Aurora-class battleship

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{{Title|''Aurora''-class battleship}}
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{{Quote|Believing their ships were unbeatable, they sent them deeper and deeper into Wraith-controlled territory, trying to weed us out.|[[Todd]]|Spoils of War}}
The '''''Aurora''-class battleship'''{{Ref|<ref name="Tech Journal">''[[MGM Tech Journal]] entry [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/File:Still1229454284.jpg Aurora-class Battleship].  Note: The location of the Bridge is incorrect.''</ref>}} was a series of [[Lantean]] battleships used during the Lanteans' [[Lantean-Wraith war|war]] with the [[Wraith]]. They are among the most advanced class of warships ever created.

This class of ship was first encountered by the [[Atlantis expedition]] in [[2005]] in the form of the ''[[Aurora]]'', with only four having been encountered since the fall of the Lanteans, excluding those built by the [[Asuran]]s.

==Overview==
{{Quote|A few more [ships] like this and we can give the Wraith a serious fight.|[[Ronon Dex]]|Inferno}}In terms of design, ships of the ''Aurora''-class are visually long and slender, being far longer than they are wide. They possess a light brown hull with accents of dark brown outlining sections at the front and rear of the ships. While the ''Aurora''-class overall appears rather sleek and symmetrical, the hull of the ships appears visually "chunky", being lined with arrays of weapons turrets, reinforcing plates, windows, and other systems.

In terms of size, ships of the ''Aurora''-class are quite large. For reference, Aurora-class ships are several times longer, taller, and wider than a [[Tau'ri]] [[BC-304]], and possess several times the internal space as well. They are far more comparable in size to a [[Wraith]] [[Hive ship]], though even still appear smaller. {{cite|SGA|Inferno|No Man's Land|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}

In addition to being used extensively by the [[Lanteans]], the ''Aurora''-class was used extensively by the [[Asuran]] replicators. Until their destruction in [[2008]], and following the departure of the Ancients from the Pegasus galaxy 10,000 years ago, the Asurans were the only race actively constructing new vessels of the class, using it as their main class of battleship. {{cite|SGA|First Strike|Be All My Sins Remember'd}} Though the Asuran variant appears mostly identical to those used by the Lanteans, it is unclear if they posses all the same attributes; while the Lanteans would have been able to continue making improvements to the class for hundreds of years following their attempted 'eradication' of the Asurans, the design used by the Asurans would have remained stagnant in that time. {{Cite|ATL|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}

==Technology==
===Weapons===
[[File:AuroraDrones.jpg|thumb|right|Drone weapons being fired.]] 
Ships of the ''Aurora''-class boast an impressive arsenal of [[drone weapon]]s capable of destroying a [[Wraith]] [[Hive ship]] in a single salvo. They are fired using a [[Control chair]] and the drones themselves are released from a reservoir located on the top middle of the ship. {{Cite|ATL|No Man's Land|Travelers}}

[[File:AuroraTurrets11.jpg|thumb|right|An ''Aurora''-class ship's pulse turrets firing.]]
For secondary weaponry, ''Aurora''-class ships feature at least 16 [[Lantean pulse weapon|pulse weapon turrets]] placed around the ship, allowing for complete coverage of the vessel. While these weapons are far less effective than drone weapons, they are still capable of heavily damaging a [[Wraith]] [[Hive ship]] and destroying a [[shield]]ed [[Traveler]] [[Traveler generational ship|generational ship]] after sustained fire. Though the turrets for the pulse weapons appear to be present on all ''Aurora''-class ships, they have predominantly seen use on those ''Aurora''-class ships utilized by the Asurans.<sup>[[Aurora-class battleship#Pulse_canons|[Note]]]</sup> {{Cite|ATL|Be All My Sins Remember'd|Progeny}}

===Energy and power systems===
{{Quote|Eventually we were able to capture three [''Aurora''-class ships], each one powered by a ZPM.|[[Todd]]|Spoils of War}}A large power distribution center is located near the rear of the ship, in the slender section immediately preceding the engines.{{Ref|<ref name="Tech Journal" />}} Though the primary energy source of the ''Aurora''-class is unknown, the [[Lantean|Lantean's]] were known to occasionally supplement the ship's main power supply with a [[Zero Point Module]]. Under such power, the ''[[Tria]]'' was able to travel at .999 the speed of light for over 10,000 years. {{cite|SGA|The Return, Part 1}} Even without a ZPM, an Aurora-class ship may remain fully powered and operational for thousands of years. {{Cite|ATL|Aurora|The Return, Part 1|Spoils of War}}

