Poseidon-class light carrier

Name: Poseidon-class light carrier
Craft: UNSC Poseidon-class light carrier
Type: light carrier
Scale: capital
Length: 719 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 725; skeleton: 75/+10
Passengers: 250 troops; 50 other personnel
Cargo Capacity: 1,438 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Slip Space Drive: x6
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 6
Hull: 4D+2
Sensors

• Passive: 25 / 0D+2
• Scan: 50 / 1D+1
• Search: 100 / 2D+1
• Focus: 3 / 3D

Weapons

• MAC Gun

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-24/48/96
Atmosphere Range: 1-48/96/192km
Rate of fire: once every 5 seconds
Damage: 10D

• Archer Missile Pods

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-8/17/34
Atmosphere Range: 1-17/34/68km
Ammo: 30 per pod
Damage: 5D+2

• M910 Point-Defense System

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 0; Automated
Scale: walker
Skill: Automated: Starship Gunnery: 4D
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-6/13/25
Atmosphere Range: 1-625/1,250/2,500m
Damage: 5D

• Shiva-class nuclear warhead

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 1-13/26/52
Atmosphere Range: 1-26/52/104km
Damage: 8D+2

Description: The Poseidon-class light carrier is a capital warship employed by the UNSC Navy in the post-war era.

Class History

A Poseidon was the site of the symbolic recommissioning of UNSC Infinity.

Several ships of this class were part of Battlegroup Dakota and attacked Mantle's Approach during the Ur-Didact's attack on Earth in 2557.

Three Poseidons and their compliment of D79H-TC Pelicans were sent to retrieve Catherine Halsey after she was taken by the Covenant Remnant during the Second Battle of Requiem.

Author's Note:

• It seems very out of the ordinary for the UNSC to create a ship of this size and type and only arm it with Point-defense guns. For simplicity sake, the types and number of weapons have been estimated to better fit a ship of this size and class.

Source:

• Halo Wiki: Poseidon-class light carrier
• thedemonapostle