| The Amphibious Command and Naval Operations Carrier (ACNOC) is the command center for all Vauvusar aquatic based operations. It is a combination battleship, aircraft carrier and amphibious operations command ship, featureing a central island with carrier flight decks flanking it on either side while, a series of offensive and defensive weapons, and an amphibious docking bay is located in the ship's bow at the waterline. The ACNOC carries a total vehicle compliment of forty-two MANTA airspeeders (twenty-four fighters, twelve bombers, and six recon airspeeders), twenty ASAC amphibious assult vehicles, and ten ATC amphibious troop transports. It can carry 2,250 troops to any combat zone, putting them on the shore using it's ATC compliment. It is crewed by a total of 947 officers and enlisted personel.
The offensive power of the ACNOC comes in the form of two turret mounted Hammerhead Cruise Missile Launchers and a turret mounted Super Quasar Laser Cannon (SQLC). The Micro-Hammerhead Cruise Missle carried by the bomber variant of the MANTA airspeeder was based on the Hammerhead Cruise Missile carried by the ACNOC. It's range is much greater than that of the airspeeder lauched cruise missile and carries a more powerful warhead. On the flip side, the SQLC carried by the ACNOC is based on the highly succesful Quasar Dual Laser Cannon carried on the fighter variant of the MANTA. Praw Shipbuilders greatly increased the size and power of the Quasar, giving it a range and destructive ability comparable to it's new size.
Yet for all it's offensive might, Praw Shipbuilders realized the ACNOC would be useless to the Vauvusar military if it could not defend itself. To this purpose the designers added turret mounted surface to air missile launchers, quad blaster cannons, and dual blaster cannons. All three were designed to knock out enemy aircraft or missiles before they can reach the ship. The blaster also serve as dual purpose ships, able to attack enemy watercraft. |