===Shielding===
[[File:OrionShields.jpg|thumb|right|The shields of the ''[[Orion]]''.]]
''Aurora''-class ships possess extremely powerful shields; They are capable of repelling sustained weapons fire from a [[Wraith]] [[Hive ship]] with minimal bleed-through. In terms of color, the shields appear a dark, translucent brown. Unlike the "bubble" shields used by the ships of most races, the Aurora-class' shields closely couture the hull of the ship. {{cite|SGA|No Man's Land}} Though powerful, they appear to be particularly susceptible to [[Asgard plasma beam weapon]]s {{cite|SGA|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}

The Hull of the Aurora-class is highly durable as well. The ''[[Aurora]]'' remained operational after having experienced battle damage so severe that the entire front end of the ship had been destroyed. {{cite|SGA|Aurora}} During a [[Battle of the Void|battle]], the bare hull of the ''Orion'' was similarly able to survive a massive barrage of weapons fire from a Hive ship for several minutes before succumbing to the assault. In contrast, during the same battle, the ''[[Daedalus|Daedalus']]'' hull was able to survive only six single shots before becoming critically damaged. {{cite|SGA|No Man's Land}}

===Hyperdrive and propulsion systems===
{{Quote|There are two different types of Ancient hyperdrive. There's the more basic interstellar kind, like the one the Aurora has, and then there's the more powerful intergalactic kind.|Dr. [[Meredith Rodney McKay|Rodney McKay]]|Aurora (episode)}}[[File:MyancientshipOrion 2.JPG|thumb|right|The ''Orion'' opens a hyperspace window.]]
The ''Aurora''-class possesses the fastest [[sublight engine]]s known to exist. Though they are typically operated at conventional sublight speeds, the ''[[Tria|Tria's]]'' engines were modified to be able to sustain .999 of the speed of light for 10,000 years. {{Cite|ATL|The Return, Part 1}} The sublight engine units are located at the rear of the ship. There, a grouping of four individual and roughly triangular-shaped engine units are located on either side of a central grouping composed of three smaller circular units. Furthermore, further up along the ship's length, there is a single circular engine unit present on both sides of the ship positioned on a section of the hull that protrudes away from the ship's midsection.

The original design of all ''Aurora''-class ships included an interstellar hyperdrive, limiting the vessel for operation only within the [[Pegasus]] [[galaxy]]. As the Ancients clearly possessed intergalactive hyperdrive technology at the time that the ''Aurora''-class was created (as such hyperdrives were present on [[city ship]]s which had originally been created millions of years prior) it is possible that this interstellar limit was intentional, perhaps to prevent the [[Wraith]] from reverse-engineering their own intergalactic drive or to maintain a quarantine against the [[Plague]]. Despite not possessing them natively, the interstellar hyperdrives of ''Aurora''-class ships may be modified to traverse intergalactic distances. {{Cite|SGA|Aurora}}

===Other systems===
[[File:AuroraPodsS2D2SF.jpg|thumb|right|A grouping of stasis pods in a hallway of the ''Aurora''.]] 
''Aurora''-class ships possess a [[subspace communication]]s array allowing them to send out distress signals or communicate at faster-than-light speeds with other vessels at interstellar distances. {{Cite|ATL|Travelers}} They can also project stable [[hologram]]s onto other ships capable of also projecting sound. {{Cite|ATL|The Return, Part 1}}

To protect the crew in the event of critical damage, ships of the ''Aurora''-class are equipped with several hundred [[Stasis pod]]s. While in stasis, the mind of each person can be connected through the ship's main computer as to allow for virtual interaction with the other crew members in stasis. While these pods significantly slow aging, they do not fully stop it; Over the course of 10,000 years, the adult crew of the ''[[Aurora]]'' was severely aged to the point that removing them from stasis would have immediately resulted in their deaths. {{Cite|ATL|Aurora}}

==Interior layout==
===Auxiliary Control Room===
[[File:Aurora-class battleship auxilary control room.JPG|thumb|right|The auxiliary control center.]] 
Much like [[Lantean]] [[City-ship]]s, ''Aurora''-class battleships contain a secondary control center where ship's systems can be controlled If the bridge was ever destroyed or made uninhabitable. From this position, a crewman is capable of tracking the activities of individuals throughout the ship, scanning life signs, and controlling access to corridors. Numerous control terminals are present in the room. {{Cite|ATL|Travelers|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}

===Bridge===
The bridge of the ''Aurora''-class can control most (if not all) basic systems required for the battleship to function. It is located in the middle of the top side of the ship. The front of the bridge consists of several large windows, allowing for a wide field of view, while the bridge's rear walls contain numerous panels and displays (similar to those of the Atlantis control room).

