ASTRAL ARCHIVE12th Fleet · Sulura

Chronology

03-3200 to 17-3201 · drag to pan, scroll to zoom
08-320015-320022-320003-320110-320117-32012 events: Cortez's Graffiti plot foiled; The Graffiti conspirators are tried and imprisoned22 events3 events: Mordred takes command of the Macaria; Akira heads the Macaria's bridge department; ELINT division re-established33 eventsThe Aquitaine's distress callThe Aquitaine's distress callc. Cortez escapes; cafeteria siegec. Cortez escapes; cafeteria siege3 events: The Ragnhil Skirmish; The Fleet regroups at Swati Palolas; Akira becomes Acting Captain of the Macaria33 eventsc. Akira recommends Crowley for promotionc. Akira recommends Crowley for promotion4 events: First survey of Calypso; The Hercules' hull is found unfit to drill; Calypso's moon was crashed deliberately; Sunken ruins found on Calypso44 eventsc. A cloaked warp gate is detected near the Archonc. A cloaked warp gate is detected near the ArchonThe Acturos carries the Sulura to Sarusc. The Battle of Calypsoc. The Battle of Calypso
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Statistics

Fleet Cruiser · Cruiser class

Ship sheet · Stars Without Number (Revised)
Hull points0 / 60
Fleet roster
AC
14
Armour
15
Speed
1
Drive
2
Life support complement158 / 400
Crew 158 · minimum crew 50

Stations

Bridge
50 crew
Engineering
80 crew
Gunnery
8 crew
Medical
8 crew
General
12 crew
Power31 / 50
Mass24 / 30
2 for cargo space
Hardpoints4 / 10

Armament

  • Plasma Beam3d6 · AP 10 · Power 5 · Mass 2 · Hardpoints 2
  • Flak Emitter Battery×22d6 · AP 10, Flak · Power 5 · Mass 3 · Hardpoints 1

Fittings

Drive-2 UpgradeAdvanced Nav ComputerArmouryCargo LighterExtended Life SupportExtended MedbayFuel BunkersFuel ScoopsLife BoatsShip's LockerSurvey Sensor ArrayTractor Beams
Crew skill
+3 (NPC crew bonus, fleet roster)
Fuel loads
2

Cost 13,400,000 Cr · Maintenance 670,000 Cr a year · Next maintenance date not recorded

Fleet roster at the end of the server: at Calypso. Support cruiser (EWAR and medical); Gemini design.

Source: drive:1T5NwQs1MFVON9Uuatd8dRK70c4Fj6hzp8cY0LtVSHM4 (tab Gemini; fleet roster)

The Macaria is a rather ugly, bulky ship and the 12th Fleet's lead sensor ship, built to pick up long-range signals and support rescued survivors. It is fast but weak ship to ship, so it relies on boarding when it has to fight, and most of its crew are medical staff and technicians decoding signals and running the Fleet's inter-ship switchboard. Its original captain was Harland O'Connors. ‹macaria#971423516819877908›

Inside, a reception desk leads off to the bridge and the ship's interior, with colour-coded lines on the floor. The yellow one runs below the power core to the Communication Hub, run by the VI "5-1", Transmission Master, and the shuttle bay holds four scouting shuttles. It also carries a survey sensor array. ‹macaria#971471397937356830›

Command

Mordred took command on 12/7/3200, with Rodriguez as his executive officer and Akira Aurius as head of the bridge department. Akira soon asked to resume the rank of Lieutenant Commander and set up the Fleet's ELINT division aboard, with Mike Steamblocker as second in command, and Tac Manley later woke the old AI GONK / Lt. Garvin in the ELINT lab. ‹macaria#987515658696802354› ‹macaria#990009624730161212› ‹macaria#993926951800672377›

After Mordred's reassignment the acting captaincy passed in the end to Akira, who still held it during the Lair revolt in fortnight 7 of 3201.

In service

The Macaria was the Fleet's eyes. In Ragnhil its scans found eight or so salvage ships in the debris, power signatures on both moons and the Aquitaine's distress call, and Spacer Ryan McAlan decoded a compad holding the blueprints for a mobile shipyard. Over Calypso its sensors and a drone found the giant warp gate hidden in orbit. ‹macaria#996195404339232828› ‹macaria#996737828467785738›

The Battle of Calypso

At the Battle of Calypso Commodore Steamblocker was acting captain, fighting the Vehendrix battleships Iodine and Clementia. When an enemy bombardment raised a tsunami towards the settlement, the crippled Macaria was landed in its path and its core sacrificed to protect the city. ‹macaria#1079428874942808164›

Gallery

  • The Macaria, as shown on the old fleet website

  • The Macaria as first posted with its description

  • The communication hub

  • The scout shuttle in its bay

  • Medbay plan, first sheet

  • Medbay plan, second sheet