Elysium Starship Classes

This is a list of the various Starship classes used within the Olympian Navy, and their successor, the Halcyon Security Forces with its own Navy Force. Many others found their ways into the hands of the Olympian Front. The majority of these ships were designed, built and created within the Elysium Sector and the Olympia Sector or greatly refined and extensively modified within those sectors. Note that the vessels do not represent their entire fleets but rather the most notable classes.
= Classes =
== Fighters & Bombers ==
Very light and compact ships, usually operated by a about one to two, maybe three or even four crew-members. These ships usually act in flights and squadrons. They are often carried aboard the cruiser and carriers of the fleet. Deployed in large amounts to attack light targets, defend fleet vessels, or to preform surgical strikes.
=== ENV Gryphon Multi-Fighter Series ===
The Gryphon series of small starships built and produced by Odysseus Associates, and later Ulysses Shipyards. Created in the late 2370s, the Gryphon series was apart of the new generation of starfighters built after the conclusion of the first Sanghvi-Kanad war and its design was highly influenced by lessons learned in the conflict.
The Gryphon-Class was devolved for the Olympian Navy request for a modern starfighter. Designed to not only surpass the then currently then in-service Crusader series of fighters but to also compete with both the HarkArk's Striker series, the Tri-Enterpises's HOUND series, Hiscan League's up and coming Panther-Series, and the ubiquitous Dardus line of starfighters.
While the Gryphon-series managed to succeed and surpass the requirements of the Olympian Navy's contract. It failed to reach a wider base in the galaxy due to its, then revolutionary, Compacted Dispersion-Force engines. Allowing the core-frame of the design to be very light and modular while retaining similar performance to its heavier contemporaries. It also proved to highly temperamental and is highly difficult to control at even the best of times.
However, its defenders state that its unique design and Dispersion-Force Engines opens up an entirely new field in the realm of starfighters. One that is modular, light and is able to not only match but also surpass conventional Plasma-based engines.
=== ENV Erinys Omni-Fighter Series ===
An revolutionary initiative envisioned by Ulysses Shipyards. Designed and produced in mass at the tail end of the 2390s to replace rapidly dwindling supply of the Gryphon series as most of the factories that produced its complex components were lost during the Third Corporate War or fell into the hands of the Olympian Front after the Olympian Coup.
This, compounded with a myriad of aging starfighter and bomber designs within the newly created Halcyon Naval Company lead to the development of a completely new series of starships that could superseded the old and would all be developed to spare parts and designs with one another. Significantly reducing strain on logistics and improving production efficiency.
While considerably lighter than their predecessors, the Erinys Series are far more easier to handle than the Gryphon Series while being far faster and maneuverable than other previous vessels. They do, however, suffer in protection, range, and atmospheric performance due to the many modifications made to the perfected version of the Dispersion-Force engine first pioneered on the Gryphon.
To that end, the Erinys Omni-Fighter Series compasses four notable lines which share core components with each-other, the medium weight Megaera-class, the lightweight Alecto-class, the heavyweight Tisiphone-class, and the Super-heavy Semnai-class.
=== ENV Erinys-Megaera Fighter Series ===
The Megaera-class is a line of starfighters built and produced by Ulysses Shipyards as part of their Erinys Omni-Fighter Series. Slowly put to together over a decade, undergoing constant revision and field testing until an suitable model was reached and approved with many different variants on this singular platform, the three most popular ones are as follows.
The Megaera Strike-Fighter, while designed primarily for fighter combat. The Strike-Fighter also packs a small amount of weaponry to attack larger targets such as Bombers, Gunships, and even an Corvette with a well-placed Voltaic-Torpedo.
The Megaera Superiority-Fighter, built and optimized solely for fighter-to-fighter engagements and fast reactions to enemy attacks. These Starfighters are designed to take and hold naval territory and stop enemy fighter formations from breaking through.
The Megaera Automata-Fighter, An highly-developed Drone Fighter that is often used in waves to soften enemies positions and forces before manned vessels move in.
Its considerable lack of armor for an standard Starfighter has led many veteran pilots in the Halycon being very critical of this replacement to their long-standing Gryphon Fighters. Some even calling it "The Smallest Hyper-sonic coffin on the market'. Yet many more younger Halycon Fighter jocks treat these risks as part of the job. For their yearly payment totals to be some of the highest and often shortest in the Halcyon.