The bridge of the ''Aurora''-class contains a captain's chair located near the center of the bridge. While different from a traditional Ancient [[control chair]], from this chair, an individual possessing the [[Ancient Technology Activation gene]] can control most, if not all, of the ship's functions. Additionally, some ''Aurora''-class ships have consoles located on either side of the chair. {{Cite|ATL|No Man's Land|Travelers}}
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File:Aurora bridge.JPG|The bridge of the ''Aurora''.
File:Vlcsnap-2012-02-02-16h49m47s153.png|The bridge of the ''Orion''.
AuroraCommandChair.jpg|The bridge of the [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Traveler's ''Aurora''-class battleship]].
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===Holding cells===
Two configurations of brigs are known to exist on ''Aurora''-class vessels. The brig of the ''Aurora'' consisted of a large room surrounded by thin metal bars, between which a [[forcefield]] was projected. {{cite|SGA|Aurora}} The bridge of the [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Traveler's Aurora-class battleship]] consisted of a grid of thick metals bars for the walls, with an un-barred forcefield being used as a doorway to allow entrance into and out of the cell. {{Cite|ATL|Aurora|Travelers}}
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File:Auroraprison.jpg|A holding cell on the ''Aurora''.
BrigTravelerAuroraTravelers.jpg|A holding cell on the [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Traveler's ''Aurora''-class battleship]].
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===Weapons control platform===
[[File:AuroraControlChair.jpg|thumb|right|The chair room of an ''Aurora''-class battleship.]] 
Ships of the ''Aurora''-class are equipped with an Ancient [[control chair]], also known as a weapon's control platform, which allows the ship's complement of [[Drone weapon]]s to be fired. The control chair is located in its own room, separate from the ship's bridge or auxiliary control center, which is located at the rear of the vessel. This room additionally contains a visual display. It is unknown if other ship systems, or secondary weapon systems, can be accessed from this location. {{Cite|ATL|Travelers}}

===Other locations===
*Captain's quarters.
*Drone storage.
*At least 3 hangar bays. {{cite|SGA|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}

==History==
It is known that the [[Lantean]]s once controlled an entire fleet of ''Aurora''-class battleships, which were used in their [[Lantean-Wraith war|war]] against the [[Wraith]], with many ships equipped with [[Zero Point Module]]s. In the end, however, the Lanteans lost the war with most of their ships being destroyed. It is not known if the ''Aurora''-class' were the most powerful vessels in the [[Ancient fleet|Lantean fleet]] other than the [[City-ship]]; however it has been implied that the Lantean fleet was more diverse. {{Cite|ATL|Spoils of War}}

[[File:Aurora derlict_ship.JPG|thumb|right|''Aurora'' as a derelict.]]
10,000 years later, the [[Atlantis expedition]] became aware of these ships when they detected the ''[[Aurora]]'' via [[Atlantis]]' [[Long range sensors]]. After traveling to the location of the ship with the ''[[Daedalus]]'' they found the ''Aurora'' as a badly damaged vessel floating in space and the crew in stasis, infiltrated by a Wraith. To prevent the ship from falling in the hands of the Wraith, the [[Captain of Aurora]] gave [[Lt. Colonel]] [[John Sheppard]] his code so that he could activate the self-destruct which destroyed the vessel. Later all such ships were designated as ''Aurora''-class battleships in the crew's honor. {{Cite|ATL|Aurora}}

Sometime later, the Atlantis expedition made contact with the [[Taranian]]s, who not only discovered a [[Lantean]] [[Taranis outpost|outpost]] on their planet but also a hangar with a damaged but repairable ''Aurora''-class ship, named after the Lantean General [[Hippaforalkus]]. Since the planet was threatened by a supervolcano, the population was evacuated on the ship, (newly named ''[[Orion]]'') which then was repaired enough by [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]] to escape the catastrophe. Grateful, the [[Taranian]]s "loaned" the Atlantis expedition the ship, which was then repaired to help fight against the Wraith, which were again on their way to Atlantis. {{Cite|ATL|Inferno}}

