Retribution-class Battleship

"What's that ship at the front...Cause the side profile is actually hot."-8y, leader of Parmort, referring to AIN Luzon (BB-04)The Retribution-class Battleships are a class of Battleship operated by the Arkanian Imperial Navy. The Retribution-class was developed during the time of the Second Arkanian Republic were the first class of warships to be commissioned by the Arkanian Republic Navy. It was the most heavily-armed warship to ever be constructed by the Arkanians at its debut and the second most-powerful warship currently in service with the Arkanian Navy. 60 ships of this class were ordered at its introduction, and more were gradually constructed as production was slowed immensely. The first ship, AIN (formerly ARN) Retribution (BB-01) was completed on November 21, 2035. 
== Development ==
=== Initial Development ===
The Retribution-class Battleships began development soon after the formation of the Second Arkanian Republic. The Arkanian Republic Navy requested a design for a large, heavily-armed battleship which would be the primary capital ship of the navy. 
Later that year in 2035, the design for the Retribution-class Battleship was created, with production beginning later that year at Arkania Shipyards.
=== Modernization Project ===
In late 2037, a project was begun which would modernize the almost two-year-old battleships. The refitted Retribution-class Battleships would feature an updated superstructure and less-exposed bridge, newly-designed, modern railgun triple-railgun turrets, Committee for Interstellar Standards standard docking bays, escape pods and cargo containers, heavily-upgraded retrograde thrusters and maneuvering engines, and a longer hangar bay to accommodate more fighters. The engines would also be redesigned.
The first Retribution-class Battleship to be refitted was the AIN Resolute (BB-61) of the 1st Defensive Fleet. She completed her modernization later in 2037 and returned to her fleet.
== Design and Armaments ==
=== Design ===
==== Pre-2037 Modernization ====
The Retribution-class featured a new starship design that featured a command bridge, which was not present in Arkanian-designed ships since the pre-Terran era. This bridge and superstructure design was less over-exposed and more advanced than prior designs and was also more protected by point-defense cannons. Its thrusters were also improved compared to Terran-era counterparts.
The Retribution-class also has a small complement of fighter craft located in its forward-facing ventral hangar bay, made up of Type-1A Viper-class Space Superiority Fighters.
==== Post-2037 Modernization ====
The modernized Retribution-class featured an updated superstructure and a completely redesigned bridge area which was even less exposed than the pre-modernization ships. The trenches near the bow of the ship received new weaponry, including point-defense cannons and missile batteries. The trenches now featured Committee for Interstellar Standards (CIS) standard docking ports, escape pods and cargo bays, for standard cargo containers of different sizes. New retrograde thrusters and maneuvering engines. The forward-facing hangar bays were also lengthened, increasing the fighter complement.
=== Weaponry ===
==== Pre-2037 Modernization ====
The weaponry featured on the Retribution-class was also more advanced. It originally featured 12 newly-designed VC-01 Triple Heavy Railgun turrets, 4 secondary TR-50 Railgun turrets (slightly upgraded version of the turrets seen on the Terran Orion-klasse Battleship) and updated Terran-era point-defense cannons. A larger emphasis on missile batteries was also introduced to increase effectiveness. 
==== Post-2037 Modernization ====
The modernized Retribution-class replaced the VC-01s with newly-designed, more modern VC-02s. The four secondary guns remained the same, and the point-defense cannons were more spread out in placement. Some missile batteries had to be removed to make room for the maneuvering engines. Smaller missile batteries were also placed in the trenches of the ship.
== Service History ==
=== Second Arkanian Republic ===
The Retribution-class served as the flagships for most large fleets before the Excalibur-class Dreadnoughts were completed.
==== Lunar-American War ====
Under Task Force 15, the Retribution-class Battleships provided support fire for the fleets of Jovia and Neo-Valeria and participated in the destruction of a disabled enemy fleet.
=== Imperial Arkanian Empire ===
==== Arkanian Expansion ====
In 2036 with the formation of the Imperial Arkanian Empire, the fleets of the newly-formed Arkanian Imperial 
Navy, including Task Force 15, entered neighboring planetary systems and acquired the unexplored territory, mapping out the areas in the process. Task Force 15 then left small groups of starships in the newly-acquired systems, which will stay there until a large enough Arkanian presence is established in those areas. Those small fleets are mostly led by Retribution-class Battleships since Task Force 15's flagship, Excalibur-class Dreadnought AIN Excalibur (SBB-01) lead the expansion into the neighboring systems.
==== Astral Talons-USSAS War ====
[Under Construction]
==== American-Coalition War ====
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