=== ENV Erinys-Alecto Light Series ===
The Alecto-class is a line of light and compact starfighters built and produced by Ulysses Shipyards as part of their Erinys Omni-Fighter Series. One of the later platforms, created to highly mobile, exceptionally lightweight, and hyper-quick to take off and get into operations. Two of the most popular variants are as follows.
The Alecto Interceptor, built around the close-range interception of enemy fighters and bombers. Extremely maneuverable, these Interceptor are able to pursue hostiles and get close enough to unleash its, albeit short-range but devastating weapons.
The Alecto Scout, built exclusively for reconnaissance. These Scout-crafts are built carry a number of active and passive stealth systems that keeps their signature well-hidden at the cost of weaponry besides its twin chain-lasers.
=== ENV Erinys-Tisiphone Heavy Series ===
The Tisiphone-class is a line of heavy starfighters built and produced by Ulysses Shipyards as part of their Erinys Omni-Fighter Series. One of the first platforms, created to be fast and have large payloads to fulfill the need for bombers and heavier fighters for the fleet. There of the most popular variants are as follows.
The Tisiphone Light-Bomber, An fast bomber that unleash a relatively powerful payload. Designed to get in and get out as soon as possible. These Bombers are known for their speed, precision, and most importantly, their generously sized Ordinance-bays.
The Tisiphone Escort-Fighter, Designed to operate within mixed squadrons with bombers, shuttles, and other light, valuable vessels. These Fighter carry a heavy set of weaponry and long-range sensors to protect their assigned formations.
The Tisiphone Fighter-Destroyer, while it can actively protect itself from other fighters and operating as one need be. These Fighters are primarily designed for attacking Heavy Bombers, Corvettes, Frigates, and even soft-points on larger vessels with long-range, pinpoint ordinance.
=== ENV Erinys-Semnai Super-Heavy Series ===
The Semnai-class is the heaviest of the Starfighters produced by Ulysses Shipyards as part of their Erinys Omni-Fighter Series. Built to be large as possible within the requirements of the Erinys Series. Using only a handful of core components between the other lines. However, their bulk and size allows them to act as fully loaded Bombers with enough ordnance to shatter Frigates whole if all of their payload connects.
The only popular variant on this platform is the Semnai Tactical-Bomber. Fast for its size, it is able to carry a large payload and has the accuracy to place its heavy ordinance right at the weak-points of any vessel. Able to break the hull of most Corvettes in a single savlo.
The only other variant that has gain any short of use is that of the Semnai Stealth Bomber, still in the field testing. The Stealth Bomber carrys a smaller payload but has nonetheless proven to be extremely potent against unaware and unprepared targets due to their advanced stealth systems.
=== ENV Gorgon-Series Assault-Fighter ===
Originally devolved as a successor to Hiscan League's stillborn Panther-series, an highly ambitious project, the so called 'Sabertooth' fighter project was far ahead of its piers but was seen as a massive risk due to the failure of the Panther-series. Worse for the project was the Conglomerate's dire losses in the Third Corporate War. The Conglomerate would find its last holdings in the South-western Quadrant eventually consumed by the Tri-Enterpises's aggressive conquest. Putting such projects on indefinite hold.
Yet, once the Hiscan League was able to temporarily secure its sovereignty from Tri-Enterpises and unite itself as an free but willing vassal to the greater Elysian Commonwealth. Interest in such projects were renewed. Ulysses Shipyards decided to eventually move forward with their work and create a working model, now rebranded as the Gorgon-Series. Further work was done alongside Anvar Galactic Shipyards and Nyxia Battle Systems to create a Next-Generational Assault Fighter Series.
In spite of Odysseus's disinterest in the project, threatening to cancel it several times, it has become a very lucrative product and a highly capable Fighter. While stiff, strenuous, and rather unwieldy, its speed, endurance, heavy armor, and armaments more than makes for these short comings.
Its proficiency to such areas where the Erinys-series lacks, along with superior atmospheric handling, makes it a perfect supplement to the Argos's Marine forces. Employing in select squardons and are mostly used in atmospheric and often, hazardous environments.
Three specialized designs were later developed on this platform. The Medusa Fighter-Bomber, reducing its heavy forward weaponry for a small ordinance-bay. The Euryale Attacker, its weaponary and systems replaced and equipped for ground attacks. And the rare Stheno Interdictor, which uses adanvced steatlh systems to launch long-range strikes deep within enemy terriority.
== Gunships & Drop-ships ==
These small ships, usually operated by a team of crew-members numbering less than a total of six on average. Carried aboard larger fleet vessels and are deployed to support planetary affairs. Given the tasks of either deploying or destroying ground assets. Their interstellar capabilities are often very limited as they optimized for high performance in atmospheric conditions.
