Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class Flagship

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 12/13/2003)
Background information inspired by Nupetiet Vergnitzs class Fleet Command Ship by Pieter Thomassen, with Peter Walker, on the Unofficial Robotech Reference Guide.
Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class Flagship

In order to command their growing fleets, the Tirolian Mercantile Empire designed the Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class Fleet Command Ship for its highest ranking Zentraedi commanders. The fleet command ship was equipped with quarters for the staff needed to control task forces of several thousand ships. To protect these staffs, and to project power in their own right, the Nupetiet Vergnitzs was the most powerfully armed Zentraedi ship, with the possible exception of the Rineunadou Lojmeuean Class Monitor.

The Ci'Vonian crisis was a disaster for this class as much as it was for the rest of the Zentraedi fleet and the Empire. Almost a third of the fleet command ships defected to the Ci'Vonians, leaving the Robotech Elders with insufficient resources to command their still massive fleet. Few ships of this class survived the following years of fighting, as they were natural targets during all enemy encounters, for both sides. As part of the reforms triggered by the crisis, the Nupetiet Vergnitzs design was reviewed and soon a new version came into use. This new version soon replaced the older versions, which were decommissioned and scrapped. The alterations included an upgrading of the armament, with 40 more medium cannons mounted, and two additional heavy cannons were installed on the dorsal. This prompted a relocation of much of the dorsal hangar space to the ventral, and gave the class the odd-looking 'pregnant' appearance. However, the most important refit was fitting a navigational override system to the front of the vessel. With this device it was hoped that closer control could be enforced and the chance of further defections considerably reduced. Over the next four centuries, the Nupetiet Vergnitzs fulfilled their roles as fleet command ships with impressive reliability and acumen.

Typically, a Nupetiet Vergnitzs controlled several hundred ships or more. Other fleets could be assigned as well, so the number of ships assigned could climb into the hundreds of thousands For example, the Imperial Fleet, with slightly over a million ships, was commanded from a single Nupetiet Vergnitzs class vessel, although supported by a number of other Nupetiet Vergnitzs vessels. In addition to their combat and command activities, the class also often served as a tender for the smaller vessels such as the Tou Redir class, which could not carry that many supplies, and often transferred some of the command ship's stores to replenish their own. Another vital function was battlefield reconnaissance and air cover. The Nupetiet Vergnitzs carried a larger number of Raulonve Fighter Pods and Quel Quallie Cyclops Reconnaissance Scouts compared to the other ships and these were considered command assets, to be deployed as a battle group's reserve forces.

While the Zentraedi Holocaust virtually wiped out the Zentraedi fleets, losses among the Nupetiet Vergnitzs ships were relatively the highest of any class. The RDF / Zentraedi alliance deliberately gave them a higher priority and the Grand Fleet lost most of its coordination ability early on in the battle and the individual ships tended to concentrate on the ships within range of their weapon systems instead of creating a strategy to win. Very few ships of this class survived the battle and by 2020 these ships were all decommissioned or destroyed.

The Nupetiet Vergnitzs-class can best be described as a lumpy, vaguely rectangular box four km long, with a slightly greater height than width. In addition, a large hangar extending below the hull proper to the rear gave the class an almost pregnant appearance. The four angular blisters that mounted the phased array transmitters of the so-called manual override beam system, which was capable of overriding the navigational systems of a large number of mecha remotely, marked the front end. The antennas were mounted on the covers of the forward main laser cannons. In combat, these covers opened backwards to reveal the heavy cannons underneath. Two more heavy cannons were mounted on the dorsal hull, and a large hangar assemblage is further aft on the ventral. The rear of the ship mounted the main reaction engine.

The armament is, like most Zentraedi designs, concentrated forward. The heavy cannons are either mounted in the nose or capable of firing in the forward and dorsal planes only. Thus, all cannons can fire forward, although there are no mounts bearing on the ventral and after arcs. Over half of the medium cannons are located forward, mostly on the forward nose surface and the forward flanks and chin. This still leaves enough batteries for a more than adequate coverage of the other firing arcs. The heavy torpedoes are mounted in the groove between the bottom hull and the upper armor sections, in the forward part of the ship. Although these launchers are the standard Zentraedi type also mounted on their other ships, the Nupetiet Vergnitzs mounts more of these tubes than any other design. Finally, there is an extensive defensive missile system installed on all arcs.

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Weapon Systems:

  1. Heavy Reflex Cannon
  2. Main Laser Cannons (6)
  3. Retractable Particle Beam Cannons (50)
  4. Retractable Laser Turrets (150)
  5. Retractable Long Range Missile Turrets (240)
  6. Retractable Heavy Missile Turrets (60)

Special Systems:

  1. Mecha Navigational Override
  2. Medial and Bio-Scan Facilities
  3. Missile Storage
  4. Weapon Production Facilities

Standard Systems:

  1. Life Support System
  2. Communication Systems
  3. Sensor Systems
  4. Targeting Computer System

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