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starships
HYPERION-CLASS HEAVY FIGHTER

The Hyperion-class heavy cruiser was the mainstay of the Earthforce fleet during the Dilgar Invasion. When the Earth-Minbari War began, the Cruiser defended the Earth with honor. Very few survived the near-holocaust. After the war, the Hyperion design was significantly upgraded (as this was preferable to decommisioning much needed military vessels) and they now act as support vessels for the Omega-class destroyers.

Unlike recent Earthforce designs, the heavy cruiser has no rotational sections, requiring the vessel to have crewmen trained to work in a microgravity environment

Known Earthforce Heavy Cruisers:

Model
Karmatech Hyperion-class Heavy Cruiser

Length
1188.7 meters

Hull Displacement:
31500 metric tons

Drive System
3 Beigle-Bryant 9000A Particle Thrust Engines

Jump Point Capable

Yes

Crew
350

Fighter Compliment
6 Starfuries

Armament
2 52mm Plasma Pulse Cannon
2 40mm Plasma Pulse Cannon
2 Heavy Laser Cannons (post Earth-Minbari War)
2 Phased Particle Cannons
4 Pulse Discharge Cannons
2 Torpedo Tubes

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Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica
a guide to the Babylon 5 universe