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These masterpieces of engineering, however, were utilized a few times, as they were conceived in times where CMA's budget was still high by the start of the Insurrection in 2494 the situation was already changed: UNSC wanted to usurp the CMA even in Outer Colonies, and the UEG weren't much convinced to allocate to CMA too much resources, especially when some rumors about rebel infiltrators among CMA's ranks came out.
#Orion class assault carrier full
CMA's command chose to fund massive ships which could have sustained an entire Marine Expeditionary Force for months, maybe a full year, enough because a campaign could have been successful obviously, these ships would have more purposes than only carrying and refueling ground troops: seeing its theoretical size - at least one hundred millions metric tons, for a length no less than three kilometers, something never made before - it should have been also capable of dominating a planet's orbit by both starfighters wing and its own weapon systems.īy the 2490, CMA commissioned two massive lines of ships, the Punic-class supercarrier and its smaller cousin, which could sustained entire campaigns for months thanks to a large internal concave hangar bay. Long before the Insurrection started, CMA knew that, in case of a prolonged campaign, it would have had lots of issues, because many Outer Colonies were far from naval depots however, while UNSC didn't evaluate the situation - officially because Outer Colonies belonged to CMA - the colonial armed force decided to resolve those problems. Instead, they choose to use the remaining Orion carriers to help glassed worlds back to life, as their internal factories would be helpful to accomplished the task, while its military roles would have been filled by its replacement, the Earth-class assault carrier.
#Orion class assault carrier upgrade
Only six carriers survived the war, but the Navy decided not to upgrade them. Flight II showed improvements, but the HIGHCOM's plan hadn't much success and at least five were lost. By the time the Covenant started to onslaught the Inner Colonies, UNSC High Command decided to organized long-range battle groups in order to disrupt Covenant supply lines and staging areas, and decided to put Orions at their core thanks to their internal factories so Italia Cantieri was awarded to upgrade still operational carriers, and Gromov was put another time at the head of the project. Having a modest armor and a light armament - except the two heavy MACs - Orions fell one after the other as they were used to buy time for civilians and troopers to be evacuated, so much so that nineteen were lost in the first decade of war, all in the Outer Colonies. Insurrection's fanfare, however, ruthlessly ended when the Covenant attacked Harvest, leading to the Great War. Built after troublesome campaigns where UNSC had logistical issues, Orion-class became the symbol of UNSC's military might, as its large bridge was frequently use by flag officers making it the fleet's flagship par excellence.īuilt by Italia Cantieri under the oversight of naval architect Vanessa Gromov, Orion-class was conceived as a class that could have been help UNSC to maintain a planet's orbit control and support ground troops logistically that was achieved through the implementing of the same miniaturized and reconfigurable automated factories and chemical processors found on colony vessels, which could have allowed a carrier to produce spare parts, fuel and even complete vehicles without outside assistance.ĭuring the Insurrection Orion carriers successfully led lengthy campaigns, but the glory came with Operation: TREBUCHET, during which they assembled an unstoppable team with newly-acquired supercarriers: Eridanus campaign, particularly, became the ultimate UNSC's naval power evidence, where rebel fleet was blown to pieces so easily and the planet's orbit was never be threatened by insurrectionists.
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The Orion-class assault carrier is a medium tonnage carrier capable of maintain control over a planet's orbit. The Covenant crumbled this power." ―Rear Admiral Anabella Sanchez " An Orion carrier was the symbol of UNSC's military might.