Command Carriers are the capital ships of the Peacekeeper fleet in the fictional Farscape universe. They appear in numerous episodes as threats in pursuit of Moya and her crew, particularly the Carrier under the command of Bialar Crais.
Command Carriers serve as a mobile base of operations for the Peacekeepers; they are immense ships with a crew complement of about 50,000. Many Peacekeepers live their entire lives on a command carrier, and they have all the creature comforts needed to sustain their large crews (including large indoor "gardens" that simulate a planet's surface and which are also used for combat training exercises).
Command carriers primarily rely on their large complements of Prowlers and Marauders to project Peacekeeper power where needed. They are however powerful battleships in their own right, armed with Frag Cannons, each mounted on a track that allows them to move along the horizontal axis of the ship to engage targets both directly in front of, behind or to either side of the ship (though not directly above or below the ship). They are protected by powerful defence screens. Frag cannons are the heavy artillery of the Peacekeeper fleet, and are primarily used to engage capital ships. Against enemy fighters, strike craft and other lighter classes their tracking speed and rate of fire is too low to be of much use.
They are also quite fast, as the crew onboard Moya have to routinely starburst away when a command carrier gets too close, but they never seem to stay ahead of them for very long. While used as a plot device in the series, this indicates that Command Carriers and most other space vessels in the Farscape universe are not equipped to achieve instant FTL speeds, as possible in other popular science fiction universes. They can however accelerate to FTL speeds.
Larger variants of Command Carriers exist and are attached to fleets as flagships. If these vessels are destroyed whole fleets can be thrown into disarray and will eventually crumble.
Command Carriers serve as a mobile base of operations for the Peacekeepers; they are immense ships with a crew complement of about 50,000. Many Peacekeepers live their entire lives on a command carrier, and they have all the creature comforts needed to sustain their large crews (including large indoor "gardens" that simulate a planet's surface and which are also used for combat training exercises).
Command carriers primarily rely on their large complements of Prowlers and Marauders to project Peacekeeper power where needed. They are however powerful battleships in their own right, armed with Frag Cannons, each mounted on a track that allows them to move along the horizontal axis of the ship to engage targets both directly in front of, behind or to either side of the ship (though not directly above or below the ship). They are protected by powerful defence screens. Frag cannons are the heavy artillery of the Peacekeeper fleet, and are primarily used to engage capital ships. Against enemy fighters, strike craft and other lighter classes their tracking speed and rate of fire is too low to be of much use.
They are also quite fast, as the crew onboard Moya have to routinely starburst away when a command carrier gets too close, but they never seem to stay ahead of them for very long. While used as a plot device in the series, this indicates that Command Carriers and most other space vessels in the Farscape universe are not equipped to achieve instant FTL speeds, as possible in other popular science fiction universes. They can however accelerate to FTL speeds.
Larger variants of Command Carriers exist and are attached to fleets as flagships. If these vessels are destroyed whole fleets can be thrown into disarray and will eventually crumble.
John Roggeveen (b. 1960,Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta.
Education
After graduating from Archbishop O’Leary High School in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978, he attended the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), first class, in psychology. From there, he went on to attend law school at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, obtaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1986.
After graduating from law school, he articled with the downtown Calgary law firm, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, and was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1987.
Legal Career
He remained as an associate at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer until 1989, after which he joined the McLeod & Company law firm in south Calgary. He left McLeod & Company in 1995.
In 1996, he started his own law practice, and in 1997 joined McConnell MacInnes Graham where he remained until early in 2002, to set up his practice in the Midnapore area of Calgary.
He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association.
Political Experience
He has been President of the Calgary Shaw Provincial Liberal Association of the Alberta Liberal Party since 2004 and Vice-president of the Calgary Southeast riding association for the Liberal Party of Canada since 2005. He was co-campaign manager for James Ludwar, the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in Calgary Southeast in the 2006 federal election in Canada.
He ran in the 2004 Alberta provincial election for the Alberta Liberal Party in the constituency of Calgary Shaw, finishing second. He is now the Alberta Liberal Party candidate for the 2008 Alberta General Election.
Education
After graduating from Archbishop O’Leary High School in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978, he attended the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), first class, in psychology. From there, he went on to attend law school at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, obtaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1986.
After graduating from law school, he articled with the downtown Calgary law firm, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, and was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1987.
Legal Career
He remained as an associate at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer until 1989, after which he joined the McLeod & Company law firm in south Calgary. He left McLeod & Company in 1995.
In 1996, he started his own law practice, and in 1997 joined McConnell MacInnes Graham where he remained until early in 2002, to set up his practice in the Midnapore area of Calgary.
He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association.
Political Experience
He has been President of the Calgary Shaw Provincial Liberal Association of the Alberta Liberal Party since 2004 and Vice-president of the Calgary Southeast riding association for the Liberal Party of Canada since 2005. He was co-campaign manager for James Ludwar, the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in Calgary Southeast in the 2006 federal election in Canada.
He ran in the 2004 Alberta provincial election for the Alberta Liberal Party in the constituency of Calgary Shaw, finishing second. He is now the Alberta Liberal Party candidate for the 2008 Alberta General Election.
On January 29, 2007, 32-year-old Brian Sterner was being booked into the Hillsborough County, Florida jail on a traffic infraction when deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones threw him from his wheelchair on to the floor. Brian Sterner is a former emergency services telephone dispatch operator and has been a paralyzed quadriplegic since he broke his neck at the age of 14.
Gutviga is a Scandinavian folk tale by an unknown author in the 17th century.
The story
Witches enter the region of Scandinavia, and have their start by burning down Cathedrals in Trondheim. Later a girl in Reims by the name of Gutviga gets kidnapped by the witches. She is taken through Prussia, Denmark, and enters her last stop in Norway. She is raised as a witch. Later she is told by the witches to burn down every cathedral in Trondheim. She obeys their command, but runs away on a boat to Tromsø. The people of Trondheim find out that the witches were the ones who burned down the Cathedrals. Gutviga is found, arrested, and sentenced to death by hanging. She finds her mother in her cell, who tries to protect her from the soldiers. Her mother is killed, and Gutviga is hanged in the end.
The story
Witches enter the region of Scandinavia, and have their start by burning down Cathedrals in Trondheim. Later a girl in Reims by the name of Gutviga gets kidnapped by the witches. She is taken through Prussia, Denmark, and enters her last stop in Norway. She is raised as a witch. Later she is told by the witches to burn down every cathedral in Trondheim. She obeys their command, but runs away on a boat to Tromsø. The people of Trondheim find out that the witches were the ones who burned down the Cathedrals. Gutviga is found, arrested, and sentenced to death by hanging. She finds her mother in her cell, who tries to protect her from the soldiers. Her mother is killed, and Gutviga is hanged in the end.