=== ENV Areion-Seires Troop Shuttle ===
A diminutive and lightweight craft, Areion-Class Shuttles are fast, nimble ships that are ubiquitous throughout the Elysium Sector and its neighboring territories for various utility, security, and civilian functions. The militarized versions employed are up-armored and armed with light weaponry along with limited outer atmospheric capabilities.
They are commonly used for rapid-deployment of troops and ground assets onto the battlefield. Its small-signature and exceptional maneuverability provides a good degree of battlefield survivability. A reliable light utility craft. The Areion has been in service for decades and shows no sign of retirement.
However, it has a very small capacity of only 4-6 Fully armed passengers or with modification, An ultralight vehicle or a compact light mech in a Mag-clamp bay. Its weaponry is limited to two forward Chain-Lasers with passenger capacity needing to be sacrificed for heavier armaments.
=== ENV Pyrausta-Seires Gunship ===
An Lighter than average Gunship design, built out of spite and suffering a trouble development, the Pyrausta would finally see service in the late 2360s. Itself preforming adequately on the market but was overshadowed by the more popular HarkArk Adeptor and other well-established vessels.
Built upon a series of ill-fated cooperation partnerships between various groups and Ulysses Shipyards in the early 2350s. The projects between the two powers eventually fell apart due to myriad of reasons with Ulysses Shipyards taking on the sole responsibility of the final design.
Yet, despite its history, the Pyrausta-Seires has endured throughout the years as a compact and agile Gunship. Carrying a wide arsenal of weaponry and is highly modular. Normally carrying a small-troop compartment of around 6-8, it is able to be configured to carry a heavier troop-bay of 10-12 passengers with a reduced arsenal. Its tail section can also carry Mag-clamp, enhanced engines or simply more weaponry such as a dorsal Plasmic-beam cannon.
These qualities has allow the Pyrausta to continue even into the 2420s.
=== ENV Phaethon-Series Dropship ===
The Phaethon-Series of dropships exchanges the heavier weaponry now common within its Class for increased speed, armor, and with a passenger capacity of 18-20 individuals with a rear Mag-clamp bay that can carry medium-sized vehicles and mechs. An heavier extension that can carry upwards to 30-32 armed troops is common along with an variant forgoes troop capacity for a much larger Mag-clamp bay.
While highly success for the Olympian Navy's as part of its contact for new dropships. The craft failed hard when Ulysses Shipyards put it on the export market an year later due to its lack of muti-role ability. The Phaethon-Series specialization in a transport role has allowed to remain relevant for decades.
=== ENV Cychreides-Series Heavy Gunship ===
The Cychreides-Series Heavy Gunship is a large and ponderous aircraft with a massive arsenal of heavy weaponry. Deployed for heavy, prolonged air-to-ground engagements and sometimes against large air formations with a specialized loadout. Its extreme firepower is generally brought down on heavy enemy armor columns and fortifications. It can also carry upwards to 48-52 individuals if all of its munitions are unloaded.
Its massive size and cost leaves it a uncommon sight as it is very much preferred to unitize the Cychreides in areas where air-dominance has been achieved as it lacks the mobility to effectively combat attacking fighters and heavy Anti-air elements.
== Fleet Light Ships ==
The smallest vessels within an Naval Fleet with capabilities for continuous faster-than-light travel, they are also the most common class of ships to be used in atmospheric environments due to their smaller scale. Allowing them to function far better in high-gravity, while vessels such as Frigates are at a far greater risk of suffering a catastrophic collision due to their size. Most unable to safely land upon an planetary surface.
=== ENV Iris-Class Cutter ===
The Iris-Class is a long-running series of Naval Cutters, these vessels are a common sight in patrolling Elysian trade routes and colonial holdings. They are also commonly used to investigate and preform deep scans after the initial probe sweep had passed.
Lightly armed and armored, these Vessel are kept away from heavy fighting. These ships are designed to fight off other enemy Cutters and break apart small enemy bomber or dorpship formations. They usually pressed to preform Naval Hit-and-runs and anti-fighter duty.
=== ENV Persephone-Class Stealth Cutter ===
The Persephone-Class is a prime example of Odysseus's continued miniaturization of advance stealth technology. The Persephone-Class is by far one of the smallest naval ships to employ such systems at a micro level. Able to provide Naval forces with deep-space reconnaissance at a level with far greater accuracy than a probe scan.
