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Babylon 5 - Greystar and Shadowstar Class ships

Length: 470m
Width: 302.86m
Depth: 81.20m

The Greystar class is Earthforce's attempt to build their own version of the Minbari Whitestar. At a similar size to the Whitestar, the Greystar Class cuts a similar profile.
Lacking the graceful organic lines of its Minbari equivalent, the Greystar is almost as fast and just as deadly. Heavily armed with two forward facing heavy particle beam canons, wing mounted phased plasma cannons and two large underslung missile bays, each containing 10 large Fire Strike missiles and 14 small ones. Three pulse plasma turrets provide overall protection against fighters.
Due to its fairly small size for a capital ship, the Greystar's hangar bay only has room for two Starfury fighters or shuttlecraft.
The Greystar uses a similar hybrid gravitational drive system used on the Warlock class destroyers, providing the ship with artificial gravity without the use of rotating sections.

The Advanced X Shadowstar is an experimental class of Earthforce starship incorporating Shadow technology adapted from vessels previously excavated on Mars and Ganymede. Built in secret and seldom seen, each retains much of the Greystar's basic configuration including the large aft engines, forward swept wings and smaller manoeuvering engines. In addition to an upgraded weapons system, they include augmented semi-organic hull technology, in the shape of a number of spine-like structures on both the forward hull and wings and an organic skin, characteristic of Shadow Vessels.

Next to the original Whitestar model used in the series.

Next to the original Whitestar model used in the series.

Escorting a Warlock destroyer

Escorting a Warlock destroyer

Diagnostic view

Diagnostic view

Plan and angled views.

Plan and angled views.

Firing weapons

Firing weapons

Shadowstar

Shadowstar