[[b]NEW SHIP BRIEFING[/b]] A new class of ships, the [b]Apocalypse[/b] Class Dreadnought. Has begun manufacturing in the Saturn shipyards. The armament is the most impressive aspect of this class of Battleship. Banks upon banks of Lance batteries provide the Battleship, and the Imperial fleet with which it is present, a stable, accurate and monumentally lethal firing platform that can accuratley ‘snipe’ enemy vessels from a distance. The lance batteries are all mounted along the broadsides of the Apocalypse and have an impressive range. They can bring huge amounts of phased energy to bear on enemy targets. Such weapons effortlessly cleave apart enemy escort vessels and can cripple or destroy enemy capital ships with just a single broadside. But what makes these weapons even more dangerous is the Apocalypse-class’ advanced tracking and firing sensors and the ability to engineer the power relays inside the ship to funnel more energy to the Lances. This vastly increases the Lances' range, so much so that the process effectively doubles the range of the Lance batteries. However the ship and its internal workings are very delicate and when the array conduits of the Lances are reengineered in this way, it places unimaginable stress on the load-bearing capabilities of these relays. The Battleship is also home to a Nova Cannon., the Nova Cannon fits perfectly in with the Apocalypse’s role as a bombardment Battleship. The cannon is huge and mounted on the prow of the vessel so that the engine can better brace the ship against the recoil when it fires. When fired, a projectile is flung by a potent mass accelerator towards the target at nearly the speed of light and explodes at a distance set by the tactical officer on board the battleship before it was fired, causing destruction in the surrounding area of space capable of destroying almost all escorts and crippling enemy Cruisers and Battleships alike. Turrets are the final weapon mounted on the Apocalypse-class worthy of mention. They are used as a final defence against enemy fighters and torpedoes and the starship houses four turrets that are mounted on the "wings" of the Battleship.The Battleship is also home to a Nova Cannon. the Nova Cannon fits perfectly in with the Apocalypse’s role as a bombardment Battleship. The cannon is huge and mounted on the prow of the vessel so that the engine can better brace the ship against the recoil when it fires. When fired, a projectile is flung by a potent mass accelerator towards the target at nearly the speed of light and explodes at a distance set by the tactical officer on board the battleship before it was fired, causing destruction in the surrounding area of space capable of destroying almost all escorts and crippling enemy Cruisers and Battleships alike. Turrets are the final weapon mounted on the Apocalypse-class worthy of mention. They are used as a final defence against enemy fighters and torpedoes and the starship houses four turrets that are mounted on the "wings" of the Battleship. It is also equipped with Void Shields. A Void Shield is created by a single generator that creates a sphere of gravitic energy around the starship that protects it from direct and indirect enemy fire. It prevents damage from energy weapons and prevents actual critical structural damage occurring to the ship. Any vessel large enough to be built with a shield generator thus can emit Void Shields. But energy weapons overload the generators, so once fire has been absorbed, the void shield collapses. The shield regenerates several minutes later, assuming the ship is not attacked again and that subsequent attacks do not damage the shield generator. Ordnance like torpedoes and the missiles carried by fighters/bombers are not affected by the effects of shields and can do direct damage to the ship unless engaged by its turrets. The Apocalypse-class has four shield generators and thus has four Void Shields.