles
Characteristics
Maneuverability
The Gemini class is characterized by the fact that it has a powerful propulsion system that provides excellent acceleration and good maneuverability. This allows the cruiser to fight larger opponents, outflanking them.
In spite of
Although light cruisers were developed fairly quickly, they took a lot from their older Warlock class brethren, thus becoming a successful enough unit to fit well into Earth’s doctrine.
Presence in the fleet
As of 2341, the already aged light cruisers were still available to Earth in the number of 29 units.
Development
Idea: Amras Arfeiniel
Author: Amras Arfeiniel
Year: ???
Description: We already had a lot of ship models, but Amras’ work was always pleasing to the eye, so we asked him to provide a model for our project, in order to fit this ship into the Earth fleet. We modernized the model a bit to make it look more harmonious, in our opinion.