Earth Alliance Astro Class Attack Cruiser EAS Enterprise pictured Astro Class History T he Astro Class was Earth Alliance's first attempt at mounting a heavy particle beam on a starship. Three were built and performed admirably as test platforms, but could amount to little else than that. Due to the small reactors available to Argos station, these ships suffered from rather large power deficit (-24 power in game terms). They were armed with two Heavy Particle Cannons, which were the primary power drain of the ship, both mouned forward. These were seemingly added onto what was a promising new Heavy Cruiser type ship. The resulting ship was good for planetary bombardment and smashing stations. Looking like a mini Nova, the Astro was armed with two forward firing HPCs, two forward HLCs, 8 SPBs, and four forward firing LPAs. Aft weapons included two MLCs and two MPCs. Defensive armarment was 6 MK I interceptors. She could also carry a full squadron of starfuries. All three spent the Earth Civil war and Telepath war at Argos Station. When the Drahk attacked, all three were sent out to destroy the Drahk. One was destroyed defending Earth from the Shadow Planet Killer (Enterprise), while the other two are continuing their pursuit of the Drahk. Astro Class (Alpha Model) SCS