Verdant Bay

SCV Verdant Bay
Pride of the Starcore fleet. Measuring 41,400 ft. long and weighing over 142,000 tons, the SCV Verdant Bay has held the record as the largest declassified ship in Starcore for the past 120 years. She is a colossal sized super-dreadnought committed to maintaining peace within the Pact Systems. While the exact numbers of active crew on board remain classified, she was built to accommodate civilian as well as Starcore personnel.

The Verdant Bay has earned her name from the large central cavity in the core of her design; known to crew as "Home Deck". A massive cylindrical deck in the hull with artificial gravity pushing outward, the inner lining of the deck constructed as a giant greenhouse.

Trees, gardens, streams, and micro ecosystems thrive inside Home Deck. Here the population of the ship, as well as visitors and diplomatic envoys, come to enjoy the natural splendor of the Verdant Bay.

While primarily a diplomatic ship, the Verdant Bay also houses a full suite of military hardware and defensive countermeasures. With six large fighter bays housing a classified number of starfighters, as well as four fully stocked starship hangers for diplomatic and disaster relief missions; the ship can defend itself or others against almost any force, until reinforcements can arrive. The Verdant Bay is the only ship in the fleet to have a quantum clone of Absalom Station’s starstone build into the ship. This allows Starcore to rapidly deploy to the ship containing most of its important diplomats in case of emergency.

The SCV Verdant Bay is never seen traveling the stars alone, and is always accompanied by several heavily upgraded Starcore military frigates, along with a private defense fleet from each system that has an ambassador onboard.

Few critics have argued that the ship's design does not lend itself well to its secondary roles of military power and combat, and often cite the ship's astronomical building and maintenance cost as a misappropriation of Pact System funding. However, proponents of the Verdant Bay hold that the ship is a symbol of economic and political harmony among the Pact Worlds, and stands as a testament to The Pact's continued mission of uniting the galaxy and her people.