Sulaco (spaceship)

The Sulaco was a fictional spaceship shown in the movie Aliens. Used by the United States Colonial Marines, the Sulaco is a Conestoga-class starship formerly used as a commercial freighter. By 2179, it had been coverted into a rapid-response military transport, with orbital bombardment and fleet support capabilites. Sulaco displaces 78,000 metric tons and measures 385 meters in length. She is powered by a 3.6 terrawatt fusion reactor using high-density lithium-hydride for fuel. Sublight propulsion is provided by four GF-2400 rocket motors using industrial carbon-diamond as reaction mass. FTL Propulsion is provided by a hyperdrive tachyon shunt, with a maximum speed of 0.74 light years per day.

The Sulaco's hull panels are constructed from radar absorbing material, which reduces the ship's radar cross section to low levels. The ship's armament consists of: -Eight long-range ASAT missiles fired from the dorsal launch bay -Two forward-firing 800 MeV Neutral Particle Beam weapons, which can disable the electronics systems of enemy spacecraft out to a range of 100,000 km -Four (two twin turrets, one dorsal, one ventral) Kinetic Energy Railguns -Two 80 MW point-defence lasers for vaporizing incoming missiles and kinetic energy rounds -Ventral mine dispenser (magazine can hold up to 60 orbital fragmentation mines)

-Up to 80 guided re-entry vehicles including bunker buster, high-explosive, and nuclear warheads -20 decoy ballutes and two manueverable decoy drones in after ventral bay. In her role as a troop carrier, Sulaco has sufficent life support capabilites for 90 crew and passengers. In an emergency, as many as 2,000 troops can be placed in hibernation in the main cargo hangars.

Primary source: Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Manual