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Launch of New Carrier Class

03-02-2004, 00:38
The new carrier class called the Gerald II class has been launched. It has A very short runway of only 200 feet . It also has most plane storage room underneath the flight deck. It launches planes of the sides at the back to save space. While the landing area is a massive are of wires every 5 feet. The planes of three hooks each to stop themselves quickly. The ship also has a gigantic amount of 4 liquid metal nuclear reactors preouducing enought power to move this ship at 34 knots. It also has 2 regular reactors so that the liquid metal ones can be turned off. The ship is very cramped, but it is very capable. To defend itsself it has 12 SM-2 batteries. It works very well with the Gerald I class.

Stats:

Lenghth: 243 feet

Width: 54 feet

Reacotors: 6, 4 of which liquid metal

Speed: 34 knots

Aircraft: 67 jets such as MiL-4 or JSF, as well as 12 Vladiscock class ASW vertical launch jets.

Flight Crew: 650

Crew: 780

Cost: 4.3 billion or 7 billion fully loaded with aircraft.