Guide:Liberty - Revision history

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Dan at 06:13, 13 October 2026

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	The rest of the defense cruiser was mundane engineering. Six biconical fuel/propellant tanks surrounded the reactor. Forward of a radiation shield, crew facilities featured standard zero-gee accommodation with provisions for ±2.5 g acceleration in standard flight mode. In combat mode, the crew would board liquid-filled acceleration stations, to allow the cruiser to perform 80 g maneuvers that would bring to bear the four steerable bow plasma cannon, the twin rocket launchers, or the long range fusion missile racks. Alternately, the enemy could be burned to cinder with the drive plume hundreds of thousands of kilometers long.		The rest of the defense cruiser was mundane engineering. Six biconical fuel/propellant tanks surrounded the reactor. Forward of a radiation shield, crew facilities featured standard zero-gee accommodation with provisions for ±2.5 g acceleration in standard flight mode. In combat mode, the crew would board liquid-filled acceleration stations, to allow the cruiser to perform 80 g maneuvers that would bring to bear the four steerable bow plasma cannon, the twin rocket launchers, or the long range fusion missile racks. Alternately, the enemy could be burned to cinder with the drive plume hundreds of thousands of kilometers long.

	[[Image:~~No Photo Available~~.~~jpg~~\|left\|300px\|thumb\|Two sunrises on [[Ganymede]]. The drive plume of ''USS Liberty'' easily bests [[Sol]] in brightness, and nearly equals the radiation flux of [[Jupiter]] in deadliness, as the spacecraft establishes orbit around the moon and above the former mining colony. The ''Liberty'' vessels were not equipped for landing or carrying of orbit-to-surface auxiliaries, yet were elemental in re-establishing [[Human]] presence in the Jovian system and indirectly in bringing back online the mines and refineries. Bases around [[Saturn]] would have to wait a bit longer, being reactivated mainly with [[Vulcan]] help once Terran economies had stabilized in the early [[22nd century]].]]		[[Image:Liberty arrives Ganymede.png\|left\|300px\|thumb\|Two sunrises on [[Ganymede]]. The drive plume of ''USS Liberty'' easily bests [[Sol]] in brightness, and nearly equals the radiation flux of [[Jupiter]] in deadliness, as the spacecraft establishes orbit around the moon and above the former mining colony. The ''Liberty'' vessels were not equipped for landing or carrying of orbit-to-surface auxiliaries, yet were elemental in re-establishing [[Human]] presence in the Jovian system and indirectly in bringing back online the mines and refineries. Bases around [[Saturn]] would have to wait a bit longer, being reactivated mainly with [[Vulcan]] help once Terran economies had stabilized in the early [[22nd century]].]]

	The first ''Liberty'' ship gradually attained nominal drive capacity by [[2062]], but the USAF could not afford to perform an immediate test run due to the [[2060]] closing of the surviving [[White Sands]] spaceport and loss of heavy spacebus launch capacity. Construction crews did not finish orbital installation of armament until early [[2064]]. By that time, though, six new ''Liberty'' hulls had been launched to orbit for installation of systems, in a desperate bid to show teeth in front of the Vulcan expeditions. And by [[2070]], there were no fewer than 51 of these "baby teeth" in operation—but not in USAF hands. Vulcans had stepped in during the [[2065]] diplomatic expedition, and the Sparon-DeSoto Treaty that was forced upon the national militaries now dictated international crewing of all armed spacecraft within 5,000 AUs of [[Sol]].		The first ''Liberty'' ship gradually attained nominal drive capacity by [[2062]], but the USAF could not afford to perform an immediate test run due to the [[2060]] closing of the surviving [[White Sands]] spaceport and loss of heavy spacebus launch capacity. Construction crews did not finish orbital installation of armament until early [[2064]]. By that time, though, six new ''Liberty'' hulls had been launched to orbit for installation of systems, in a desperate bid to show teeth in front of the Vulcan expeditions. And by [[2070]], there were no fewer than 51 of these "baby teeth" in operation—but not in USAF hands. Vulcans had stepped in during the [[2065]] diplomatic expedition, and the Sparon-DeSoto Treaty that was forced upon the national militaries now dictated international crewing of all armed spacecraft within 5,000 AUs of [[Sol]].