After the Wraith gained access to intergalactic hyperspace technology, the ''Orion'' and ''[[Daedalus]]'' followed and engaged them in a battle at the edge of the [[Pegasus]] [[galaxy]]. Although the ''Orion'' had shields they could not fire [[Drone weapon]]s until they sacrificed their shields to fire them, taking out one [[Hive ship]] in the process. The other Hive ship however quickly responded and destroyed the shieldless ''Orion''. {{Cite|ATL|No Man's Land}}

[[File:Tria.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Tria]]'' moving past the ''[[Daedalus]]'' at .999 light speed.]]
About half a year later the ''Daedalus'', while conducting a test with the new [[Midway space station]], discovered another such ship, traveling at .999 the speed of light. It turned out to be the Lantean warship ''[[Tria]]'', which was damaged by the Wraith. The crew of the ship was then evacuated by the ''Daedalus'' and brought back to Atlantis. Since the [[hyperspace]] engines of the ''Tria'' were irreparable, the ship was presumably abandoned in the intergalactic void. {{Cite|ATL|The Return, Part 1}}

The last currently known [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|''Aurora''-class ship]] was found by a space traveling human race known as the [[Traveler]]s. They abducted Sheppard so that he would "help" them activate the ship. After preventing the Wraith from getting the ship, it was repaired by the Travelers. This currently unnamed ship participated in the [[Battle of Asuras]] to defeat the [[Asuran]]s once and for all. According to [[Katana Labrea]], this ''Aurora''-class ship was destroyed along with a [[Traveler generational ship]], and a [[Traveler colony|colony]] of 3,000 people when a [[Stargate]] exploded; an unfortunate side-effect of the [[Attero device]]. {{Cite|ATL|Travelers|Be All My Sins Remember'd|The Lost Tribe}}

[[File:TravelerAurora304Escort.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Travelers' Aurora-class battleship]] being escorted by two [[BC-304]]s.]]
The Asurans, who were able to duplicate much of Lantean technology, built their own fleet of nearly forty ''Aurora''-class ships, but using older [[Ancient technology]]. One was sent to destroy the [[Asuran copy of Atlantis]] and the [[Organic Asuran]] copy of the [[First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team]] and Doctor [[Elizabeth Weir]] hitched a ride on it to [[Asuras]]. Using a [[core drive]] gotten from [[Niam's faction]], the ''[[Daedalus]]'' and the ''[[Apollo]]'' were able to launch first strikes against these ships before they could destroy more human worlds. With the two [[BC-304]]s upgraded with [[Asgard plasma beam weapon]]s, these ships were destroyed easily and the rest retreated to Asuras. There they [[Battle of Asuras|came under attack]] by a fleet of Tau'ri, Wraith and [[Traveler]] ships during an effort to destroy the Asurans once and for all. The Asuran Aurora-class ships were no match for the fleet despite outnumbering it and were easily held off though they did destroy one Hive ship and one [[Traveler generational ship]] in the battle before the Asurans were pulled from their ships and into [[Replicator Godzilla|one huge blob of nanites]]. The ships that survived the battle were destroyed when Asuras exploded. One ship remained under the control of Niam's faction until they [[Digital ascension|asceneded to subspace]]. The fate of the last remaining Asuran-built ''Aurora''-class battleship remains unknown. {{Cite|ATL|This Mortal Coil|Be All My Sins Remember'd|Ghost in the Machine}}

==Known ships==
During the course of the [[Atlantis expedition]]'s tenure in the [[Pegasus]] [[galaxy]], several ''Aurora''-class battleships have been encountered or referenced, the vast majority of which have remained unnamed, such as the [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Traveler's Aurora-class battleship]]. Known ships include the ''[[Aurora]]'', ''[[Orion]]'' (originally named ''Hippaforalkus)'', and ''[[Tria]]''.

*When [[Niam]] showed [[Dr.]] [[Elizabeth Weir]] the [[Lantean]]s' attempt to destroy the [[Asuran]]s, several ''Aurora''-class ships were seen firing either [[Drone weapon]]s or what appeared to be energy weapons at the outpost. {{Cite|ATL|Progeny}}
*During the [[Asuran-Tau'ri-Wraith war|war]], as many as 38 ''Aurora''-class warships were built, launched and used by the [[Asuran]]s. Seven of these warships were destroyed by the [[Asgard plasma beam weapon]]s aboard the newly retrofitted ''[[Daedalus]]'' and ''[[Apollo]]'' during ambushes, an unknown amount were destroyed by the Wraith, and the rest of the Asuran fleet was destroyed when [[Dr.]] [[Rodney McKay]] and [[Colonel]] [[Samantha Carter]] developed a method of destroying the [[Asuras|Asuran homeworld]]. Every ''Aurora''-class warship orbiting the planet not destroyed during the battle itself was caught in the explosion. {{Cite|ATL|Be All My Sins Remember'd}}
*The remnants of [[Niam's faction]] managed to steal an ''Aurora''-class warship from the [[Asuran]]s, which they used to escape the Asuran fleet during [[Oberoth]]'s manhunt for them. It is unknown what happened to the ship. It was either likely left on the [[planet]] or the faction of Replicators set the ship to self-destruct. {{Cite|ATL|Ghost in the Machine}}

