Alcatraz-class heavy prisoner transport

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The Alcatraz-class heavy prisoner transport is an old model of large freighter starship designed to ferry large amounts of prisoners between planets.
==Layout==
The Alcatraz line is different compared to other UNSC Navy ship designs. Gray, bulky, and generally slow among other ships of its size, the main body of the vessel acts a large containment section able of holding up to a thousand prisoners at a time. First seeing use in 2647, the vessel is widely considered to be outdated but despite complaints regarding its design, it has no successor, and still holds up against more recent UNSC ship designs.
===Propulsion and landing mechanisms ===
Its outdated engine design means it is unable to keep up with or outrun smaller and faster vessels. Due to safety concerns regarding the large amounts of potentially rebellious prisoners aboard, the vessel was not equipped with weapons in the event the vessel is seized by hostiles, and they attempt to use the ship against the UNSC. For individual transport on and off the ship, a single docking bay is built into the bottom of the ship and is capable of holding one small craft, such as a Pelican dropship. 
Several massive thrusters and four large retractable landing legs are built into the vessel's underside, allowing descent and liftoff from the surface. A massive ramp is capable of extending from the vessel and enabling passengers to enter or disembark the vessel en masse. The ramp is capable of supporting heavy vehicles and allowing them to be transported on and off the ship. The vessel is propelled by three large fusion drives and equipped with a now-dated model of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.
===Crew and interior===
The vessel is typically equipped with a crew of fifty, including the security guards present aboard. The prisoners are seperated into four different massive prison blocks inside the ship, each holding about 250 prisoners. The idea of the ship holding several large cryo bays to hold prisoners instead was proposed, but ultimately rejected due to budgetary constraints. The ship was also equipped with massive cargo bays capable of holding six years of food supplies for the entire crew. Despite the ship's size, the bridge is rather small, only having room for the captain and around six crew members. Still, it serves its purpose just fine. Even in the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, the vessel model still sees extensive service throughout the UNSC, ferrying prisoners across UEG-controlled space.
== Operational history ==
During the late Colonial Era, the Unified Earth Government tasked Halifax Spacewerx with constructing a large prisoner transport freighter for moving large amounts of incarcerated individuals across UEG space. By 2467, Halifax introduced the Alcatraz line to the UNSC fleet, and numerous ships of the line would be produced.
The UNSC Alcatraz was produced as the lead ship of the line, being followed after by its sisters. 
During the Insurrection, the transport became especially popular among UNSC forces for transporting large amounts of captured insurrectionists. The Human-Covenant War would see the majority of the class destroyed over its course, but a large amount still remained active following the war’s conclusion, and ships such as the UNSC Tartarus would see use transporting prisoners of war in the period of unsteady peace that followed.
In 2553, one ship of the line, the UNSC Primavera, mysteriously disappeared in transit, vanished without a trace.
== Ships of the line ==
Name 	Hull Classification Symbol	Commissioned	Destroyed	Notes
UNSC Alcatraz 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Lead ship of the class.
UNSC Tartarus 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Primarily transported prisoners of war.
UNSC Primavera	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Mysteriously disappeared in 2553.
==Gallery==
File:AlcatrazPrisonBlock.webp|One of four prisoner blocks aboard an Alcatraz
File:UNSCTartarus.webp|The UNSC Tartarus, of the Alcatraz-class
File:Alcatraz2.webp|An Alcatraz-class approaching a planet
File:Alcatrazbridge.webp|The bridge of an Alcatraz-class