Radiant Class Battleship

From the mist, a shape, a ship is taking form And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm

Key: Vanilla, Class 72, advanced core, largest possible (478m capped) aviation battleship, 3-8 layers CS armor, 167 energy/missile turrets, shield, warp-capable, high endurance Role: Anchor/Pusher, capital ship killer, air superiority

Notice: The subsection detailing Radiant Class during the event of Reforged Eden is separated here.

File Type: Blueprint Name: Radiant Class Aviation Battleship Developed: 2462 Preceded by: Revolution Class Aviation Battleship Tonnage: 223 Kt standard (257 Kt full load) Length: 478 m* o/a (175 m* single flight deck) Beam: 126 m* o/a Height: 98 m* o/a Armament:[list][*]3 x 3 29-inch/45 SC Mk I [*]8 x 2 15-inch/50 SC Mk I [*]8 x 3 8-inch/45 RC Mk II [*]54 quadruple TMLS with 150mm Firestarter Mk III SAM [*]47 x 1 5-inch/40 SCB Mk V [*]66 x 2 40mm FLAc[/list] Protection:[list][*]Aurora-type RIFT shield mod 22s [*]Citadel armor: 6-8 layers sathium steel [*]Thruster armor: 3-4 layers sathium steel[/list] Vehicles:[list][*]12 heavy fighters Sineaco Kiera + 60 fighters Sineaco Comet or 120 fighters Sineaco Comet [*]3 transport Sineaco Kire or 5 auxillary crafts Sineaco Stargazer [*]1 HBT Grand Chariot[/list] Propulsion:[list][*]6 x Type 22 XisAr Radial Reactors [*]12 x Type 44 XisAr Radial Reactors[/list] Maximum acceleration: 5.8 G, 34 deg/s^2 Warp drive: Ghost Gigasphere PWD-ER1 Range: 10,200 LY at 60 LY/jump Complement: approx. 500 Cost per unit: 2.39 trillions Andromeda universal credits

*UCH estimate. Corrected with human height reference at 1.8m, the ship is 570 m in length, with corresponding 20% increase in beam and height. Not applied to weapon caliber.

Description:

The Radiant Class Large Aviation Battleships are the warships of Kinnator Navy (KN) developed since 2462 and the only Kinnatorian battleships to be designed around the 29-inch Arkyeon Supercharger; the Navy's heaviest ship-mounted energy artillery at its time. The class serves as a counter to large combatants of major factions which saw significant escalation in damage resistance and firepower, notably the Tovera Class Dreadnought of Zirax Navy (ZN) and the Eradicator of the Legacy. Displacing over 220 kilotons, the class is the largest and most heavily armed KN battleships after the Revolution Class, gaining such a massive leap in nearly every combat aspect that they are often dubbed as the 'Superdreadnought'. Demand for high skill engineers, high building and service cost, and few accommodable drydocks limited the navy to 6 commissioned battleships as of 2474, with 8 more planned to be delivered by 2480.

Owing to their stopping power in defense and momentum in offense, their presence among the fleet is meant for control over the flow of the battle. Positioning at the center of the battlefield, the Radiant Class Battleships deny the vast area by flooding it with artillery barrage, missiles, and fighters. Positioning at the center of the strategic area, the fleet in being discourages all but the more organized enemies.

Survivability

The hull of Radiant Class is built of heavy sathium steel in an all-or-nothing armor scheme, with deep thruster nozzles and one additional armor carapace layer installed over the main body. 6 to 8 armor layers in damper void architecture with multiple hard surfaces cause the armor to be punched off layers by layers instead of failing throughout the whole thickness, thereby greatly increasing resistant for torpedoes and large caliber artilleries. Additionally, several decoy signal generators are deployed across the well-protected area of the ship while the core compartment is signal-silent. By keeping the munition and firing systems beneath the hull, most weapon mounts also have higher Hazard Protection (HP) rating, increasing their average survival time by 30% comparing to standard AA mount build.

The Radiant Class are able to keep up with cruiser and carrier in speed and acceleration. However, their maneuverability would limit how they can evade incoming fires or response in close quarter combat, thus their engagement is considered to be optimal at long range, where there is also balanced performance between carrier and battleship section.

Trivia

• Total time spent on LCD works may exceed half a hundred. Wish I was more capable with stories and dialogues, because there is barely any.
• This ship fits best with the role play type, not a performance-focused one.
• Reforged Eden version is available here.
• The intended design do not feature this hideous amount of anti-air turrets. Unfortunately, the mean to match the firepower to her size is limited to the number of guns instead of caliber.