Pallas Super Carrier

The **Pallas Super Carrier** is a flying airship base belonging to the City of Vermouth Sanctuary City. The airship was constructed using two US aircraft carriers and a single US Navy Destroyer as the foundation, with the deck space being reserved for a multitude of activities including a mobile military base, industrial construction, or as a remote governance point. The carrier uses Sanctuary repulsive thruster technology to remain afloat for long periods of time, and six powerful propeller engines to preserve stabilization.

## History

### Creation and Uses

During the mid-to-late 21st century, the second chancellor of Vermouth declared a goal of constructing a moving city that could carry citizens and personnel across the vast and inhospitable wilderness for a variety of purposes. Several designs were drafted using Sanctuarian technologies to propel the craft, however the means of transport was not easily decided. Although Vermouth sits surrounded by water, much of Harscod is dry and has very small water passages between large bodies of water. As such, both land and sea vessels were ruled out in favour of an airship design.

Multiple iterations landed designers on a plan that used old refurbished aircraft carriers from centuries ago to act as a fair platform for which the technology would be built upon. The Wall Guard Engineering Division was tasked with the construction of the airship, which took two and a half years to complete. In its maiden voyage, the ship flew 200km south over the Bay of Vermouth and then docked back at the City of Pyro, a Sub-Sanctuary city of Vermouth.

Throughout the course of its service career, the Pallas Super Carrier has been tasked with transport to far-off outposts as well as a mobile construction factory and garrison for Sentinel STRiKER units. Plans were in place to retrofit the craft with a fully functioning remote governance room for the Chancellor and his Senate in the unlikely event of invasion, but they were never implemented.

### Destruction

In a coordinated strike by the Sand Walkers resistance group, the super carrier was destroyed over the Bay of Vermouth after a stabilization engine was sabotaged and the repulsion engine core was set to overload. The group was able to escape from the doomed carrier by helicopter before it crashed into the sea.

## Operations

On board the Pallas Carrier, there are several main functions persistent with all designs.

### Flight Propulsion and Navigation

The Pallas Super Carrier utilizes four massive *SC-88 Fostoria Repulsion Engines* which provide upwards of 943 million Newtons of force each, allowing lift for both carriers, the destroyer, and the deck load. Six high power propeller rotors are also used in tandem with the core lift system to provide stability and a small amount of extra lift. The carrier has a top speed of 79 km/h which allows it to reach the furthest point of Harscod in roughly four and a half days of continuous flight.

When docked nearby the main Sanctuary city, a ground station is used to control onboard activities for remote docking procedures. As such, all control over weapon defences, piloting, and onboard functions are transferred to the ground station when the carrier is in range of the Sanctuary.