Generosity-class Nuclear-powered Hospital Ship
A naval carrier on which the Generosity-class was based undergoing sea trials
A naval carrier on which the Generosity-class was based undergoing sea trials
Displacement: 100,000 tons
Beam 78 m (deck), 48 m waterline
Height: 76 m
Power: 2 AA-12N Nuclear reactors
Top speed: 33 knots
Aircraft: 10 helicopters (CH-53 or similar-sized helicopters) on board, deck capacity for up to 20.
Armament: x2 RIM-162 ESSM launchers, x2 RIM-116 RAM launchers, ? x 12.7mm machine guns as needed
Capacity: 3000 patients, 300 crew, 2000 medical staff
Unit cost: $10 billion
DPR cost: $10 trillion (but see below)
General details: The experience of the Free Kingdom Navy, and allied organizations such as the Greater Prussian Empire with operating Mercy-class ships in a range of military and humanitarian operations has demonstrated significant drawbacks in the use of conventional hospital ship designs in the grand multiverse, particularly in extra-regional conflicts and disaster response.
Three principal significant problems arose. First, the previous generation of hospital ships was relatively slow, capable of a speed of just over 17 knots. For reaction to humanitarian events, where every hour counted, this was of course a significant issue. (Moving at 17 knots, a hospital ship would cross the Atlantic Ocean after almost four days, assuming no weather disruptions.) Second, it transpired that, due to the different nature of injuries and problems dealt with, the treatment of mass-casualty military events and terrorist attacks would require different hospital layouts to responses to, for example, epidemics. Third, and perhaps most importantly, studies have shown that the optimal use of hospital ships would require the ability to move patients on and off the ship relatively efficiently. The hospital ship's medical teams would stabilize the patient, and then send them on to hospitals or clinics either in the Free Kingdom, or in their home nation, to receive follow-on treatment.
In view of this, requirements for the next hospital ship required it be capable of matching speeds with the ships of the Free Kingdom Navy, while being capable of rapidly embarking and disembarking patients, and while maintaining the capability of altering its own internal layout (within reason) to respond to changing events.
The solution to the first two requirements was first proposed by engineers within the Department of Research, Evolution, And Development (DREAD): the Free Kingdom would utilize a hull developed for supercarriers. This hull would be capable of a relatively high top speed, while being capable of launching and recovering aircraft that would airlift patients. This met two of the significant requirements.
To meet the third requirement, DREAD engineers proposed utilizing a system of modular, easily-removable partitions, similar to that used in office buildings. This would allow altering the layout of the ship for specific missions.
Three principal significant problems arose. First, the previous generation of hospital ships was relatively slow, capable of a speed of just over 17 knots. For reaction to humanitarian events, where every hour counted, this was of course a significant issue. (Moving at 17 knots, a hospital ship would cross the Atlantic Ocean after almost four days, assuming no weather disruptions.) Second, it transpired that, due to the different nature of injuries and problems dealt with, the treatment of mass-casualty military events and terrorist attacks would require different hospital layouts to responses to, for example, epidemics. Third, and perhaps most importantly, studies have shown that the optimal use of hospital ships would require the ability to move patients on and off the ship relatively efficiently. The hospital ship's medical teams would stabilize the patient, and then send them on to hospitals or clinics either in the Free Kingdom, or in their home nation, to receive follow-on treatment.
In view of this, requirements for the next hospital ship required it be capable of matching speeds with the ships of the Free Kingdom Navy, while being capable of rapidly embarking and disembarking patients, and while maintaining the capability of altering its own internal layout (within reason) to respond to changing events.
The solution to the first two requirements was first proposed by engineers within the Department of Research, Evolution, And Development (DREAD): the Free Kingdom would utilize a hull developed for supercarriers. This hull would be capable of a relatively high top speed, while being capable of launching and recovering aircraft that would airlift patients. This met two of the significant requirements.
To meet the third requirement, DREAD engineers proposed utilizing a system of modular, easily-removable partitions, similar to that used in office buildings. This would allow altering the layout of the ship for specific missions.
Layout for Humanitarian Action / Disaster Relief Missions
Layout for mass-casualty military operations/terrorist attacks
In addition, housed aboard the ship are up to 22 portable containerized hospital rooms, allowing the deployment of an additional 100-bed field hospital port-side, for support and selection of patients prior to their arrival on-ship, as well as for surgery on those patients that cannot be shifted ship-side in their current condition.
Armament: Because, to be quite honest, many nations in the multiverse cannot be trusted not to attack a hospital ship, the vessel is produced armed with weaponry designed to repel missile attacks. However, should the client desire to pursue a different policy, we can produce an unarmed version of the craft, painted white and marked very visibly with the red diamond (or another prominent medical symbol of your choice). That said, Allanean Arms waives all liability in any event where the failure to provide proper armament causes a purchaser to run afoul of World Assembly regulations, or results in damage or bodily harm due to pirate attacks.
Safety and counter-epidemic protections: All ships of the class are equipped with crew and patient decontamination stations, and hospital-grade HVAC systems. In addition, the standard NBC provisions as used on warships of the Free Kingdom Navy are fitted on all ships of the Generosity-class, enabling their use in the event of full-scale NBC/CBRN warfare, as well as response to chemical spills, nuclear meltdowns, and epidemics of all kinds.
Purchase: All purchases of the Generosity-class hospital ships are to be made through the Allanean Defense Exports site.
Funding: The costs of the Generosity-class are understandably high, and the DPR is of course standardized at the cost of 1000 units of the ship. However, because it is a medical ship, Allanean Arms and Allanean Defense Exports are willing to negotiate special arrangements for the funding, such as splitting it into annual payments starting at 1% APR, or payment in shares of domestic companies, concessions, or privatized state corporations.
Armament: Because, to be quite honest, many nations in the multiverse cannot be trusted not to attack a hospital ship, the vessel is produced armed with weaponry designed to repel missile attacks. However, should the client desire to pursue a different policy, we can produce an unarmed version of the craft, painted white and marked very visibly with the red diamond (or another prominent medical symbol of your choice). That said, Allanean Arms waives all liability in any event where the failure to provide proper armament causes a purchaser to run afoul of World Assembly regulations, or results in damage or bodily harm due to pirate attacks.
Safety and counter-epidemic protections: All ships of the class are equipped with crew and patient decontamination stations, and hospital-grade HVAC systems. In addition, the standard NBC provisions as used on warships of the Free Kingdom Navy are fitted on all ships of the Generosity-class, enabling their use in the event of full-scale NBC/CBRN warfare, as well as response to chemical spills, nuclear meltdowns, and epidemics of all kinds.
Purchase: All purchases of the Generosity-class hospital ships are to be made through the Allanean Defense Exports site.
Funding: The costs of the Generosity-class are understandably high, and the DPR is of course standardized at the cost of 1000 units of the ship. However, because it is a medical ship, Allanean Arms and Allanean Defense Exports are willing to negotiate special arrangements for the funding, such as splitting it into annual payments starting at 1% APR, or payment in shares of domestic companies, concessions, or privatized state corporations.
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