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	* In this article, Timo had the [[UEDP]] disbanded in [[2087]]; while SFC has it retain its existence as a unified [[Earth]] government until superseded by the formation of the [[United Earth]] government in [[2130]].		* In this article, Timo had the [[UEDP]] disbanded in [[2087]]; while SFC has it retain its existence as a unified [[Earth]] government until superseded by the formation of the [[United Earth]] government in [[2130]].

	{{~~Template:~~Liberty class spaceships}}		{{Liberty class spaceships\|start=#DDE8F5\|end=#5277A3}}

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	* In this article, Timo had the [[UEDP]] disbanded in [[2087]]; while SFC has it retain its existence as a unified [[Earth]] government until superseded by the formation of the [[United Earth]] government in [[2130]].		* In this article, Timo had the [[UEDP]] disbanded in [[2087]]; while SFC has it retain its existence as a unified [[Earth]] government until superseded by the formation of the [[United Earth]] government in [[2130]].

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Dan at 18:09, 23 September 2026

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	''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''		''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''

Dan at 08:28, 6 September 2026

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	{{Sidebar Guide ship		{{Sidebar Guide ship
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	''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''		''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''

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	\| CDH-044 \|\| ''UES ~~Boudica~~''		\| CDH-044 \|\| ''UES Hubble''
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	\| CDH-045 \|\| ''UES Suleiman''		\| CDH-045 \|\| ''UES Suleiman''

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Background: The Hobbyist's Guide

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	Despite the best efforts of doomsayers, no invasion force followed in the footsteps of the Tellarites. Nor did the Vulcans intervene in any manner military or diplomatic—an amazing degree of restraint that convinced most [[UE Defense Pact]] members that Earth still retained sovereign control of its star system and foreign relations. Disarmament of national militias, effectively stalled as a counter-reaction to the Sparon-DeSoto Treaty, now proceeded with vehemence and sincerity unimaginable back in the [[2060s]] or early [[2070s]]. In the end, the de-escalation also spelled the end of ''Liberty'' operations, and the large family of planned successor designs failed to materialize. A warp-powered successor did emerge, in the form of ''[[Guide: Verne\|USS Jules Verne]]'' and her seventeen sisters, but this path proved a dead end as well.		Despite the best efforts of doomsayers, no invasion force followed in the footsteps of the Tellarites. Nor did the Vulcans intervene in any manner military or diplomatic—an amazing degree of restraint that convinced most [[UE Defense Pact]] members that Earth still retained sovereign control of its star system and foreign relations. Disarmament of national militias, effectively stalled as a counter-reaction to the Sparon-DeSoto Treaty, now proceeded with vehemence and sincerity unimaginable back in the [[2060s]] or early [[2070s]]. In the end, the de-escalation also spelled the end of ''Liberty'' operations, and the large family of planned successor designs failed to materialize. A warp-powered successor did emerge, in the form of ''[[Guide: Verne\|USS Jules Verne]]'' and her seventeen sisters, but this path proved a dead end as well.

	By [[2087]], the remaining ''Liberty'' vessels~~, now~~ refitted with proper inertial damping~~, mainly saw training use in~~ the ~~colors~~ of the [[UESN Academy]]~~, instated~~ in [[2091]]. Built to ~~enact~~ a ~~bygone~~ doctrine~~, though~~, the ships ~~proved of scant significance~~ and were retired by [[2093]].		By [[2087]], the remaining ''Liberty'' class vessels had been refitted with proper inertial damping. Following the establishment of the [[UESN Academy]] in [[2091]], they were employed primarily as training vessels. Built to embody a now-obsolete doctrine, the ships had little remaining operational value and were retired by [[2093]].

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	''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''		''For the ''Liberty'' subclass medium transports, see [[Guide: Independence\|Guide: Independence]].''