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By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com) Ver 1.9 2015.08.25
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ARMD-II Combat Space Carrier

BACKGROUND

The ARMD (Armaments Rigged-up Moving Deck) is a Space Carrier with an upper surface that has a characteristically flat hull so that it is easy to deploy ship-borne craft. Though Over Technology is used in things as the propulsion engine and power system, the hull has an exceedingly simple structure. There are such things as a bridge for control of the ship, an armoured hull, and a propulsion system for the collection of ship-borne craft that won't be able to return to base; which enables the ARMD-II to cruise independently when not attached to the SDF-1 or SDFN series of Emigrant Ship via an optional docking module at the rear of the ARMD-II.

Even though the ARMD looks small compared with the SDF-1's total length of 1.2 km, it boasts a size and capacity that surpasses the common aircraft carrier.

The ARMD-II class began production on or before 2021. Some ARMD-II class were assigned to the defence of Emigrant Fleets, and others were under the command of the Earth sphere's reserve fleet deployed to the defensive lines within the Solar System. Depending on the situation, those ships were likely to be sent outside the solar system by requests for support from emigrant planets, while being concurrently tasked with training VF pilots for deployment to the defence fleet of emigrant planets that are in the midst of development.

From 2026, the ARMD-II class were built concurrently with the Guantánamo class Stealth Carrier, an ARMD type Stealth Carrier that adopted Zentraadi technology; and whose production began that year. By 2029, some of the ARMD-II class had begun to return from Emigrant Fleets, receiving a number of remodelling updates, as they had become somewhat old fashioned, and were destined to spend their remaining years as training ships.

Author's note: available information at the time of writing implies that the ARMD-II class began production around 2015, and that approximately 50 existed by 2024. 24 of the ARMD-II class have been attached to SDFN class Emigrant ships, and 2 have been attached to the SDF-1.

DYRL Alternate Timeline Version:

One of the primary reasons that the SDF-1 Macross was able to pass through frequent battles with aliens was the launching of effectively operated and hard-fighting carrier borne aircraft. It is the Space Carrier ARMD which sustained that and functioned as both the mothership of, and the center of operation for the SDF-1's carrier borne aircraft. Even though this warship was originally constructed as a rig and floating stand for space fighters deployed at such places as the Lagrange Points and above satellite geosynchronous orbit, as the restoration plan of the ASS-1 progressed, they were diverted and hurriedly constructed to be the carrier-based aircraft operation platform of the SDF-1. The ARMD exist only as a hastily made ship for combining with the SDF-1 Macross.

Various mechanisms were added to the warship when the ARMD was remodelled from a Space-Fighter Rig to an ARMD. The first warship, ARMD-01, connects to the SDF-1's left side, and the second warship, ARMD-02, is on the right side. The deck layout of 01 and 02 are reversed on the left and right (the bridge of 01 is placed starboard, and the bridge of 02 is port), and it can be surmised that the decision for this arrangement was from the conception of the plan to integrate the ships with the SDF-1.

The ARMD were docked with the SDF-1 in December, 2008, and formed one part of the SDF-1's strategic system. They attended the SDF-1's space-launch ceremony in February, 2009. The SDF-1 and its ARMD sustained the attack by the alien "Zentraadi people" during the ceremony and took the drastic step of an emergency fold, together with the Valkyrie squads that had launched from the carrier Prometheus for the protection of the SDF-1. Thereafter, no matter what, the ARMD demonstrated the capabilities of ship-borne aircraft and repelled the attacks of both the Zentraadi and Meltrandi Forces until the SDF-1 Macross returned to the Earth from the outer circumference of the Solar System.

In the "Minmei Attack", the ARMD rushed into the Bodoru Flagship as both flanks of the SDF-1. It contributed to the crushing of the flagship by simultaneously firing its armaments with the SDF-1.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Space Combat Carrier
Class: Carrier
Crew: 1,050 (75 officers, 775 enlisted, 200 pilots with capability to accommodate another 250 personnel on special assignment).
Manufacturer: Unified Space Forces Space Armory
Government: Unified Government; New Unified Government
Customer: Unified Forces

Design Features: increased armour plating; improved propulsive power and armaments; module for docking with the SDF-1 and SDFN class Emigrant ships.

Ships of Class:
ARMD-204 Kīlauea: one of the first ARMD-II class carriers built; was the first of this class to have been given a second mission after returning from Emigrant Fleet defence in 2029.
ARMD-213 Altamira: newly augmented [reinforced] as of 2021.08.
ARMD-244 Lassen Peak: 2024.
Advanced ARMD Ark Royal: 2017.

