The Ikazuchi heavy carriers form the backbone of the Mars Base fleet. They carry the majority of the combat fleet, troops, heavy weapons and command staff for the major segments of the Recapture Missions.
The class resembles the more submarine style of ships with rectangular body shape with four engines on each rear corner. The vessel can't really be described as fast, but with it's four main engines and two auxiliary engines set on the sides between main engines all firing at full thrust gives it good speed for it's large size. Usually the engines are only run at a fraction of their full thrust, giving the Ikazuchi the long range transport abilities that the Mars Base fleet lacked in it's smaller ships.
Twelve reasonably large decks are contained inside the Ikazuchi's heavily armored hull, spacious when compared with the Garfish and Horizont. The crew decks feature double-occupancy cabins for the majority of the crew with a small number of luxurious single-occupancy rooms for senior officers, with roomy mess and recreation rooms for all. The rest of the ship is given over to combat supplies and mecha, with the Ikazuchi carrying the majority of the Recapture missions Legioss wings. Six launch bays, three on each side around the center midline of the ship, are capable of launching up 152 Legioss's in Armo-Soldier mode directly into battle within seconds.
The Ikazuchi's main weapons are eight long-range Tri-barrel energy turrets, each capable of destroying an Inbit clam ship or an entire wave of Inbit mecha. But once enemy mecha make it in close, the ship relies on it's own mecha to protect it. In the standard battle plans however, the ship's complement of mecha is sent forward to stop the enemy's approach, who often punched holes right through the defending mecha and begin suicide runs on the now unprotected ships. Even with it's very heavy armor, Ikazuchi ships can usually only take few suicide runs from Inbit mecha as their slow rate of turn makes it hard to escape from fast enemy mecha like the Iigaa Booster.
VEHICLE TYPE:
MECHA COMPLEMENT:
- 152 Legioss's in Armo-Soldier Mode, stored in 6 quick launch bays located on he sides of the ship.
- 48 Legioss Armo-Fighters in the ships standard hangar. These can be replaced with 24 Tread Armo-Bombers or a combination of 24 Legioss's and 12 Tread's. Usually up to 8 will be Legioss Drones or Jagd Dark Legioss drones)
Note: Prior to the Third Recapture mission, no Dark fighters were in active
service in the Mars Base fleet.
Ride Armors: 4500 total
- 3000 VR-052 Mospeada Ride Armors
- 600 VR-041 Blowsperior Ride Armors
- 900 VR-038 Bartley Ride Armors
This number includes mecha pilot emergency Ride Armors, reserves and special forces assignments.
PROPULSION:
- 4 Reaction-mass thrusters: The Ikazuchi's primary propulsion is generated by 4 Fusion-Plasma teaction thrusters.
- 2 Emergency thrusters mounted on the side between the 4 main engines, used for increased accelration in combat situations.
- Planetary Capabilities: The Ikazuchi carriers are not intended to land on a planet, but can if absolutely necessary. The ship is not designed to maneuver in an atmosphere, and landing must be carefully planned and monitored. The landing area must be also be a prepared landing site. In the Recapture Missions, the Ikazuchi carriers stayed in orbit, providing heavy cover.
MAXIMUM RANGE:
- Not known. At a low burn rate, the carrier's fuel supplies allow it to travel to Earth from Mars and back.
DIMENSIONS:
- LENGTH: 702m. (excluding the engine shielding blades, 608m.)
- HEIGHT: 177m.
- WIDTH : 154m.
- MASS: 6,830,000 metric tons.
MAIN ENGINE:
- Fusion powerplant
- Liquid Hydrogen fueled electricity generating turbine backup
GRAVITY CONTROL SYSTEM:
- Internal, including an Inertial Dampening Field.
WEAPON SYSTEMS:
- Eight Tri-Barrel Gun Turrets: These weapons are mounted on the upper main hull and are designed for anti-ship operations. While the beams are very large and powerful, they are easily dodged
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OF NOTE:
- Long-range laser communications
- Satellite relay communications
- Long- and short-range sensors.
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