I.S.S. Sulaco

History
After its continual hostilities with the Cardassian-Klingon Alliance, the newly formed Terran Empire decided that it needed a new specialised class of battleship which would be exclusively of Terran design.

After a long process of continual research, the result was the powerful Typhoon Class which could serve as "mobile factory vessel" as well as an independant battleship.

The Typhoon Class is an exclusive battleship to which all of the secondary hull and 95% of the primary hull is dedicated to independant construction facilities and hundreds of worker bees. The Typhoon itself is over one thousand meters long and is armed with over twenty independantly targeted pulse phased cannons for point defense along with other defensive weapons.

The Typhoon's purpose was to allow the quick assembly of outposts and facilities as well as providing mobile drydock and fleet support for any task force. Smaller vessels can gain entry from the rear of the vessel, allowing them to dock directly inside the Typhoon Class, however larger ships, for example, a Galaxy Class Tactical Battleship would dock with the vessel by a series of special "clamps" that lock onto a vessel via the underside of the hull.

The Typhoon class is also armed with an impressive array of offensive fighters and bombers, along with with a sophisticated sensor array and powerful warp drive allowing it to be the first to leave the battlefield.

Construction and Initial Assignment
The I.S.S. Sulaco was built at Imperial Shipyards on Vulcan, only the second Typhoon Class vessel to be built due to the massive resources needed in the construction. The I.S.S. Sulaco was immediately assigned to Grand Captain Bertha Marx and made fleet support vessel for Task Force Avenger.