Earth Alliance Pluto Class Heavy Battleship EAS Excelsior pictured Pluto Class History As a development of the Poseidon Class Supercarrier, Earth Alliance managed to build a large ship with reasonable maneuverability (for the EA, at least). The first of six Heavy Battleships was completed in 2257. The EAS Pluto was about as long as a Poseidon, but combine the ability to carry fighters with heavier weaponry than a Warlock, and you have the Pluto. The inclusion of a secondary reactor dedicated to powering the heavy weapons lightened the load that would have been present on the single main reactor. Unfortunately, the ship still moved like a Poseidon and was all but useless in fleet engagements. Her armament consisted of 2 HpartC, 8 LPA, 4 HPC, 4 HLC, 4 railguns, 12 SPB, 8 Mk II ints, and two heavy ints. Her fighter wing consisted of 72 fighters, housed in the forward section (24 ships) and on each side in Poseidon Hangar modules. This class was even less numerous than the Poseidon class. Of the six built, 2 were destroyed during the EA civil war, one by "unknown" (read: Shadow) forces, and two during the Drahk attack on Earth. The EAS Dauntless managed to survive to the time of Babylon 5's decommissioning. (The initial inspiration for this ship came from discussions on the shipyards forum at the B5Wars site. The origional idea came from Meade and his battleship proposal. The original idea had many more spb's, more turrets, only two Poseidon pods, and another Omega spar between the hangars and the rotating section. I tried to build the original idea, but without a drawing, and the fact that it looked kinda weird to me, I redid it. I am pretty pleased with the final result. Now, as to the newly available SCS, it's huge. It'll also give anyone who looks at it a heart attack. It's a monster, though it's supposed to be.) Pluto Class (Alpha Model) SCS