Asclepius-class mobile dockyard

The Asclepius-class mobile dockyard is a heavy support vessel which was utilised by the  before and during the. Exceptionally heavily-armoured at the time of its construction, the Asclepius carries a rather powerful and a fully-equipped set of factories and repair bays. This allows it to fulfil a wide range of roles, from supporting UNSC fleets into deep-space and heavy rescue craft, to opening up new tactical coordination options by carrying entire battlegroups within itself. Ideally deployed in pairs, Asclepius are unfortunately slow to turn and lightly armed for their size, requiring an escort when engaged by anything heavier than a few destroyers.