User:MastahCheef117/Lightning-class Dreadnought

Summary
The Lightning-class Dreadnought was the predecessor to the more powerful Nomad-class Battlecruiser. The Project was stopped just after the second Lightning was created, due to an engine failure in the original prototype, bringing about it's downfall.

History
The Lightning Dreadnought design was first introduced on April 7, 2521 by Rear Admiral Robert Howling. ONI Section IV, a dark and mysterious branch in the ONI, denied it for it's armor was only two inches thick, yet it's massive size.

The design was then brought up by Captain James Howling, his son on Novemeber 15, 2526. Section IV accepted, since the UNSC needed a heavily armed and armored starship to combat the better equipped Covenant ships.

When the first ship was created, it wasn't called the Lightning-class Dreadnought, but the Sova-class Supercruiser. The problem was, it was bigger from the original design by Admiral Howling. The ship shook itself to pieces during it's practice run on August 23, 2527, due to a stronger armor that would fit the original design, but could not sustain the massive Sova.

ONI Section IV outcasted the design temporarily. Although, during the Outer Colony Massacres, the UNSC was dire for a ship to combat the Covenant. So, the Lightning-class Dreadnought was born.

It was downgraded in size but upgraded in armor and speed. The first prototype started in May 2, 2530 and was finished on September 15, 2532, just before the end of the Outer Colony Massacres.