User:Sev40/Tranquility-class battlecruiser

"BDS claims these are peacekeeping 'scout cruisers', being a far cry from the dedicated warships of the Great War - and maybe some believe it because of its fancy clean look... We won't fall for it; [peacekeepers] don't need the firepower to threaten a flotilla or constantly break territorial claims. I'd even go so far as to accuse it as being a thinly-veiled threat."

The Tranquility-class battlecruiser is a line of capital ships that are currently being built and utilised in-house by Baal Defense Solutions. Developed under a grant to help moderise the now-depleted fleet, the Tranquility now serves as the crown jewel of their ever-growing naval squadron. It is officially classified as a "deep-space support cruiser", although most skeptics outside of BDS believe they should be known as textbook battlecruisers due to their heavy armaments, lacking armour, and focus on speed. However, these warships have made other major changes that makes them a breed-apart to their peers.

While most warships introduced after the have started testing new design methodologies made possible with directed-energy weapons and, many of them have retained the traditional shape and defensive standards rigorously tested by their predecessors. Instead, the Tranquility-class battlecruiser completely ignores these in favour of a completely unique set of specifications, ending in two outstanding qualities. The first is the oversizing of certain components such as its three (MACs) and shield generating, with some requiring near-total output from its reactors to get the most benefits out of them. The second, and most obvious, is its dedication to speed and evasion. Its superstructure has been stripped-down far beyond what UNSC regulations deem acceptable, and this coupled with a reduction to armour makes it lighter than the similarly-sized. This light mass, when coupled with its powerful engines being mounted on articulated housings, allows it to pull off manoeuvres and turns that are impossible for any other model of cruiser, as well as allow it to operate without assistance in most planetary atmospheres.

The first Tranquility-class battlecruiser, the UNSC Tranquility's Renewal, was officially launched in, after years of studies into its viability delayed its construction. Only two other vessels would follow it into the UNSC Navy, as their attitude towards its strange shape and experimental weapons saw them treating the class as experimental warships. Instead, BDS took it upon themselves to mass-produce these battlecruisers for their own purposes. Deployed as lone wolves in deep space, they would be used to defend their interests which could not be adequately conveyed through a frigate flotila. Such interests included planetary defence, projecting power through high-risk regions, and recovering high-value objects and ships. Although currently, they are few in number, Baal Naval Works' heavy shipyards have been hard-pressed to spread them across the frontier.