Sporting a small cargo bay, the Persephone is able to deploy ground assets far hidden into enemy territory with very little chance of detection. The Persephone extensive stealth systems does come at the cost of armor and weaponry. Leaving the Vessel relating solely on its dexterity to avoid enemy interception.
=== ENV Selene-Class Troopship ===
An development upon the Zelos-Class Corvette, the Selene-Class is commonly considered to be an down-scaling of its core design. With heavily reduced combat capabilities traded for superior landing and atmospheric abilities. They are often used in many similar utility, security, and civilian roles that require a gigantic amount of cargo to be moved.
The Selene-Class forgoes the combat capabilities available on other Cutters for greater armor and a immerse capacity for its mag-clamp bay can carry an drop-off troop compartment holding nearly 100 individuals, Heavy mechs and armored vehicles, or super-heavy cargo.
=== ENV Hermes-Class Corvette ===
The Hermes-Class Corvette is a line of starships manufactured in the early 2400s by Ulysses Shipyards and are known for their peerless maneuverability, even within planetary conditions.
Redeveloped from a venerable Hiscan League design, rebuilt to unitize Ulysses Shipyards components and systems. These ships were able to be quickly built from many unfinished hull given over as part of Hiscan-Odysseus's continued cooperation.
It's unmatched design and dexterity has allowed the ship to in addition to serving in either patrol or scouting duty, to also be pressed into the role of a light-lander, armored freighters, and even super-heavy bombers. As much of its systems and weapons can be extensively customized at nearly any refitting station.
While one of the lightest in its class, the vessel's lightweight does cost it the firepower and durability found on other contemporary Corvettes, making it an ineffective escort. However, its extreme versatility and exceptional agility makes it a welcome addition to any fleet.
=== ENV Zelos-Class Assault Corvette ===
The Zelos-Class is old yet highly proven line of Corvettes built for heavy anti-fighter and counter-Corvette duty. Built in the early 2340s as a answer to pirate attacks along the Elysian periphery. These vessels are gone under countless reversions and refits but have continue to be built due to their inexpensive and effective design.
Frequently found operating in tight hunting packs. The Zelos is able to make sort work of rival Corvettes and even enemy Frigates with its deceptively powerful weaponry. Its heavy shielding and weaponry combined with its speed allows the Zelos to destroy entire fighter and bomber squadrons with ease.
== Fleet Line-Ships ==
These ships serve as the standard Naval Vessels of their respective Navies. Forming the bulk of Naval ships within Battle-groups. Their uses are mostly focused around escorting larger vessels, preforming specific tasks or missions requiring a presence lighter than a Cruiser, or simply as a quick response before heavier vessels can arrive.
=== ENV Triton-Class Frigate ===
The Triton-Class is the standard Frigate throughout Elysian Naval fleets, commissioned at the drawn of the Olympian Navy. The Triton was first among its class to see the unique developmental advances that would later see use among many vessels throughout the wider Elysian fleet vessels.
Armed with a prow-mounted Particle-Lance for long-range combat and an Light Phased-Plasma Naval Cannon for shorter range affairs. The Triton-Class is a versatile, battle ready Frigate that has seen continuous service throughout the decades.
=== ENV Phobos-Class Stealth Destroyer ===
The Phobos-class operates as an traditional "Torpedo-boat" with highly advanced stealth systems. Built in the later years of the Combine, this vessel was one of the first of Ulysses Shipyards's primarily stealth-focused vessels. Greatly inspired by the Black Fleet's use of strike craft in the First Kanad-Sanghvi War, Ulysses Shipyard's attempts eventually gave fruit and the Phobos-class Stealth Destroyer was produced and commissioned by the Olympian Navy.
Its revolutionary design allows this light, nimble vessel to get close to larger enemy vessel such as Battleships and cruisers. Dealing a devastating hit on its unaware target before quickly cloaking and repositioning for another shrike. While slow to load and short-ranged, the Elysian Gamma-Fission Torpedo is known for its destructive power.
=== ENV Orion-Class Destroyer ===
The Orion-class, its core was originally by created by Alcinous Engineering to function as light, mobile and cheap Orbital defense stations for use in colonial use. However, several critical design flaw allowed this defense gun to be easily reconfigured for the more creative uses with the right FTL dive and added-on engines. After an number of other deficits were found, it found itself banned in much of UGC Space for these dangerous flaws that led them to be more useful to pirate than colonists.
