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A Centauri battlecruiser is approximately 250 meters in length and a little over 200 meters wide.<ref>[http://www.babtech-onthe.net/centauri/bc.html Centauri battlecruiser at Babtech on the Net.]</ref> As a large capital ship, it has jump engines that can open a vortex into [[hyperspace]]. | A Centauri battlecruiser is approximately 250 meters in length and a little over 200 meters wide.<ref>[http://www.babtech-onthe.net/centauri/bc.html Centauri battlecruiser at Babtech on the Net.]</ref> As a large capital ship, it has jump engines that can open a vortex into [[hyperspace]]. | ||
Centauri battlecruisers have four pulse-cannon turrets mounted on their dorsal surface and four on their ventral surface. The Centauri reportedly fire pulses by preference rather than by technological limitation,<ref>[[Babylon 5 (series)|B5]] "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder"</ref> so these weapon mounts may also be capable of firing sustained beams. A Centauri battlecruiser was able to produce enough fire from these weapons to overwhelm the interceptor defenses of [[Babylon 5 (station)|Babylon 5]] while simultaneously firing on a [[Narn]] [[Narn Heavy Cruiser|heavy cruiser]] and a squadron of [[Starfury|Starfuries]].<ref>B5 "The Fall of Night"</ref> | Centauri battlecruisers have four pulse-cannon turrets mounted on their dorsal surface and four on their ventral surface. The Centauri reportedly fire pulses by preference rather than by technological limitation,<ref>[[Babylon 5 (series)|B5]] "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder"</ref> so these weapon mounts may also be capable of firing sustained beams. A Centauri battlecruiser was able to produce enough fire from these weapons to overwhelm the [[interceptor]] defenses of [[Babylon 5 (station)|Babylon 5]] while simultaneously firing on a [[Narn]] [[Narn Heavy Cruiser|heavy cruiser]] and a squadron of [[Starfury|Starfuries]].<ref>B5 "The Fall of Night"</ref> | ||
A Centauri battlecruiser has a bay in its bow for launching and recovering [[shuttle]]s. They were never seen to launch [[starfighter]]s during the series, although secondary sources say they do carry starfighters. | A Centauri battlecruiser has a bay in its bow for launching and recovering [[shuttle]]s. They were never seen to launch [[starfighter]]s during the series, although secondary sources say they do carry starfighters. | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 5 January 2009
The Centauri battlecruiser (given the name Primus-class in B5Wars) is a heavy capital ship in the Centauri navy. These ships had a superior armament to those of the Narn Regime and the Earth Alliance, but lagged in terms of armor.
Specifications
A Centauri battlecruiser is approximately 250 meters in length and a little over 200 meters wide.[1] As a large capital ship, it has jump engines that can open a vortex into hyperspace.
Centauri battlecruisers have four pulse-cannon turrets mounted on their dorsal surface and four on their ventral surface. The Centauri reportedly fire pulses by preference rather than by technological limitation,[2] so these weapon mounts may also be capable of firing sustained beams. A Centauri battlecruiser was able to produce enough fire from these weapons to overwhelm the interceptor defenses of Babylon 5 while simultaneously firing on a Narn heavy cruiser and a squadron of Starfuries.[3]
A Centauri battlecruiser has a bay in its bow for launching and recovering shuttles. They were never seen to launch starfighters during the series, although secondary sources say they do carry starfighters.
A Centauri battlecruiser can be fitted with a mass driver on its ventral surface. This weapon of mass destruction can fire meteroids gathered near the orbit of a planet onto the planets surface to cause massive damage for a relatively small expenditure of energy.
Notes
- ↑ Centauri battlecruiser at Babtech on the Net.
- ↑ B5 "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder"
- ↑ B5 "The Fall of Night"