Zion-class Battleship

The Zion-Class Battleship was developed by the Imperial Nations Space Command in an alternate universe.
==Development==
The Zion-class was meant to replace the aging Beowulf-class Battleship. It started coming off the production lines in 2497, and has been a mainstay of the INSC fleet ever since. The Beowulf had held itself up commendably during the First Human-Progeny War, but it was just becoming outdated, and the INSC turned to ship maker Northrop-Grumman to make a new design, that took into account technological developments made after the original designing of the Beowulf. 
==Weapons and defenses==
The Zion-class, in its original design, incorporated the latest development in beam weapon technology. Offensively, this took the form of four high powered beam weapons, designed to hit an enemies armor, and flay it open. It could also be used to overload the shields of a Progeny vessel, opening it up to attack from the numerous railguns placed aboard the ship. 
Defensively, the Zion-class contained the usual jamming technology. It also had 1st generation beam weapon point defenses. While this would require more power, beam weapons had a higher rate of success in shooting down incoming missiles and fighters. 
With the addition of Orion class antimatter warheads, the Zion-class became the perfect weapons for planetary subjugation. Their tough armor, and large amount of weapons meant that they could secure a planet, then bomb it until the planet submitted to the Unified Earth Empire.
Later on, the Zion-class was discontinued, as the INSC could not afford the time it took to make them. The renewed war with the Koslovic Remnant State meant that they had to produce ships quickly and cheaply. With the fall of the UEE at the hands of the Koslovics and the Progeny, the design was taken by the Koslovics for usage in designing their own ships.
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