Berlins by Euderion on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Alliance Berlin class cruisers SSV Osaka, SSV Berlin and SSV Odesa on patrol.

In 2153 the Systems Alliance launched the Berlin class, a second generation cruiser named after the capital of Germany. While the first spaceships of Earth were relatively clunky and ungraceful, the Berlin class represents an enormous improvement in the fleet-wide upgrades after the discovery of the Prothean ruins on Mars in 2148. Learned from the advanced Prothean knowledge about Mass Effect fields and Element Zero, the Berlin was the first military capital Starship with a hullsize spinal Mass Accelerator Cannon and faster than lightspeed engines.

The Berlin is a 650 meter long warship and holds a crew of around 320 + 50 Marines. The two shuttlebays holds also up to 12 Fighter or Shuttles. Additional vehicles such as tanks and hovercrafts can be stored in the cargo holds. Together with the Einstein class class Carriers, the first Berlins were used to ship colonization materials trough the Mass Relays after etablish the early colonies.

The Berlin class completed her first combat experience in the First Contact War against the Turians in 2157.

Before he gets his command of the SSV Normandy, war hero Captain David Anderson commanded the Berlin class cruiser SSV Tokyo.

In 2185, after over 30 Years in active service, most of the Berlin class were decommissioned and replaced by the more modern York class cruiser. Although still relatively young in terms of military status, the Berlins were slowly being overtaken. The First Contact experience and subsequent close contact with other highly evolved species advanced humanity's technology by decades, so that the Berlins could not keep up for long and were replaced by the York. But some newer constructed Berlins were refited and act now as light Cruisers and second line in the Alliance fleet.

It is known, that the pro-human organization Cerberus is in the possession of Berlin class cruiser too. In 2186, at least three of them are part of the battle at Omega against a fleet of Adjutant creatures which escaped the secret facility beyond the Omega-4 relay.

SPECIFICATIONS: Commissioning: 2153
Class: Berlin
Type: Cruiser
Length: 650 meters
Height: 113 meters (with antennas)
Width: 179 meters
Crew: 320 + 50 Marines

Armament:
- Primary: Two 470 meter long spinal Mass Accelerator Guns, 2 belly mounted heavy missile launcher
- Secundary: 38 Mass Accelerator Broadside Guns (60 meters long, 19 each side)
- Tertiary: 10 Broadside Ship to Ship Missile Launchers, 18 Point Defense MAC Autocannons

Defense:

- GARDIAN Defense: GARDIAN Laser Node Network (60 lenses),

2 Anti-Fighter Missile Pod Launcher
- Ablative Armor (1,4 meter Titanium hull + 0,4 meter shock absorbing foam)
- Kinetic Barrier Shields

Complement:

- 50 Marines (10 Teams a 5 Soldiers)
- 5 ELINT (

ELectronic INTelligence) reconnaissance drones
- 8 Trident Mk1 Fighter
- 2 Bumblebee Bomber

- 2 Kodiak Shuttles

Model built and rendered in 3d Max 10

Post Work in Paint Shop Pro 7

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