==Notes==
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===Ship size===
*The exact size of the ''Aurora''-class battleship is, as is the case with most vessels in the Stargate franchise, difficult to determine. The first ''Aurora''-class ship to appear in Stargate Atlantis was the ''[[Aurora]]''. As the ''Aurora'' was a derelict left floating in empty space, there was no object to use for reference in determining the ship's size visually. The ''[[Orion]]'', seen next, originally appeared to be about 350 meters long, based on visual observation. In later appearances of the ''Aurora''-class, the vessel's size stabilized, with screen measurements usually appearing around the accepted value of 3&nbsp;km in length. It would likely be logical to assume that the ''Orion'' was meant to be the same size as the other vessels, since they shared the same basic design.
**Of consideration is how a 3&nbsp;km ship would compare to the spaceships of other races. Considering the dimensions of the ''Aurora''-class provided in [[Stargate Atlantis: The DVD Collection 76]] and [[Stargate Atlantis: The DVD Collection 73|73]] to be canon, the ''Aurora''-class warship would be 3 times larger than an [[Ori warship]] (dimensions provided in [[Stargate SG-1: The DVD Collection 63]]), approximately 15 times larger than a [[304|''Daedalus''-class ship]] (provided in [[Stargate Atlantis: The DVD Collection 70]] and [[Stargate SG-1: The DVD Collection 62|62]]), and approximately 30 times larger than a [[Traveler]] vessel (which is approximately half the size of a ''Daedalus''-class ship). Each ''Aurora'' would also be larger than individual [[Hive ship]]s (considered 13x larger than the ''Daedalus'').
**{{DVD Collection Dimension Notice}}
===Pulse canons===
*All ''Aurora''-class ships appear to be armed with an array of [[Lantean pulse weapon|pulse canons]]. However, the [[Atlantis expedition]] has only made use of the [[drone weapon]]s on those '' Aurora''-class ships that have come into their possession; The ''[[Orion]]'' used only drones in [[No Man's Land]], and the [[Traveler Aurora-class battleship|Traveler's ''Aurora''-class ship]] used only drones in the episodes [[Travelers (episode)|Travelers]] and [[Be All My Sins Remember'd]]. The first instance of pulse weapons being used on an ''Aurora''-class ship occurs in the episode [[Progeny]], where they are arguably seen being fired from the Lantean ''Aurora''-class ships at the surface of Asuras. The next instance of these weapons being used is by the Asuran-controlled ''Aurora''-class ships in [[Be All My Sins Remember'd]] during the [[Battle of Asuras]] (though similar weapons also seem to be equipped on the [[Asuran cruiser]] in [[Lifeline]].) It is unknown why the Atlantis expedition has never made use of or mentioned ''Aurora''-class ships being armed with pulse weapons, or why the Asurans seem to make heavy use of them on their ships.
===Miscellaneous===
*The MGM Tech Journal describes the bridge as being in a structure at the very front of the ship. However, in [[Allies]], the bridge of the ''Orion'' is unmistakably shown as being in the domed structure atop the middle of the ship. As such, Stargate wiki describes the bridge as being at that location.
*The set for the bridge and the auxiliary control room is also used for the [[Auxiliary control center]] of [[Atlantis]].
*The Lantean name for this class of ship has never been revealed. However, [[Replicator Keller]] called them ''Aurora''-class as well though she may have been using this name as it was the one the [[Organic Asuran]] copies of the team knew.
*"Aurora" is the Latin for "dawn".

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File:Still1229454284.jpg|The schematics of an ''Aurora''-class battleship (note the incorrect bridge location).
File:Still1230056603.jpg|The bridge of a smaller variation of ''Aurora''-class battleship, perhaps of the same class as the [[Orion]].
</gallery>

==External links==
*{{GWomni|Ancient_warship|Ancient_warship}}

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