Earth Alliance Omicron Class Strike Destroyer EAS Royal Sovereign pictured Omicron Class History The Omicron Class Strike Destroyer was designed and built during the Clark Regime. It's intended use was to jump out of Hyperspace and destroy a target from relatively short range with a withering array of EA's heaviest weaponry. She was armed with six forward HLC's, one Class LH-Rack from the Warlock Class, one Heavy Particle Cannon, and one flight of fighters. Defensive fire was provided by six Mk II interceptors and four SPBs. Her handicap that necessitated her getting close to the enemy to fire was her sensor array, which was considerably small, even for the Earth Alliance (game terms, sensors had to be "squeezed" in as almost an afterthought. Rated at only 5). If used in the inteded role, she would have been devistating. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the point of view), she was relegated to patrol and quick skirmishes instead of being utilized to attack Babylon 5 during the EA Civil War. However, during the Telepath War, these ships were used to engage Psi-Corp "Death Wagons" since their forward firepower almost guaranteed a kill. About fifteen were completed prior to construction being halted in 2265, when the shipyards were hit by the Psi-Corp. Production was never restarted, as these ships weren't the successful strike ship that the EA was hoping for. There was a refit done to four ships of the class. Beginning in 2263, the four ships were refit with Heavy Laser Pulse Arrays, an enlarged engine, and no fighters. The Beta Model saw limited success. It was at one time hoped by the shipyard that built the class, that the Beta model would rekindle interest in the design at Earthdome. The line was never reactivated for construction. A single Beta was later refit into the Gamma Command model. Another of the Betas was refit into the Delta Attack model. Both also failed to rekindle interest in the design. It is rumored (heavily) that some secret faction of EarthForce Intelligence, sometimes referred to as "Section 13," did find merit in the design, and have been secretly producing them at an undisclosed location somewhere either in or near the Earth Alliance. (Note: The Beta, Gamma, and Delta models, and Section 13 are based on suggestions by "Sniper") Omicron Class (Alpha Model) SCS Omicron Class (Beta Model) SCS Omicron Class (Gamma Model) SCS Omicron Class (Delta Model) SCS