Poradus Class

Poradus Class
General Information
Class Name	Poradus
Ship Type	Battlecruiser
Operated By	Vindictus Ove
Constructed By	Unisah Corporation Nodsium-Udai Corporation Vindictus Ove
In Service	6
Compliment	1,000
Number Existing	10
Armaments
Heavy Weapons	10x 610x1530mm OSCO I- Hyper Ion railguns 4x8 375mm side mounted Twin Carbide railguns 2x 15 meter bore INTA-K ion hyper-accelerator cannon integrated into the front hull 2x Fesdaum (kingbreaker) front-facing antimatter cannons
Missiles	8x Thermoionic capital fusion warheads 92x Vindictus Ove HPE Fletchet Missiles 14x Noveiteus Type C cruise torpedos
Point-Defense Weapons (Anti-Aircraft)	10x ANPD beam emitter 14x Bi heavy ion point AA6x 200mm C-Type heavy ion cannons8x 30mm PD Light Carbine Autocannon
Other	2x Halisayh Mk II logistic command burst module 2x Indare C-HU HCS accelerator burst module 7x U-G111 Navy issued stasis webifiers
Specifics
Maximum Range before Refueling	Indefinite
Powerplant	Twin YUTAISAH 8A-F Accelerators Twin YUTAISAH 2A-D Accelerators
Aircraft/Spacecraft Carried	2x Nirganta Class ECJP Corvette 8x C.8 Osprey drop-ship 12x OA-3 Kestrel Class heavy fighter 24x O-44 Sparrow Fighters

“	I once dreamed of flying castles over grassy hills, emperors high above clouds, worlds within our reach...	”
	— Shell-124A, 2104

The Writ of Farum Gefari and its modernization efforts in the Vindictus Ove allowed the navy to produce one of the most heavily armed warships in the State, the Poradus Class Battlecruiser. It is the second warship commissioned after the Morsehead Conflagration.

Development

The Poradus Class were developed in response to the introduction of the NCR Albatross Class Kampf-Zeppelinkruiser, and was developed in secrecy on Phobos shortly after the Morsehead Conflagration. Throughout development, the ship was delayed and reworked numerous times due to strict design elements required by the Vindictus Ove. Lead by the legendary ship developer Omur Udani, Most of the Poradus design elements come from the Norus Class and the Octavia Class, resulting in a very straight forward geometric design.

With the re-emergence of Taurus, the Porabus hangar bays were extended, sacrificing armament mounting points in favor of fitting not one, but two Nirganta Class ECJP corvettes in its secondary hanger bays, which are deployed as escorts or patrol ships.