Viking Planetary Assault Carrier

The Viking-class Planetary Assault Carrier is a gigantic starship, meant to attack planets in "amphibious assaults"--i.e., sending shuttles of troops, vehicles and mecha down onto the planet's surface. It is equipped with numerous missile-launch silos, which enable it to attack orbital defense stations.
== Appearance ==
Its port and starboard hangar doors are massive, spilling forth an army of military forces during an attack. Its diamondoid armor is tough, angular, and oddly iridescent.
== Crew ==
* 60 bridge operators
* 3,600 technicians
**lots of team/section leaders
**not including the department heads in the Bridge (below)
* 30 medics assorted crew for small craft
**chief medical officer
* complement of approximately 50,000 troops, including supply personnel and staff for planning operations
**with this many troops, there's likely an entire corps of ground troops--including lieutenants, marine captains, majors, colonels, and the marine general.
=== Bridge Crew ===
Among the bridge crew, there's the Main Eight: a captain, executive officer, pilot, engineering officer, navigator, sensor operator, comms officer, and tactical officer.
== Shuttle and Troops == 
=== Vehicles ===
* Drop Cans and Drop Pods
* Banshee-class Dropships
*Ariel-class Transformable Battle Mecha
=== Infantry and Mech ===
* Heavy Battlesuit Pilots
* Combat Hardsuit Regulars
* Tacsuit Infantry Auxiliaries
== References ==
* Spaceships 4: Fighters, Carriers, and Mecha, p.9-10
Category:Spaceships