O'Neill Class
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The O'Neill class is a type of ship used by thed Asgard. It was developed quite recently.
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[edit] Class Specifications
Basic Information
- Affiliation: Asgard
- Role: Battleship
- Crew: 1+
Dimensions
- Length: 1,692m
- Width: 784m
Hull
Armament
- 5 Asgard Pulse Cannons
Defenses
- Asgard Shields
Power Plant
- Neutrino Ion Generators
Propulsion
- Asgard Hyperdrive
Other Systems
- Central Computer Core
- 5 Primary Transporter Arrays
- Asgard Sensors
Unit Run
- ~12 vessels
[edit] Technical Details
As Thor explained to Maj. Carter, the O'Neill-class was the first purpose-built warship designed to combat the growing threat of the replicators. Therefore, it would be highly likely that the O'Neill-class defenses are designed for maximum effectiveness against Replicator blocks and weaponry, and the weapons are designed to specifically overwhelm Replicator armor and shields. Since the destruction of all known Replicators, it can be presumed that these vessels have been retasked to perform as more general warships or outfitted for more exploratory means.
The O'Neill-class shares the same Asgard aesthetics towards ship design as other contemporary Asgard starships. Smooth, curving lines, parallel sets of projections and Norse imagery are all part of the O'Neill design. The ship's hull is built of a white/steel gray material, described by Thor as an alloy of carbon, naquadah, and trinium. It is also described as the strongest material the Asgard are capable of building. The alloy's composition is not known for certain, but it could be conjectured to be more trinium than naquadah, as the metal is white/steel gray, not black. The ship is shaped somewhat like the Beliskner-class, only with a curved, forward bulging "head", unlike the hammer design of the Beliskner-class. As well, the rear of the ship houses two engines with visible glowing thrusters, which separates it from the Jackson- and Beliskner-classes. However, they are almost identically sized to the Beliskner-class, perhaps a few meters smaller if at all.
For the effectiveness of the O'Neill-class in combat, the ability of the Asgard to turn the war around is proof enough. At the inception of the O'Neill-class, the Asgard were nearly beaten back to Hala, engaging the Replicators in an attempt to stall for time. The Asgard survived four more years of engagements with the Replicators after this battle. Thor mentioned that nearly every aspect of Asgard shipbuilding and technology had been advanced for this ship. However, it seems that, eventually, the Replicators captured an O'Neill-class, and the playing field leveled once again.
Even designed as being an anti-Replicator warship, the O'Neill-class could still match Goa'uld vessels in combat. Even with the Ancient technology upgraded ha'taks of Anubis, normally capable of matching, if not exceeding the normal Beliskner-class, whereas upon the arrival of O'Neill-class vessels, Anubis immediately escaped into hyperspace without even attempting to fire. It should also be said, that when Anubis's vessels faced the Beliskner-class, they had a numerical superiority (one Beliskner to two ha'taks), however, when the O'Neills showed up, the superiority was reversed (three O'Neills to one ha'tak). (SG-1"Revelations")
Defensively, the O'Neill-class is armored in the strongest alloy the Asgard are capable of making, not to mention the shielding systems of a ship designed to defend against the most powerful Replicator warships. The vessel's shields are white tinted, in a bubble configuration around the hull.
The O'Neill-class ships could later take hits from the Ori Warships, quite possibly the most powerful warships in all known galaxies. Previous to the Ori invasion, the Asgard shields had never been known to have failed, but after surviving multiple strikes by four Ori Warships, it appeared that the only O'Neill-class ship present in the firstwave invasion was eventually destroyed. (SG-1 "Camelot Part 2", "Flesh and Blood Part 3")
The O'Neill-class vessels appear to be very maneuverable, capable of aking high speed turns and dog fighting style tactics. This capability allowed the ship to last further in the battle against the superior Ori warships than Goa'uld ha'tak or Earth's Daedalus-class ships. Earth's Odyssey was the sole surviving ship from the battle only because the Ori did not wish to destroy all of the allied fleet so that the message of their superior power could be spread. (SG-1 "Camelot Part 2", "Flesh and Blood Part 3")
[edit] History
The prototype of the O'Neill-class, the O'Neill, was shown to Carter on Hala. While not finished yet, the craft still had the capacity to fly in hyperspace and under remote operation. The craft was used to lure the three approaching Replicator warships into hyperspace to take them out with the O'Neill's self-destruct. (SG-1: "Small Victories Part 2")
Three O'Neill-class vessels defended an Asgard research facility, intending to stop Anubis's Ancient technology upgraded ha'taks from destroying the facility, and with it, the fate of the Asgard race. (SG-1: "Revelations")
Thor commanded an O'Neill-class vessel which saved the Prometheus on her maiden flight. Thor's vessel later towed the Prometheus back to Earth, and then to the Ida galaxy, only taking one hour to transit between the galaxies, carrying the massive Tau'ri spacecraft. (SG-1: "Unnatural Selection")
Six O'Neill-class vessels were pressed into service to defend Orilla as a massive Replicator ship, entirely composed of Replicator blocks, was headed to attack the planet. As the Replicator vessel's speed and such were known, it was predicted the exact moment it would come out of hyperspace, where the Asgard attacked it before the defenses of the Replicator ship could be raised. This tactic was successful, but the destruction of the Replicator ship rained blocks down upon Orilla, beginning the invasion in any case. (SG-1: "New Order Part 1")
An O'Neill-class vessel, commanded by Kvasir, was present at the incursion of the Ori at P3Y-229. Kvasir transported himself to the Odyssey, explained what the Sangreal was capable of, and created crystals in an attempt to dial out the Supergate before the Ori could dial in. This attempt was unsuccessful, and four Ori ships came through. Kvasir's O'Neill-class vessel was later seen strafing the Ori warships, sustaining fire but its shields holding. The weapons of the O'Neill-class were unsuccessful in penetrating Ori shields and eventually, even the Asgard's finest ship was destroyed. (SG1: Camelot, Flesh asnd Blood)