After being taken off the market, Ulysses Shipyards was able to secure a vast majority of them and after a number of extreme additions and modifications, repurposed them as the cores of their new-line of Destroyers. Armed with a twin Heavy Particle-Lance, they quickly found a new home within the Olympian Navy.
=== ENV Eris-Class Striker ===
The Eris-Class Striker is a class of starships built and originally manufactured by Alcinous Engineering in the mid-2370s. The Eris is a lightweight, multi-purpose strike craft that was fully designed around the newly developed Sleath-System.
The Eris is able to mask its heat-signature while also providing extensive active-camouflage from nearly all known targeting and sensory systems. Making the Orion both a very elusive and very hard target for its opponents.
Next, Eris contains a wide host of electronic warfare systems that can be used offensively to jam various systems of an opposing starship through either short-range wireless 'soft' hacking or leech-drone based 'hard' hacking. The system can also be used passively to scramble communications, break target-locks or even disrupt enemy fighters nearby.
The Eris-Class Striker is often used to deploy marine forces deep behind enemy territory undetected and attacking enemy vessels of a smaller class with heavy barrages from its many Voltaic-Charge Projectors at mid range before they a moment to react.
=== ENV Poseidon-Class Heavy Frigate ===
The Poseidon-Class Heavy Frigate is a line of starships that serves the Elysium Sector and its countless outer colonies, convoy guards, and defensive fleets as an flexible and robust frigate.
The vessel history lies in the 2350s, originally built and classified as the 'Conservator CS-25 Escort'. Commonly used by various interplanetary militias, and other fringe groups due to it's crude but simple, reliable nature.
The vessel's blueprints we're eventually acquired and co-produced by both Ulysses Shipyards and Alcinous Engineering after it's initial creators went into liquidation.
Extensively modernized and rebuilt with many systems used on the Orion-Class Destroyer. Re-classed as the 'Poseidon-Class Heavy Frigates', the ship quickly earned a reputation for being an highly effective Escort and heavy patrol vessel. It's core design built around carrying as equal amount of armor and weapons while being fast and agile enough to response any threats. However, its size nearly rivals that of a Light Cruiser.
An Highly developed Sensor array alongside a potent Electronic Warfare system allows the the Triton to protect its fleet against any attacks against its fleet.
=== ENV Theseus-Class Heavy Destroyer ===
The Theseus-Class Destroyer, devolved as part of an joint venture between the Upyri Federation and the Elysium Commonwealth. Serves as an heavy fire-support ship of the Halcyon's fleets.
Featuring an large array of Voltaic-Charge projectors alongside the long-range, Super-Heavy Particle-Lance, which, while not as damaging as the traditional Railgun, does offer the same extreme range at an lighter overall weight and smaller size. These ships are able to damage enemy vessel from afar while able to disable any vessel in its weight class with barrages of heavy Voltaic-Charges at short to medium range in under a matter of minutes.
While lacking heavy short-range firepower or a hanger to provide fighter squadron protection. These ships are known for their ability to disrupt enemy squadron through its heavy weapons.
Devolved, Tested, and built at the same time by Ulysses Shipyards as the Perseus-Class Battleship. They are designed to operate each-other in battle groups of one Perseus-class to every two Theseus-class ships with Carrier Support.
== Fleet Cruisers ==
The backbone of the Fleet, these larger Vessels are designed to operate in command of smaller Naval Groups or for independent, long-range operations. Some Vessels within this Class are instead built for fighter or fire-support to Large Naval Groups. These ships usually carry a contingent of Fighters aboard them along with infantry garrisons for planetary or marine actions.
=== ENV Artemis-Class Light Cruiser ===
The Poseidon-Class is a series of light Cruisers developed and put into production by the Ulysses Shipyards corporation in the early 2400s as part of a initiative of rebuilding and reusing Hiscan League starship designs and hulls. Extensively redesigning and modernizing them to unitize Odysseus built components and parts.
The Poseidon-Class series is primarily used for independent, long-range and high endurance operations requiring a small yet sizeable marine force with its comparatively sizable hanger bay that can both supply its marine complement with orbital shuttles and provide air-coverage with either a flight of Bombers or Fighters in its launch-deck.
The Poseidon-Class also carries a large number of weapons to handle any situation, with its Voltaic-Charge Batteries to break enemy fighter and bomber formations. It's Particle-Lances to tear apart the hull of opposing frigates and corvettes. And lastly, a small number of Gamma-Fission Torpedos to hold its ground against similarly sized and larger Fleet Vessels.
