Earth Alliance Utrecht Class Heavy Carrier Utrecht Class History The Utrecht class was developed as a more affordable and feasible replacement for the Avenger and Minsk classes of heavy carriers than the Poseidon class supercarrier. The Utrecht was a further development of the project that produced the Poseidon. It was equipped with four Poseidon fighter bays, as well as a modified Poseidon forward section that contained berths for two additional squadrons of fighters. This Alpha variant could be modified for specialty missions, such as having the fighter pods removed and replaced with pods equipped to support and maintain Minesweeper shuttles, EW Starfuries, Heavy bombers, or long-range recon fighters. The Beta variant was a dedicated assault ship. The fighter bays were replaced with pods that contained accommodations for GROPOS, their equipment, and assault shuttles. Only one of the forward hangars was still equipped for fighters, and these were usually Thunderbolts. The other hangar was converted to cargo space. Two docking collars for the large dropships the EA used were installed on the sides. Utrecht Class SCS