Endurance-class Command Submarine

Endurance-class Command Submarine

* Cruise missile submarine

* Test Depth to 700 meters

(2,296.58 feet)

* Limited only by food supplies

* 1 HVs-2 hypervelocity gun

* 4 assault concussion missiles (low orbiting starships)

* 4 submarine-launched ballistic missiles

* 8 submarine-launched cruise missiles

* 8 anti-ship ballistic missiles

* Maritime Ops Troopers

* Naval Reconnaissance Troopers

* 12 Defender-class Quick Mini Submarines.

The *Endurance*-class Command Submarine---based off the *Ohio*-class Submarine & *Typhoon*-class Submarine---is a double hulled ballistic missile & cruise missile submarine, specializing in stealthy extended strategic deterrent patrols. Several logistics hatches across the submarine allow for resupply & repair access, as well as allowing rapid transfer of supplies, equipment, & any repair & replacement machinery components. With these at-sea resupplies, the *Endurance*-class can remain at sea on patrol for up to 15 years, only limited by the food & supplies needed for the crew, until a necessary overhaul is needed. Each submarine is assigned two complete crews, which rotate every 90 days (being transferred to & from the submarine at sea), typically in highly classified, monitored, and protected crew transfers at night. Operationally, the *Endurance*-class has enough food & supplies to last for up to 9 months, while fuel is every 15 years, and submarine is able to operate in blue-water. The submarine is part of the New Class Initiative, equipped with the latest technologies in both covert intelligence & military intelligence gathering, stealth technology.

Its missile weaponry---4 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (pure-fusion warheads, greatly limiting & reducing nuclear fallout) with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle warheads, 8 submarine-launched cruise missiles, 8 anti-ship ballistic missiles, & 4 assault concussion missiles (for low orbiting starships)---allows the *Endurance*-class to operate in a stand-off approach and hit deep inland ground targets, high value ground installations, surface combatants & merchant vessels, and low-orbit starships. Its concealed & retractable HVs-2 hypervelocity gun (large retractable door behind the sail tower) can hit targets as far away as medium-orbit, while its 2 concealed & retractable deck guns (one aft of the sail tower before the hypervelocity gun, the other forward of the sail tower)---projectile armament 5"/25 caliber guns, equivalent to a laser cannon---provide anti-aircraft, shore bombardment, and use against surface vessel capacities. Anti-submarine warfare is handled by 63 torpedoes.

The *Endurance*-class' Command title is no coloring of language, as the submarine's advanced military communications, planetary-to-orbit sensors, and highly advanced sonar assist a in-depth command & control staff positioned in the sail tower of the vessel. The highly trained command/control staff and command & piloting crew of the submarine occupy the fully equipped sail tower and can provide command, control, and military intelligence resources to an entire planetary force during times of war. Lastly, the *Endurance*-class is equipped for special operations with both Maritime Ops Troopers & Naval Reconnaissance Troopers & can store upwards of 18 OMS Devilfish Subs from a forward concealed/retractable bow hanger (where the number "41" is), as well as 12 *Defender*-class Quick Mini Submarines.