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: 431; skeleton: 75/+10
Passengers: 950 troops; 50 other personnel
Cargo Capacity: 10,785 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Slip Space Drive: x6
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 6
Hull: 5D+1
Shields: 2D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 40 / 1D
- Scan: 80 / 2D
- Search: 160 / 3D
- Focus: 4 / 4D
Weapons
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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