LRS Hand of Democracy

The Lirrachan Republican Ship Hand of Democracy was the first Lirrachan built dreadnought, designed to compete with vessels of equal tonnage, such as the HMIV Empress Elizabeth and the Empress Class dreadnoughts of the Tripartite Empire. 
Hand of Democracy was the brain-child of Bannean Arms and Trans-Telestar Corporations' Joint-Marine Bureau and was approved by the Taegren Administration in 1292 after the Disaster of '92. The HoD was the largest vessel ever constructed by the Republic, and as such required a completely new drydock in Bannean.
The launch of the vessel was heavily marketed and attended by many dignitaries, the President, Cabinet, and Congress of Deputies. An unexpected failure in the Hand of Democracy's port 17cm artillery guns resulted in a stock panic as shares for Bannean Arms collapsed, leading to the Lirrachan Anarchy. The HoD was repaired in port by the Rigdenship of Pandora and assisted in reestablishing order with the Six Nation Alliance.
In late 257, the HoD was dispatched to investigate the disappearance of a number of Lirrachan gunships in the west of Eudeon and to drop off supplies and infrastructure in Vercingeton, as well as pick up Republican assets in New Middan.
Category:Dreadnought