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The Arsenal Birds,[1][2] known officially as the Aerial Arsenal Ships (AAS),[3] was a class of unmanned aerial warships that functioned as airborne aircraft carriers, carrying up to 80 MQ-101 UCAVs at any given time. Two Arsenal Birds, Liberty and Justice, were developed by the Osean Federation in the 2010s to defend the International Space Elevator.

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The Arsenal Birds were massive, unmanned aerial vehicle carriers (UAVC)[6] with wingspans of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft). While they could receive commands from air or ground-based control centers, they mostly operated autonomously using an onboard AI.[6] They were capable of carrying up to 80 MQ-101s at once. When these drones were launched, they were dropped from their holds in the carrier's wings, before flipping over and unfolding their wings to take flight. When exiting combat, the Arsenal Bird could recover its launched drones by docking them back into the same bays they launched from.

The Arsenal Birds were also equipped with numerous medium-range anti-air missile launchers on the dorsal wing surfaces, with the production model Justice having additionally been equipped with pulse laser turrets on the ventral wing surfaces and a nose mounted tactical laser system for attacking both surface and air targets. For long range engagements, they were also capable of launching a Helios missile, which used an airburst warhead effective against aircraft.

Instead of jet engines, the Arsenal Birds utilized two large electrically-powered contra-rotating propellers for thrust, which can provide long endurance. In addition, they had six smaller contra-rotating sub-propellers, which provided additional thrust to keep the carrier aloft.[6][7] The Arsenal Bird's main propellers seemingly had a limited self repair capacity, able to restart the damaged engines after a short period of time.
The Arsenal Birds were additionally equipped with a Microwave Powered Dome that featured a large rectenna that received microwave energy from the Lighthouse[7] via wireless transmission, which served as their main source of electrical power. The dome also doubled as a central component of the carrier's main defensive mechanism, called the Active Protection System (APS). This defense system first projected a large halo of energy before generating a large shield of electrical energy to destroy incoming projectiles and aircraft that are caught in the field.[6] It could stop attacks from all directions, even from powerful weapons like cruise missiles.[9] The APS, however had limits, and was unable to stop large projectiles traveling at an extremely high speed, such as a projectile from Stonehenge.[8] Additionally, if the microwave transmission from the ISEV were to cease, the Arsenal Birds would stop activating APS to conserve power.[9]

Resupply and maintenance was achieved via a repurposed SSTO supply ship which attached a reusable supply unit between the central propellers; the Arsenal Bird's internal systems became vulnerable when the resupply vessel was undocked. Using internal mechanisms, the supply unit fed fuel to the Arsenal Bird's UAVs and provided ammunition to both the UAVs and the Arsenal Bird itself, additionally providing engine lubricant to the latter. The Arsenal Bird was unable to land for repairs, and as such relied entirely on supply ship maintenance and self-repair in order to maintain its constant flight.