=== ENV Apollo-Class Light Carrier ===
The Apollo-Class is a series of Light Carriers deprived form the 'Custodian-Class Armored Cruiser'. Originally designed for the UGC's defense forces by 'Star-Corps' design teams in the early 2250s after Ral'loc-UNSGI War. Its design was allowed to be produced by various manufacturers including Menelaus Industries and later, Ulysses Shipyards which was able to acquire the original blueprints. Eventually, after the First Sanghvi-Kanad War, the Custodian-Class was retired and many damaged vessels were to be scrapped en-mass.
However, Menelaus Industries was able to acquire many of these damaged vessels and were instead, after extensively reworking its core design, was able to be refitted and repurposed the many damaged Cruisers as light carriers for the Olympian Navy in 2338. It was also relatively easy to rework the already existing production plants up to this new standard and keep these starships into service for many more years.
While heavily lacking in armament, the Apollo-Class can supply, maintain and deploy its several squadrons on a moment's notice. The Apollo-Class also has enough room to support a marine strike force with heavy hardware. Even having an onboard medical bay and a limited Fabrication network in its armories.
=== ENV Deimos-Class Stealth Cruiser ===
The Deimos was originally, an competing design for the request of a next generation Destroyers for both the Halcyon and Upyri Navy. The Uypri design-team's concepts proved far more reliable than Ulysses and were chosen after three years of active competition. Both Parties choose to proceed and further develop the more reliable and armed Upyri design, creating the successful Theseus and Javelin classes of Heavy Destroyers.
However, many still saw the potential of highly advanced but risky and unproved features of Ulysses's design. Thus, Ulysses decided to move forward with this design with a number of extreme revisions. Significantly changing Its scale to that of an Cruiser and were able to secure enough resources to move forward with its development after a number of compromises.
After nearly a decade of solving design flaunts and production reworks. The Deimos-Class was eventually perfected and entered full production in 2413. While lacking in heavy armor, its impressive speed and a surprising amount of firepower boosted by two flights of Fighters in its hanger bays makes it a powerful, if highly specialized Cruiser.
=== ENV Athena-Class Heavy Cruiser ===
The Athena-Class is a series of heavy cruisers first designed by Menelaus Industries during the last years of the UNGSI's rule over what would eventually become the Elysium and Olympia Star Sectors. Its design was later rejected by UNGDF as military contacts fell through during UNGSI abandonment of the Sectors.
However, the design was further worked and later perfected during the early years of newly established Olympian Navy nearly 50 years after it's original creation. Being accepted into service as the Olympian Navy's new 'battleship' during the Navy's contract for a modern warship to supplement and later replaced their obsolete inventory of starships handled down from the UNGDF.
Yet, despite its age, the Athena-Class has earned a venerable reputation within the Olympian Navy. It's core design allowing plenty of upgrades and refitting throughout its service life. Where it now serves as 'Heavy Cruiser', built for long-range, high-endurance operations and to provide a strong presence quickly with it's heavily reinforced shields, strong weapon arsenal, and large hangar bays holding an full squadron.
=== ENV Nike-Class Assault Carrier ===
The Nike-Class Assault Carrier was first started by Menelaus Industries and later finished by Ulysses Shipyards to answer a military contact in the 2350s by the Olympian Navy. Requesting an Heavier Vessel that could function as an planetary assault Vessel due to the loses suffered in the counter-offensive on pirate territory in the 2340s. The Apollo-Class Light Carriers proved to be inadequate when pressed into an planetary assault role when facing heavy planetary gunfire from pirate strongholds.
In order to cut costs and design time, Menelaus Industries purchased the designs of a promising warship designs form Anvar Galactic Shipyards. Menelaus was quickly able to modernize and get their first prototypes ready far ahead of the contract's deadlines. However, due to rising costs and unexpected issues during initial production, Ulysses Shipyards was called in to aid Menelaus Industries development and get the project back on track before the final deadline. Ulysses Shipyards was then able to secure the rights to produce the Nike vessels for the Olympian Navy.
Yet, the Nike-Class Assault Carrier proved highly popular with the Olympian Navy, functioning as a "Pocket-Dreadnought" of shorts. Far easier to built in mass than the Ares-Class. While their weaponry is rather short-range, design around planetary bombardment than naval fighting. They are nonetheless, sought after for their heavy armor and large capacity of two entire squadrons with room for a full landing force or another fighter squadron if need be.
== Fleet Warships ==
Massive Ships that are often hailed as the flagships of their respective battle-groups or even some fleets. These hulking vessels carry heavy firepower and armor. Admirals and even some lucky Commodores uses these as their personal command ships. They are rarely deployed without a heavy escort and an good reason to leverage their awesome might.
