BC-303 Prometheus

[b]BC-303 Prometheus[/b]

[b]Armor Material:[/b] Trinium/Carbon/Naqahdah alloy
[b]Length:[/b] ~425 meters
[b]Weight:[/b] ---
[b]Pilot(s):[/b] Various
[b]Crew:[/b] Essential: 10, Full Complement: 300
[b]Creator(s):[/b] Stargate Command


[b]Ability Data[/b]

[b]F-302 Hangar:[/b] The Prometheus carries a hangar with support for 8 F-302s for close combat.
[b]Hyperdrive:[/b] The Prometheus is equipped with a salvaged hyperdrive from a Goa'uld ship. However, the drive was not designed for a ship of the Prometheus' size, and so it can only jump a short distance between charges.
[b]Shields:[/b] The Prometheus is equipped with an energy shield to help protect it from attacks, however due to the fairly ad-hoc nature of the ship there's not enough power to properly run them.


[b]Weapon Data[/b]

[b]Close In Weapon Systems:[/b] All around the hull of the Prometheus are gatling cannons for use in shooting down incoming missiles or combat machines.
[b]Missile Batteries:[/b] Various batteries across the hull of the Prometheus, equipped with modified missiles whose warheads have been enhanced with naqahdah and a shield modulator, which in theory should allow the missile to bypass any shields and deal heavy damage to the target.
[b]Rail Gun Turrets:[/b] As the SGC have still not perfected energy weapons by the time the Prometheus was constructed, the primary weapons were 4 railgun turrets, capable of firing at any angle around the ship. While the bullets are effective against an enemy ship's hull, the projectile bullets are easily deflected by a Goa'uld ship's force shield.


[b]Technical and Historical Notes[/b]

A hybrid of human and alien technologies, the Prometheus is the product of two years and several billion dollars' worth of development by the United States Air Force. The ship originally features reverse-engineered Goa'uld technologies, including ring transporters and crystal-based control systems. It is also equipped with artificial gravity generators and an inertial dampening system.

While the Prometheus suffers from many problems due to the nature of it's construction, it was a learning experience for the SGC. They took the lessons and experience from creating the Prometheus with them to develop the true flagships of the SGC fleet, the BC-304 [i]Daedalus[/i]-class battlecruisers.