Eligius-class Battleship

The Elegius-class Battleship is a class of heavy warship within the United Nations Space Command's Navy. With the Elegius project beginning in the early to mid 2540's the project would be stalled, repurposed, stalled, and repurposed again not to mention several intentional and unforeseen delays. Built alongside behemoth projects such as the Infinity, Elegius was similarly designed with lessons learned and technologies gleamed from the Human-Covenant War. Albeit not nearly to the extent of the Infinity with its Forerunner machinations on board the Elegius was privy to many advancements gleamed from Covenant technology.

With the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War the Elegius project was able to be accelerated and better prioritized with a greater idea of where Humanity stood. With the immediate power vacuum and devastated human space a dedicated and modernized battleship which could alleviate some of the responsibilities the Infinity would be undertaking was considered vital in restoring control over the colonies and projecting Human power against remnant forces of the Covenant. In July of 2557 the Elegius project had culminated in four unique trial vessels. Different from one another minutely the four Elegius ships would fine tune and perfect the design throughout their sea-trial period. By 2558 a final version had been chosen and the UNSC Navy ordered the construction of two more Elegius-class Battleships which had not yet gone into the construction and planning phase when the Created Crisis erupted.

Design Details
Measuring four kilometers long the Elegius-class Battleship is one of the largest warships fielded by the UNSC Navy. Imagined as the future of the UNSC heavy warship the Elegius is designed to police Human Space and impose fear upon enemies of the UEG. Equiped with an array of advanced technologies gleamed from the war to include a Covenant Slipspace drive and Covenant Energy projector.

Armament
The Elegius-Class Battleship is equipped with a plethora of advanced weapons systems to include the following.