USAF Prometheus

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The BC-303 Prometheus in orbit of P4C-452.

The Prometheus (also known as the X-303 and later BC-303) was a US military spacecraft and the first Tau'ri capital ship.

History

The sole ship in her class, the Prometheus was a prototype, serving as a testbed for reverse engineered technology which was later used in the more advanced Daedalus-class Battlecruiser. The ship was launched in late 2002, whereupon it was hijacked by rogue NID agents. In 2003, the Prometheus lost its hyperdrive capability for a few months when its naquadriah reactor overloaded. It participated in the Battle of Antarctica in 2004. In 2005, the Prometheus participated in preventing the Ori from establishing their supergate at Kallana. It was destroyed in early 2006 in the Battle of Tegalus by an Ori weapons platform.

Per an agreement for use of the Egypt Stargate, the United States has given the Russian Federation the designs and specifications of the BC-303, although they have yet to produce their own ship.

Armament

  • CWIS point defense cannons
  • 14 Anti-ship missile launchers
  • Mark Nine Naquadriah enriched nuclear warheads.
  • Railguns

Fighter complement

The Prometheus could carry a complement of eight F-302 fighters.

Notable Crew

  • Lieutenant General George Hammond (Lost City Part II, Prometheus Unbound)
  • Colonel William Ronson (Memento, Grace)
  • Colonel Kirtland (Lost City Part II)
  • Colonel Lionel Pendergast (New Order,
  • Major Peter DeLouise (Memento, Grace)
  • Major Erin Gant (Memento, Grace, Lost City Part II)
  • Lieutenant/Captain Kevin Marks (Avalon, Beachhead, Ex Deus Machina, Ethon)
  • Captain Womack (New Order, Endgame, Full Alert, Ethon, The Pegasus Project)
  • Dr. Novak (Prometheus Unbound)
  • Sargeant Walter Harriman (Prometheus Unbound)