Exodus-class

The Exodus-class is a class of huge and modern battleships, carriers and command vessels manufactured by Sirius Shipyards for the Trident Foundries military.

Description
Measuring over seven hundred standard metres in length and having considerably more internal volume than even the mighty Independent-class of battleships, the Exodus-class is the largest class of starships in service with Trident Foundries.

Designed to internally carry four Cobra-class Corvettes, or two Cobra-class and many Swift-class fighters, into battle and then unleash withering firepower on enemy vessels, the Exodus-class represents a slight change in Trident Star Navy tactical doctrine, previously favouring smaller vessels.

Exodus-class ships are able to remain on station for many years away from external support, thanks to impressive technological advances first tested on ships such as the Mjolnir-class and Spectre-class; these include massive ramscoops to harvest interstellar hydrogen for the reactor, as well as efficient self-repair systems.

Exterior
The Exodus-class is a largely boxy class of starship composed of straight edges designed for maximum internal volume, and therefore lacks the graceful curvature and tapering of older PlazWorks-manufactured Trident vessels.

The forward end is dominated by weapons outputs of various types; four point-defence turrets and two anti-capital turrets are also located there, along with the forward docking tube and an airlock for maintenance and EVA.

Behind this forward end, the vessel's four (two on carrier variant) docks for Cobra-class corvettes are located, and behind these, the ship widens considerably to allow for the three massive Hyperflux Coil Thrusters that are necessary to propel the huge vessel forwards. Located on the aft end above the central thruster is a small hangar with four Workbee maintenance craft.

A flattened bridge module is nestled in the armour panelling on the top central portion of the ship. Most of the ship's combat sensor equipment is located directly on top of the bridge.

Interior
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Systems
The Exodus-class was designed from the ground up to be a superior warship; as such, its systems needed to be extremely powerful and robust.

Exodus-class vessels are armed with two side-mounted plasma railguns on limited-traverse turrets on the sides of the ship, with four forward heavy plasma cannons, along with two long-ranged plasma beam emitters, on the forward end. In addition, they are also armed with six large PlazWorks PC/H-03 "Fury" anti-capital plasma turrets, and multiple PlazWorks "Shredder" point-defence turrets, two of which are located on the forward end.

History
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Notable vessels

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