=== ENV Enyo-Class Battle Cruiser ===
The Enyo-Class Battle Cruiser functions as the heavier, more powerful and newer vessel to complement the Athena-Class, supplanting its role within the Navy as its mainline combat Cruiser and as heavy escort in large naval battle groups. Finished around the late 2370s and was fully commissioned by the Olympian Navy at the start of the 2380s. The Enyo-Class was the main focus of Menelaus Industries and was their last major project before being bought out in the late 2380s by Odysseus and their assets folded into Ulysses Shipyards.
The Enyo-Class is known for being for its heavy prow weaponry, the Heavy Particle Tri-Lance allows the Enyo to fire multiple, powerful volleys at long=ranges. Able to cripple corvettes and frigates and heavily damage other cruisers in less than a dozen shots with pinpoint precision. Secondary armaments are its heavy Plasmic-Beam Array that can both destroy attacking Fighters and Bombers swarms in a flash.
=== ENV Zeus-Class Artillery Cruiser ===
An unique ship built, the Zeus-Class is the final product of an odd gamble. Designed and built entirely around an Extremely large and experimental Ultra-Heavy Particle-Lance originally designed for the next generation of Elysian Dreadnoughts that never came due to the Starvis Incident. The many guns that were built with no hulls were left to collect dust before Ulysses Shipyards was able design an vessel that could support them.
The lack of resources shown a traditional battleship or dreadnought holding such a weapon was out of the question, thus it was decided to try and build an Heavy Cruiser size vessel around the entire weapon itself. After years of long prototyping and test, this new vessel shown much promise and was eventually deploy in field testing.
After a number of heavy modifications, these ships were re-classed as an "Artillery Cruiser" due to their lack of speed and protection as using them as an traditional battlecruisers led to a number of failures on the battlefield by ill-equipped captains in Halcyon who deployed it in such a matter. Instead, it is now used a extreme-range fire-support vessel for heavy engagements.
=== ENV Perseus-Class Battleship ===
The Perseus-Class Battleship, devolved as part of an joint venture between the Upyri Federation and the Elysium Commonwealth. Serves as the standard Battleship of the Halcyon's fleets.
Featuring an balanced array of naval weapons that allows it to preform as a general long to mid-range warship. While particularly succeeding in any area besides mid-range while it uses its absolute gigantic amount of Extreme-Yield Voltaic-Charge Batteries.
Its biggest failing is the lack of an large fighter and bomber complement provided by the older and smaller Athena-Class Cruisers. Necessitating the use of Carrier support to make up for this short-coming.
Devolved, Tested, and built at the same time by Ulysses Shipyards as the Theseus-Class Destroyer. They are designed to operate each-other in battle groups of one Perseus-class to every two Theseus-class ships with Carrier Support.
=== ENV Helios-Class Heavy Carrier ===
The Helios-Class is a line of Carrier-class starships, considered to be about same size of a Battleship. They were first built as part of an contact for the UGC by Menelaus Industries to act as mobile bases for its armies during the various minor conflicts spread throughout frontier space in the 2360s after the strategic lessons learned in the First Sanghvi-Kanad War.
The deteriorating relations and development delays led to the UGC canceling the order.
The Menelaus Industries quickly retooled the vessels as Heavy Carriers and pitched them to the Olympian Navy for a low cost as the failing of a seemly vital contact dawned heavily on them. The Olympian, after a number of requests made to the design, accepted them into their fleets. Further work into the late 2370s would be handled by Ulysses Shipyards as Menelaus Industries begin to continuous fall behind production schedule.
In spite of Menelaus Industries' failing reputation. The Helios-Class proved to be highly effective in its role as a Heavier Carrier. Providing much needed means to resupply and defend fellow fleets and forces with a massive amount of troops and Squadrons.
=== ENV Nemesis-Class Fast Battleship ===
The Nemesis-Class Battleship is one of the earlier vessels built and designed by Alcinous Engineering for the Olympian Navy in the 2350s to lead fast, heavy battlegroups to react to the massive pirate incursions among the Elysian periphery that had nearly reach the core-worlds of Elysium's sectors in the pirate attacks of the 2340s.
The Nemesis was designed to combat such an threat with heavy, overwhelming firepower at an moment's notice. Trading its armor for speed and relying heavily on its shields. The Nemesis-Class Battleship was fully commissioned in the early 2350s and full great success in fighting off and shutting the raids that had nearly fell Elysium's outer-sphere.
