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Battle Dragon

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The Battle Dragon was designed as a consequence of the Black Sun Crisis in 4029, when the Hapan government decided that the Nova-class Battle Cruisers were becoming obsolete as contact with the Galaxy outside the Hapes Cluster became more frequent. A research and development project ensued with the Battle Dragon as the final result. As it was introduced in 4030, it bolstered the Royal Hapan Navy's defensive and offensive capacity, and replaced the Nova-class Battle Cruiser as the premier warship of the Hapes Consortium.

The vessels are double saucer-shaped starships about 620 metres in diameter. They are heavily armed with over one hundred gun emplacements and consist of two saucers joined by the central core. Weapon turrets are mounted along the edge of the disks, set on a type of rapidly rotating link that encircles both platforms. As each turret fires, it rotates along the saucer rim, and the next cannon in line swings into place, fully charged and ready to fire. This configuration proved to be superior to a standard weapons battery design due to the speed at which the guns circled the saucer. While each individual cannon still spends about 90 percent of its combat time idle while it charges its capacitors, no gun is ever charged and idle, wasting time waiting for a clear shot. The net result was a sustained barrage of cannon fire directed at a single target. This is a considerable improvement over conventional capital ship design, since the rotating rim design assures that all weapons will be able to fire on the target, as opposed to fixed emplacements, where only the weapons with a line-of-sight to the target can ever fire.

Its armament, combined with formidable hull and shield rating, as well as impressive engine capacity, makes for a ship that is truly unique on the spacelanes.