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Belligerence-class cruiser

The Belligerence-class cruisers are a class of warvessels in the Imperial Space Force first ordered in 2027, and are the first class of faster-then-light cruisers to enter service with the Imperial Space Force, replacing the six vessels of the Remembrance-class in active duty. Like the cruisers they replaced, the class is a mixed-role vessel, able to serve as both a long-distance guided missile platform and as a short-range Mobile Infantry assault vessel. Currently only eight vessels are planned, with six having been commissioned as of June, 2033.

While officially termed "cruisers" by the Imperial Space Force, as well as Alliant Techsystems, the vessels' builder, the iconic triangular shape of the class, which it shares with the large Pillar-class drone carriers, has led the class to be called "star destroyers" by the press, pundits, and on social media.

Design

The Belligerence-class cruiser's design was a radical departure from the elongated disks of the preceding Remembrance-class cruisers, which had been designed to mimic the circular forms of the Acrid Empire's City Destroyers. The newer cruisers were also over a hundred meters longer than the previous design. Alliant Techsystems claims that the Star Wars-inspired design was a result of the technologies available for construction as well as the constraints of the completely different method of primary propulsion.

The hull of the Belligerence-class can be decided into three sections, the upper hull, the broadsides, and the lower hull. The upper and lower hull are each a single sheet of nickel-iron alloy, cut from the envelope of a ringo sphere, while the broadsides are a deck-thick section of weapons ports, sensors, and antennas, widening to an over three dozen meter gap at the stern for the massive thruster nozzles required for acceleration within the mass effect field. While this design limits the traversal of the nine dual-barrel 200 mm mass accelerator guns, the rapid roll capability of the vessel is thought to more than make up for this perceived difficulty.

The larger size of the Belligerence-class compared to the preceding Remembrance-class can be attributed to three factors. First, the Belligerence-class has a larger complement, including an attached Mobile Infantry battalion, necessitating a larger habitable volume. Second, the thrusters, while utilizing conjured propellant, unlike twentieth-century rockets, require a larger reactor than the pure arty-grav propulsion of the previous design, again necessitating a larger volume within the protection of the hull. Third, the mass effect field prohibits the utilization of space expansion charms, removing a key space-saving measure of earlier warvessel designs.

While the Belligerence-class has an internal flight deck for the ten Boeing C-70 Hercules II orbital dropships, the craft are deployed via portkey, maintaining the integrity of the upper and lower hulls.

Vessels in class

Name - Pennant Number - Laid Down - Launched - Commissioned - Status

Belligerence - C-7 - January 6, 2028 - June 4, 2030 - July 4, 2031 - in active service with BSG-1 as of June, 2033

Bellicose - C-8 - July 4, 2028 - October 20, 2030 - November 5, 2031 - in active service with BSG-2 as of June, 2033

Contentious - C-9 - December 12, 2028 - February 14, 2031 - March 4, 2032 - in active service with BSG-1 as of June, 2033

Pugnacious - C-10 - April 29, 2029 - May 1, 2031 - June 6, 2032 - in active service with BSG-2 as of June, 2033

Aggressive - C-11 - September 19, 2029 - October 11, 2031 - November 4, 2032 - in active service with BSG-1 as of June, 2033

Provocateur - C-12 - January 8, 2030 - January 30, 2032 - February 15, 2033 - in active service with BSG-1 as of June, 2033

Antagonist - C-13 - May 7, 2030 - June 20, 2032 - July 4, 2033 (planned) - under construction as of June, 2033

Combatant - C-14 - September 11, 2030 - September 30, 2032 - October, 2033 (planned) - under construction as of June, 2033

Class Overview

Builder: Alliant Techsystems

Operator: Imperial Space Force

Preceded by: Remembrance-class cruiser

Succeeded by: N/A

Built: 2028 - 2033

In Commission: 2031 - present

Building: 2

Planned: 8

Completed: 8

Active: 6

General Characteristics

Type: Guided-missile cruiser

Mass: Approx. 1,500,000 tonnes

Length: 500 meters

Beam: 250 meters

Height: 80 meters (25 decks)

Installed Power: 1 C3A fusion reactor, 4 C4A fusion reactors

Propulsion: 1 50m exhaust nozzle, 2 20m exhaust nozzles, 6 10m exhaust nozzles

Acceleration: 900 m/s^2 arty-grav, estimated 400 m/s^2 exhaust

Speed: in excess of 0.01c sunlight, estimated 2400c superluminal

Range: Unlimited distance (effectively limited to a maximum range of 800 lightyears due to crew rotation requirements)

Complement: 75 officers, 1,000 enlisted spacers, 1,250 Mobile Infantry

Armament:

• 8 x 80 cell Mk 12 horizontal launch system

• 18 x 200 mm mass accelerator guns

• 30 x M2025 CIWS

Armor:

• 1000 mm FeNi upper and lower hull

• 200 mm FeNi broadside

Shields: 42 PJ (10 Mt TNT) instantaneous, 420 TW sustained (estimated)

Craft Carried:

• 10 x Boeing C-70 Hercules II orbital dropships