Earth Alliance Mars Class Battlecruiser EAS Falkirk pictured Mars Class History Built at the same facilities as the Alpha Class Battleship, the Mars was built as a possible alternative to the Command Omega beginning to enter EF service. Her history was nowhere as exciting as the Alpha's, but is still notable. Initially desgined on the hulk of the Omega class EAS Falkirk, one of the Omegas gutted in the battle of Argos Station, she was initially projected to be a slightly more powerful Omega. As the design project continued, the ship took on a new envisioned role for fleet combat. One of a battlecruiser. Having the firepower of a battleship, with the speed and armor of a heavy cruiser, renamed EAS Mars left dock to take on that role. The Mars was the same length as an Omega, and could have been confused for an Omega if not for the three "wings" on the rotating section and the ten HLPAs (six forward, four aft). In addition to the HLPAs, she had the same interceptors as an Omega, four SPBs and one squadron of starfuries (Thunderbolts cannot be carried due to the incresed size of the HLPA equipment. Mars Class Alpha model SCS