The fictional Vondetan carries 16 Longswords, two Albatross transports, eight Pelicans, 12 Warthogs, eight Scorpions, and 200 drop pods. A normal crew of roughly 1,600 can fall to a minimum of 130. The embarked ground force adds 540 Marines and 180 orbital-drop troops. Supplies support a year of ordinary operation plus four weeks of emergency endurance. The defensive weapons include 14 M66 Sentry autocannons. Changes to the fit replace 40 MB-10 Helix point-defence guns with 54 M910 Rampart weapons, and 20 M44 anti-aerospace mounts with 28 M85 mounts. The defensive changes are presumed to be an improvement, rather than demonstrated to be one. Together, the craft, troops, vehicles, and stores let one ship carry an expeditionary force with its own support.
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The Vondetan as a self-contained expeditionary warship
Aircraft, landing craft, vehicles, drop pods, troops, and a year of stores make the fictional battlecruiser an expeditionary platform as well as a gun-and-missile combatant.