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Xyphos class heavy attack cruiser
Length: 655 m
Width: 447 m
Height: 252 m
These powerful vessels were put on mass production during first year of The Great Insectoid War and were built around mostly unused pre-war design. Very few of these ships entered service just before the war - for the time they were unnecessary.
Its primary weapon - heavy railgun that is almost a half of the ship long - was in fact so powerful, that it could destroy vessels up to light cruisers in just one shot.
This force wasn't needed for peacekeeping and pirate hunting role that Federation Navy executed back then. Considering the price of these ships, the fleet command did not see any prospects in their use and believed that available service ship types were more than enough to withstand most threats.
But when Federation faced new and unexpected enemy, enormous frontal firepower that Xyphos provided showed as quite an effective measure against invaders. Strategists loved the ship's ability to carry out swift and devastating attacks, which was provided by a large number of weapons directed forward, powerful engines, heavy energy shields and quite good armor.
The disadvantage, however, was the rather low flight range, which limited the movement of these ships outside the naval formations, which was not a big problem, given the nature of their use.
P.S. Yeah, i know that it should be "Xiphos", but when I noticed this grammar mistake it was too late. Well, I could fix it, but I'm too lazy, and "Xyphos" looks kinda cooler to me. In fact, I'm so lazy, that I couldn't write this backstory for a month. And that's why it took so long to post this MOC.
Xyphos class heavy attack cruiser
Length: 655 m
Width: 447 m
Height: 252 m
These powerful vessels were put on mass production during first year of The Great Insectoid War and were built around mostly unused pre-war design. Very few of these ships entered service just before the war - for the time they were unnecessary.
Its primary weapon - heavy railgun that is almost a half of the ship long - was in fact so powerful, that it could destroy vessels up to light cruisers in just one shot.
This force wasn't needed for peacekeeping and pirate hunting role that Federation Navy executed back then. Considering the price of these ships, the fleet command did not see any prospects in their use and believed that available service ship types were more than enough to withstand most threats.
But when Federation faced new and unexpected enemy, enormous frontal firepower that Xyphos provided showed as quite an effective measure against invaders. Strategists loved the ship's ability to carry out swift and devastating attacks, which was provided by a large number of weapons directed forward, powerful engines, heavy energy shields and quite good armor.
The disadvantage, however, was the rather low flight range, which limited the movement of these ships outside the naval formations, which was not a big problem, given the nature of their use.
P.S. Yeah, i know that it should be "Xiphos", but when I noticed this grammar mistake it was too late. Well, I could fix it, but I'm too lazy, and "Xyphos" looks kinda cooler to me. In fact, I'm so lazy, that I couldn't write this backstory for a month. And that's why it took so long to post this MOC.