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location MDC Location MDC
(1) Main Body
(2) Main Engines
(2) Auxilliary Engines (4)
(3) Bridge
(4) Sensor Array
Guided Focusing Beam Guns (2)
Medium Anti-Ship Missile Launcher (6) 		8,000
2,000 each
850 each
750
350
450 each
250 each 		Small Anti-Aircraft Guns (48)
Anti-Aircraft Missile Phalanx (8)
Outer Hull (per 12 m area)
Interior Hangar Walls (per 6 m area)
Interior Walls (per 3 m area)
(5) Pinpoint Barrier System (2)
(6) Docking Module 		100 each
175 each
300
20
200 SDC
5,000 each
1,200

ARMDIIb (59K)

SPEEDS:

Speed (sublight): 0.1 speed of light (approximately 37,000 kmps)
Speed (Auxiliary Drives): Mach 6.5 in space.
Space Fold Range: 25 light years if there are no fold faults.

Planet bound: cannot fly in an atmosphere. Will burn up and crash.
Maximum Range: estimated 20 year life span, which can be extended with regular maintenance and overhauls.
Maximum Underwater Depth: N/A

Maximum rate of ascent: 400 m per minute using the anti-gravity propulsion system.
Maximum instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.55 G+

STATISTICAL DATA:

Height: under investigation
Width: 220 m
Length: 450 m Operational Inertial Mass: 174,000 t

Power System: O-T Development Type Reaction Furnace x2
Jet Propulsion System: O-T Development Type Main Composite Nozzle x2, many Vernier Thrusters
Fold Engine: OTM Macross Fold engine cluster system.
Gravity Control System: O-T Development Type Gravity Control System

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

1. HEAT AND RADIATION SHIELDS

2. SELF-DESTRUCT

3. ENERGY CONVERSION ARMOUR

4. SHIP-BORNE PIN-POINT BARRIER SYSTEM (2020 onwards)

5. ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES

Note: In space, Radio and Radar Waves are range x10.

OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS:

Note: Stats indicate the Effective Range. Maximum Range is effective range x1.5, but is -3 to strike.
In space: Explosions and shock-waves: range x 10, but damage x0.1 in the extended shock-wave; Lasers: range x2; Extended range is range x3, but is -2 to strike and damage x0.5; Other weapons: range x2

1. O-T GUIDED FOCUSING BEAM GUNS (2)

Located at the front of the ship, on either side of the bridge. The guns cannot be moved without repositioning the entire ship and fire in the forward hemisphere, with the beams able to be angled up to 15° off the centerline of the ship.

2. MEDIUM SELF-GUIDED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE LAUNCHERS (6)

Many missile launchers have been placed on the ARMD itself. DYRL version: They were used when the ARMD rushed into the Bodoru flagship.

3. SMALL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS (48)

Mounted all over the hull, approximately 8 per side. The guns are essentially a GU-11 gun pod mounted on a turret with a larger magazine. With a rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, the guns can expend their entire magazine within seconds. To prevent this, they have been mechanically preset to be able to fire in burst of either 5, 10, 20 rounds, or multiples of 10 until the magazine is emptied.

4. ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE PHALANXES (12)

Two per side. They are similar to the SDR-04 Mk XII Phalanx's missile launchers, complete with targeting radar and searchlight.

5. SHIP-BORNE CRAFT

Variable Fighters and Ghost Fighter Craft are also loaded on the ARMD. The ARMD functions as their carrier and headquarters. The ARMD-II is equipped with hook arm launch systems, allowing VFs to be carried out suspended in the hook arm and launching from the ship according to instruction from the guidance sign. The hangar ceilings are 15 m high. The armoury usually has enough stores (Super Parts, missiles, etc.) for 5 to 10 combat sorties.

Initial Period Type:
  • 262 Variable Fighters: 120 VF-4, 108 VF-1, 34 VE-1/VT-1
  • 66 QF-3000E Ghost
  • numerous other small craft (Shuttle/Liason Craft, Spider Bug, etc.)
    		• Later Period Type (2030~):
  • 168 VF-11 or VF-14
  • 60 VA-3
  • 66 QF-3000E Ghost
  • numerous Shuttle/Liason Craft, Spider Bug, etc.

    • 6. HAND TO HAND COMBAT

    If necessary, the pilot of the ARMD-II class Space Carrier can use the ship itself as a weapon. The attack isn't recommended as, even though the PPB may prevent the ship itself from being damaged, the sudden stop will send everything that isn't strapped down flying, and may cause considerable damage or even death among the crew.

    DAMAGE:

    SENSOR SYSTEMS

    Unless otherwise noted, refer to Ship Sensor Systems for details.
    Note: In space, Radio and Radar Waves are range x10.

    OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT

    Unless otherwise noted, refer to Ship Other Systems for details.

    COMBAT BONUSES FOR SPACECRAFT TRAINING

    The following is in ship-to-ship combat with enemy starships or Protodeviln. They do not apply in ship to mobile weapon combat.

    REFERENCES
  • Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules
  • SDF Macross Theatrical Edition DYRL ("The Gold Book")
  • Macross Chronicle ARMD-II Space Combat Carrier article
  • Variable Fighter Master File: VF-1 & VF-1 Wings of Space
  • Based on the UNSDB's ARMD class Space Carrier stats
  • Macross Compendium ARMD article

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