The Surya was the last warp-capable spacecraft built for nearly 40 years. Originally intended to replace the aging fleet of Athena and Theia spacecraft, the program was cut short due to the Mexican-American Cold War, leaving only 3 operational hulls instead of the planned 20.
The Surya was not a revolution in interstellar spacecraft design, so much as it was an evolution, building on the success of the Theia program. Its service module was 210 meters in length, only 2 meters larger than that of the Antares; it featured a more advanced quantum navigation system, and had a more efficient layout allowing for 15% more crew. Its biggest advancement was in its White-Alcubierre drive, which consisted of a single ribbon particle accelerator rather than multiple tori accelerators of prior designs. This system was so sophisticated that it not only reduced the power requirements for warp travel, but also made short jumps possible within a star system, limiting the use of antimatter propulsion. Refits in 2129 introduced an emergency backup power source using quantum energy teleportation.
The Surya-class's White-Alcubierre drive was capable of folding spacetime for an top cruising speed of 417 times the speed of light.