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Shata'lin Akyllea class

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Akyleia (or Akyllea, both forms are correct, also nicknamed the Crescent Moon) is a Shata'lin battleship designed specifically as a dedicated flagship.

Over 4km long (2,48miles), Akyleia is the biggest ship of the new series and is still small in comparison to old giant ships - it is roughly the same size as destroyers from late Expansion Age.
Akyleia is a dedicated command ship equipped with impressive communication and targeting arrays, allowing the admiral (usually a Surfalano) to coordinate actions of entire fleet with ease. Despite relatively small size compared to old giants, its fire power is nothing to laugh at, it is comparable to old, giant battlecruisers, including the ability to deploy troops and provide planetary bombardment.
In addition, Akyleia is a formidable combat ship in her own right, capable of filling most gaps in fleet composition or battle formation should such a need arise.

Armour - heavy regenerative alloys. Regenerative alloys are generally weaker than traditional armours and can't hold that long under sustained fire. In exchange, they require very little maintenance - all but heaviest superficial battle damage can self-repair within few hours. That being said, the armour is still strong enough to deflect hits from most standard weapons, and only massed firepower can seriously damage it.


Shielding - 22 standard triple layer shield generators, 11 Lunar Shield generators able to project multiple moving panels of high density shield and temporarily encase the whole ship.
All standard shield generators work together to encase the ship in a protective. Normally, 6 generators form a single bubble around the ship, while remaining 16 strengthen different sections of the shield (there are 8 sections in total). Standard shields are semi transparent - they allow shots and fast objects from inside to pass but stop outside objects above certain velocity (usually half of the sound speed) from entering. Standard shields are effective in most combat situations.
Lunar Shields generators emulate a special psionic barrier that bears that same name. Lunar Shields are solid, high density energy panels and are nearly impossible to pierce, but take a lot of energy to (or concentration, in case of psionics) to maintain. Unlike standard shields, they block shots from both sides, but individual shield panels can be moved. Lunar Shield panels are usually triangular or hexagonal.

Propulsion - 2 heavy pulse engines, multiple manoeuvring pulse engines, jumpdrive. Akyleia is able to reach combat speed comparable to other shiops of her size.

Powerplant - 5 heavy Springwell drives
 providing power, gravity, and assistance in turning, making the ship very agile for its size.

Armament:
- Heavy Phase Cannon (bow mounted siege weapon) - Phase Cannon is one of the most devastating weapons in Shata'lin arsenal - it is, in principle a similar design to Solar Lance, but it emulates different type of psionic attack. A target hit by this weapon stops in time and becomes desynchronised with current phase for around 2 seconds. After that time, the point of impact will try to "catch up" to current timeline, releasing incredible amounts of energy in a process in a spectacular, delayed explosion. Smaller phase cannons are able to rip through most shields and armours easily. The variant used on Akyleia can even be used as a planet-killer weapon.
However, Phase Cannons use up a lot of energy, which limits their rate of fire tremendously. The strain on the generators leaves the entire ship nearly unprotected.
Because of this, Phase Cannons are used more as means of psychological warfare, and standard lances tend to be more efficient in most cases.
Some later Akyleia-class ships have been re-fitted, removing the Phase Cannon and replacing it with a rotary heavy Lance array, thus saving up some internal cargo space and making maintenance much easier.

- 40 triple heavy Solar Lance cannons (20 per broadside) - hull mounted - Solar Lance cannons are large psionic emulators that imitate one of the most powerful ray attacks psionics can use. Solar Lance is a concentrated burst of psionic energy in form of a short, bright blue ray. Particles vaporised by the large calibre Lance cannons leave sparkling, blue glow behind lasting for around a second. In smaller versions, the effect only shows at the tip of the barrel and on point of impact.
This attack simply pierces the target - the shot is clean and leaves no explosive effects on its own. However, the heat emitted on impact can melt internal components of the target. Lances are effective against shields and armour alike.
Tripple Lance batteries have two firing modes. Sequential fire increases the rate of fire of the array at the cost of raw firepower. This mode is used both against smaller craft, such as destroyers and frigates and against shields of larger ships, cruisers and heavier. Continues fire destabilises shielding more effectively than single, concentrated shot. Array can also fire all three cannons at once - this mode is used to pierce enemy armour, once the shields have been sufficiently weakened.

- 8 single Heavy Lance cannons (bridge protection) - single lance cannons in fast tracking mounts are meant to protect the bridge section, should it ever have to be ejected from the hull.

- 22 tripple heavy scatter Solar Lance cannons (turreted) - Scatter Lances are somewhat less popular version of a standard Lance weaponry. They sacrifice raw firepower and pinpoint accuracy for increased rate of fire. On most ships, these arrays act as heavy flak. Bottom mounted Scatter Lances are also used as bombardment cannons, should the ship enter the atmosphere and had to act as support for land forces. 

- around 400 automated point defence Lances - these are a mixture of automated, small Lance Cannon and Scatter Lance mounts protecting the ship from missiles, torpedoes and small craft such as bombers. Despite being called "point defence", the smallest of the weapons are equivalents of tank-mounted Lance Cannons and can be used as effective ground support, just like Heavy Scatter lances.  

Strikecraft carried - 200 in two internal hangars - usually Fish Head Mk.3 gunships and Lullaby-class dropships. Shata'lin do not employ traditional fighters or bombers. Fish Heads and Lullabies can fill these roles when properly re-armed.

Crew - around 7000 
- the ship was designed and approved for serial production after reforms in Shata'lin military allowing other species to enlist.

In addition to standard equipment (such as life support, escape pods, hydroponics facilities, med bays etc.), Akyleia sports additional modules and features:
 
Bridge ejection system - the bridge can be ejected from the hull in case of critical damage,
Extended communication arrays - as a dedicated command ship, Akyleia has incredibly potent comm arrays and sensors, allowing it to monitor battlefield, jam enemy communications and counter enemy jamming attempts in a large area
Extended targeting arrays - Akyleia's targeting systems make the ship's weaponry incredibly accurate and make coordination of weapon system very efficient. It can analyse the available targets, identify key enemy units in the formation and relay the priority data to other ships more effectively than standard arrays.
Tractor beams - simple energy beam devices usually used to guide landing craft to hangar bays. They can also be used to recover life-pods and other small object from around the ship.
Repair/maintenance drones - the most advanced AI employed by Shata'lin. These simple constructs patrol the ship's corridors and hull exterior, searching for damaged and worn parts and repairing them as necessary. In case of emergency, drones repair critical damage and close in breaches in the hull. They can act completely independently or be guided remotely to specific areas. 
Drones can be manufactured on board of the ship.
Processing plant - Akyleia is a command ship but can also act as a secondary support ship, it can also act alone for an extended periods of time without the need to re-supply. For this purpose, each ship of this calls is equipped with a fully operational small processing plant. It is a complex module allowing the ship to harvest and process resources from asteroids or wrecks and produces essential components. Akyleia can potentially be fully self-sufficient.

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Ryuukei8569's avatar
And my puny little battleships only get to a mere 2-3 kilometers in length in comparison, you definitely make them big huh. Ever think about getting into 3D art.