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Autobot Ark

"All sytems go." - Jazz
"Ignition." - Optimus Prime
(The Ark leaves Cybertron for the last time)
The Transformers - More Than Meets the Eye Pt. 1

In the Transformers G1 cartoon universe, The Ark is a Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor. It has five decks and houses a full crew complement of 300 Transformers (although it can be flown by only a handful if necessary). Its environment is fully automated and self-sufficient. For engines, it features 4 Hyperfuel Intake Accelerators. It is armed with 16 particle-combustion cannons (port), 16 laser emitters (starboard), a primary starfield missile launcher, and an Overshock sonic battery.
Built as one of a number of system patrol craft for the Autobots following the removal of the Quintessons from Cybertron, most of these ships left Cybertron to either colonize elsewhere or escape the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons that consumed Cybertron. The Ark was launched under the command of Optimus Prime to search for fuel, but ran afoul of two colliding asteroids. Then the Decepticon ship, Nemesis, attacked, and the Decepticons under Megatron boarded it. Out of control, the Ark crashed to Earth, smashing into Mt St. Hilary in what would eventually become a desert. There it rested until a volcanic eruption four million years later reactivated it and its inhabitants in 1984.
This craft's design is based on the Autobot Ark from the G1 cartoon's first episode. Due to CPU limitations she has 1 XL engine and 4 medium thrusters for forward thrust (the 4 mediums look the size of XL, but are used so you don't have to rely on one thruster for forward motion and I didn't want to use 5 large thrusters as this would mean having to scale down the whole vessel to keep the thrusters at the correct scale to the hull,) good maneuverability, and hidden recessed ports for pulse lasers and rocket launchers. It has two fairly deep hangars with 6x3 doors with ramps, fully oxygenated and seperated into compartments, an arboretum, gravity, warp drive, and a combat armor outer hull. I have included medical equipment, cargo boxes, ammo boxes, and an advanced constructor. She is a Tier 4, level 20 with no weapons. (Don't forget to open the shutters before you fire your weapons from the recessed hardpoints at the bow.)
I followed the colouring and texturing of the Ark as shown in the pilot episode, More Than Meets the Eye Pt. 1. The Ark as shown some 4 million years later has some different colouring, and the rear section often changed details.
Thanks to Skywarp2 for the interpretation picture of the inner plans of the Ark.