The following material is an adaptation of a starship design from the Japanese TV series MACROSS. Please feel free to use, copy, and distribute it as you see fit. All I ask is that you give proper credit to me and do not claim that it is your own work. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

ARMD CLASS SPACE CARRIER

RPG Stats by DANIEL HENWOOD (dhenwood@hotmail.com)
Background info provided by the MACROSS ONLINE COMPENDIUM

BACKGROUND

With the crash landing of the ASS-1/SDF-1 on South Ataria Island came great leaps in technology. One of those being the advanced metals, stronger and lighter than ever before. Weapons technology and space propulsion followed, and one of the early researched and developed results from these advances was the ARMD Platforms. The construction of the ARMD series of space carriers took places at the L-5 manufacturing station in April of 2003. The first ARMD platform was commissioned in July of 2008. The plan was that a ring of 10 ARMD platforms would encircle the Earth to protect against Alien invaders. The UN thought that this would be adequate to protect Earth. They were proved woefully wrong on the 7th of February 2009 when ARMD-01, and ARMD-02 were destroyed by Vrlitwhai Kridanik's Vrlitwhai Branch Fleet as they pursued what they believed to be a Supervision Army Gunboat. When the SDF-1 Macross vanished a further 6 ARMD platforms were made to bolster Earths defences. These ARMD platforms would become embroiled in the final climatic battle of Space War One, several surviving the battle as watchful guardians. After Space War One ARMD's 01 and 02 were rebuilt and during the 2012 overhaul of the SDF-1 were attached to the Super Dimensional Fortresses 'arms' to replace the Prometheus and Daedalus Carriers attached there. They would remain as bases for Squadrons of Variable Fighters attached to the SDF-1 or UN Headquarters.

Note
The designs of the ARMD platforms differ between the TV Series and the Macross:Do You Remember Love Movie. The DYRL designs are the official ones, however these stats can be used for both design types, and individual ARMD platforms as they all differ in design cosmetically from every other one.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Space Carrier
Government: United Nations Government
Manufacturer: OTEC & UN Spacy
Crew:
1,000

Notable Ships of Class:

MDC BY LOCATION: 

(1) Main Body                                                     8,000
(2) Main Engines (2)                                              2,000 each
(3) Command Tower                                                   750
(3) Sensor Array (rear of Command Tower)                            200
    Guided Converging Beam Cannons (5)                              450 each
    Anti-Celestial Object/Anti-Ship Missile Launchers (2)           600 each
    Guided Anti-Ship Missile Launchers (6)                          250 each
    Anti-Mecha Laser Turrets (12)                                   100 each 
    Airlocks/Access Hatches (40)                                    200 each
    Armored outer hull (per 40ft area)                              300
    Interior walls (per 20ft area)                                   20

NOTES:

  1. Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the ARMD platform out of commission. All internal systems will shut down, including life support and internal gravity. The carrier will be an unsalvageable floating wreck.
  2. Depleting the MDC of the main engines will force the ship to rely on its secondary engines. Depleting the MDC of the main engines AND secondary engines will leave the ship adrift in space.
  3. Destroying the command tower will instantly kill the command staff and deprive the ship of all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The range and targeting capabilities of the secondary systems are equal to that of a VF-1 Valkyrie. The ship can still operate, but is at -3 on initiative, -3 to strike, and number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by half. Destroying the main sensory array on top of the command tower will have the same effect, but the command staff will not be killed.

SPEEDS:

Speed (Sublight): 0.20 speed of light (37,200 miles per second)
Speed (Auxiliary Drives): Mach 2.0
Speed (Space Fold): No Fold Drive fitted
Space bound:
The ARMD platforms are not designed for atmospheric use. Any attempt to take the ARMD into an atmosphere would cause it to crash.
Maximum Range: Unlimited (estimated life span unknown)

STATISTICAL DATA:

Length: 430 m
Width: 220 m
Weight: 174,000 tons

Sublight Drive:
Overtechnology Advanced Heat Pile System Clusters
Gravity Control System: Overtechnology Advanced Gravity Control System
Auxiliary Engine:
Overtechnology Nozzle Cluster
Sensor System: Overtechnology Advanced Tracking Cluster

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. ANTI-CELESTIAL OBJECT/ANTI-SHIP MISSILE LAUNCHERS (2): The primary weapon of the ARMD Space Carriers is a missile launcher designed to destroy celestial objects such as asteroids that may threaten earth, or enemy spaceships moving to invade the planet. Each missile launcher is roughly 40 metres in length for an effective rail gun effect when firing the weapon.

  2. GUIDED CONVERGING BEAM CANNONS (5): Several beam cannons adorn the surface of the Space Carriers. Identical in design to the Converging Beam Cannons that the SDF-1 features these are the main anti-ship weapons of the ARMD platforms. Due to the placement of the beam cannons, (four facing forward, and four facing aft on both the top and bottom of the carrier,) only four cannons maximum can be brought to bear on any target.

  3. ANTI-MECHA LASER TURRETS (12): arrayed with four on the port and starboard sides and four situated towards the front of the vessel yet able to traject to fire behind the anti-mecha lasers are designed to defend against any close in threats to the ARMD platform.

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

MECHA COMPLEMENT: (Prior to Space War One)

MECHA COMPLEMENT: (During and after Space War One)

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN