F-Type Battleship (Resolution-Class)

“I have the motivation to work on F type because my fucking life depends on it”-Tenksman, 4/30
== Overview ==
The Resolution-class Battleship, also known as the F-Type Battleship is the Merculan Starfleet’s newest standard battleship, entering service in 2037, built to be the successor of the C-Type Battleship and counter to the Jovian Nemesis-Class. 
== Design ==
=== Design Phase ===
The Merculan Starfleet had been looking to find replacements for the C-Type Battleship as early as 2031, with several designs being considered. This resulted in the D-Type Battleship, which failed to meet the expectations of the Merculan Starfleet in fully replacing the C-Type. In 2035, Imperion Dynamics was tasked with the development of a starship based on the C-Type Battleship’s hull, featuring an almost identical superstructure and weaponry layout, which would be dubbed the C2-Class. Just as work had begun, the Jovian Starfleet comissioned its Nemesis-Class Battlecruisers, and new requirements from the Merculan Starfleet were made for the new vessel. This resulted in radical changes to the original design, with a low and hidden superstructure replacing the old overhanging tower of the C-Type, as well as a more uniform armor layout. 
=== Armament ===
The F-Type Battleship’s primary armaments are conventional. Featuring a wide array of railguns mounted on the sides and within the trench, these weapons favor rate of fire and quantity to achieve an overall higher damage output than contemporary armament layouts. At the front of the ship is a dual spinal SMAC, being the most powerful weapon ever mounted on any Merculan standard warship.
Additional focus was given to missile armament, as well as missile defense. F-Type features 6 heavy plasma-torpedo launch pods, with 3 embedded on each side of the ship. The ship features a new Projectile Detection and Interception Defense System (PDIDS) which targets missiles and projectiles with an array of sensors assisted by Cleveland 4.4 to actively track and identify an incoming projectile. Once a general area is determined, the defense system fires a spread of projectiles at high speed which shatter into fragments, creating a high-speed field of shrapnel that will eliminate incoming threats. The system was developed and tested by Imperion Dynamics.
== Service History ==
The F-Type Battleship has yet to be involved in active combat as of 2037. The first squadron of these ships were commissioned into Task Force 600, with more being produced at Orion Prime and the Imperion District.
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