Praeon class battleship

USWS Praeon photographed on Chon-Sa orbit

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Interior of hangar on USWS Praeon

Test fire of a Krupp GPK-564K heavy particle cannon

General facts

Praeon class battleship is a design of warship in service in United Systems Fleet introduced in 2169. It is the biggest and heaviest class of warship ever introduced in the fleet. It's advanced design provides balanced space for all important functions of a modern warship. A pair of powerful engines connected with large engineering section provide outstanding propulsion, while a pair of enormous heavy particle cannons offers formidable firepower. High capacity hangar can support many smaller ships. The large proportions give more than enough room for command section and crew quarters.

Specificatons

Length - 870m

Crew - 6140 crewmen

Prototype laid down - 4. march 2160, Earth

Prototype finished - 14. april 2167, Earth

Prototype Commissioned - 2. june 2167

Hangar capacity - 10 small spacecrafts

Armament

2x Krupp GPK-564K automatic heavy particle cannon

24x Narvik AVK-4D automatic medium particle cannon

Shields

Shields are powered by a special shield generator in front part of the ship, and held together by series of emmiters and energetic rails along the entire hull. The main advantage of this configuration is shield 's own separated generator. If the ship's main generator fails, the ship still remains partially protected from enemy fire.