Triton-class Space Carrier

Triton-class Space Carriers were the first purpose built carriers by the United Earth Federation. Unlike later designs, the Triton-class was a heavily modified and improvised design of standard surface ocean-going carriers.

They were part of the UEF Military Council's BW-Alpha plan which was the rapid build up of naval assets for war in preperation for a future war with the Icarusian Empire. The carriers were designed and built in almost complete secrecy near Earth's Moon in the Luna Orbital Shipyards.

A further improved design was later conceived and was known as the Triton II-class.

Background
The Triton-class Space Carriers was a proposal of Admiral Trian who saw it as a way to fix the issue of lack of fighter superiority and inability of the modified cruisers to deliever large quantities of strike bombers and other spacecraft to either support a surface invasion or to strike against opposing ships.

BW-Alpha (Buildup-War Alpha Plan)
BW-Alpha was a codename for the UEF's rapid military build up. The Federation originally did not thought that it would one day have to fight an opponent in space on the scale that was the 1st Interstellar War and primarily focused on dealing with insurgents and pirates. Because of this, the federation lacked any ship designed for war. This view was questioned by some when the Icarusian Empire was first discovered back in 2194. Although not view as a threat at the time, they were viewed as a potential threat due to the vast and large territories they themselves held which was equal to the UEF. Due to this, the federation sought to avoid conflict and promptly established diplomatic relations to negotiate out of any conflict. While the politicians negotiated however, federation intelligence kept a close and watchful eye.

Fast forward 12 years later however, that would change. As time went on, so did the Icarusian Empire's thirst for power and constant expansion which further increased the UEF's concern and fear. Estimates by federation intelligence as well as the military council concluded that conflict was inevitable. To add on to this, further intelligence suggested the Icarusians were steadily building up their military and held a significant advantage over the federation in terms of ships and therefore military power. The Icarusians unlike the federation had designed and built ships from the get go meant for war for well over a decade, while the federation primarily only did conversions of cruise ships into modified, improvised warships.

Subsequently, the military council proposed B24-Alpha Plan, later given the codename BW-Alpha, to the Federation Council. The council relunctantly approved and soon new purpose built warships were in the design phase, these included the Corsair-class Cruiser, Aggressor-class Battleship, Fletcher-class Frigate and the Scavenger-class Destroyer.

CVX-A-1 Program
The CVX-A-1 Program was proposed by Admiral Trian, who held a seat in the military council. His proposal was to make use of the older surface carriers which was in the process of scrapping, using a heavily modified and improvised design of the surface carriers they would serve as powerful space-going carriers capable of providing a large and quick strike force that the Corsair-class and some cruise ships modified to carry fighter and bomber squadrons could not. And due to the improvised nature of the design, it would be a lot quicker than years if not decades of research for a purpose-built Space Carrier.

The CVX-A-1 Program was soon approved by the military council in 2237 and was to be done in almost complete secrecy. The program eventually led to the Triton-class and two ships were ordered, the FSS Triton and FSS Atlas. The secrecy requirement of the construction soon led it to be built somewhere in the Moon's orbit and Federation Intelligence was to hide any details or signs of the carriers, although they were never truly able to stop rumors from starting and small leaks getting out they made sure every leak and rumor was of false information or vague. This effort would later pay off.

History
Shortly after both ships finished conducting a shakedown cruise and was assigned to Carrier Task Force 14, the whole carrier task force rendezvous near Mars and placed on stand by. This was in preperation for their first major operation and action, Operation Parry.

Ships in class
{| class="wikitable" ! Ship ! Hull Number ! Laid down ! Launched ! Commissioned ! Commanding Officer(s) ! Homeport ! Fate
 * Triton
 * CVS-1
 * October 8th, 2238
 * May 7th, 2249
 * May 14th, 2249
 * Vice Admiral James Bark
 * Stella-2 Orbital Naval Station, Earth
 * Destroyed during the 1st Sentinel War
 * Atlas
 * CVS-2
 * March 12th, 2240
 * May 10th, 2249
 * May 18th, 2249
 * Rear Admiral Ian Rino
 * Stella-2 Orbital Naval Station, Earth
 * Preserved as a Museum ship on Earth
 * Stella-2 Orbital Naval Station, Earth
 * Preserved as a Museum ship on Earth