Unable to carry a fighter complement, it is reliant on Carrier escorts to provide close range protection against heavy bomber attacks or bordering parties. Though, its heavy firepower gives it a strong edge on the common Cruiser brawl, able to contend with many other battleships.
== Fleet Great-ships ==
The Largest Vessels that the Navy has to offer, each one is a tremendous effort from their Navy to build, field and maintain. These vessels are held to the highest standards and are few in number. Kept in reserve above the core-worlds and sometimes used for Force-projection. They are only used in offensive roles in the most rare and extreme cases as their potential loss would be great blow to their respective Navy's power.
=== ENV Ares-Class Dreadnought ===
The Ares-Class is a line of Dreadnought classed battleships that have formed the backbone of the Olympian Navy's might in nearly every major war that the Navy has participated in. These Dreadnought hold a near grandiose presence on the battlefield.
These behemoths were created by Menelaus Industries designers in the last years of the UNGSI's rule over the Elysium and Olympia sectors, created to serve as the flagship of the UNGDF's naval fleets. It was quickly pushed into service and was the first fully original warship designed, tested and produced in outer-colonial space. However, their early development was rushed as it was believed that these massive juggernauts would vital in any future interstellar war that was next for the UNGDF.
However, such a gigantic war would never come to pass as the crash of the 2270s took center stage. The crisis that succeed the crash later led to the Ares-Class prototypes being moth-balled and left to gather dust within the shipyards of Attica Prime. It was later in the 2320s that Ulysses Shipyards was able to recover these old prototypes and with the blessing of the newly formed Olympian Navy, to restart the project.
And after several decades, various redesigns, and many delays later. The Ares-Class was able to reach limited, and then eventual, mass production within the orbital factories over the very same planet. Producing a sizeable number of heavy warships over the years that allows the Olympian Navy to answer its needs for a planetary assault with something a bit larger.
Through, considered by some to be severely under-armored for a traditional Dreadnought and its the Super-Heavy Heavy Particle Lance lacks the heavier firepower offered on other Dreadnoughts. The Ares-Class still packs the same amount of planetary assault power expected from its contemporaries with over five to six squadrons at its command.
=== ENV Bia-Class Heavy Battleship ===
One of the later ships built and designed by Alcinous Engineering before its fracturing and eventual buyout before the Starvis Incident in 2386. This Battleships was created as part of Alcinous Engineering's answer to Ulysses Shipyards upcoming line of new Dreadnoughts. The Bia-Class was built to steer interest away from a new Dreadnought to an new, heavier battleship which the Olympian Navy was also interested in. The Bia-Class processed awesome firepower with its twin super-heavy Particle Lances.
However, after the Starvis Incident and resulting Olympian coup, much of Alcinous Engineering was fractured as those within the Olympia Sector aided the Olympian front while the parts of the company that remained in Elysium proper were quickly consumed by a aggressive corporate buyout by Odysseus. These elements suffering the same fate of Menelaus Industries and was adsorbed into Ulysses Shipyards.
Yet, this design lived on and was produced in a linted-capacity over the years, with a grand total of 7 built by 2425, with two more under constriction. They are even sightings of the original prototype being in the hands of the Olympian front, extensively modified to serve as their Capital ship.
=== ENV Herakles-Class Super Carrier ===
The Herakles-Class Super Carrier is a utterly massive and towering vessel, boosting two massive hanger-bays that carry three squadrons each with another, smaller bay in the center that can carry two additional squadrons if need be. These vessels were built by Menelaus Industries in the early 2360s as fears of Collective or Sanghvi expansion after their war drove the need for such a gigantic vessel within the Olympian Navy's high command.
Work on these vessels continued for many years, yet work on such large vessels petered out at the war's end due to the damaged state of both parties and fears of rising tensions with the Kanad's over the creation of a Super Carrier. Yet, work was still done at an small scale as time passed with it being an considered overall unnecessary due to the small to medium scale warfare that the Olympian Navy had found itself in.
Yet, full work would recommence once hostilities between the Sanghvi and Kanads started to rise once again in the early-to-mid 2380s. Ulysses Shipyards and Alcinous Engineering were signed onto the project and whiten a relatively short amount of time, were able to launch the first of its class with another two hull laid out and future plans for more underway.
The Starvis Incident however impacted all of Elysium hard, the navy taking major losses with the sole super-carrier lost as part of the war. Though, Ulysses Shipyards would later resume work on the Herakles-Class. With about three Vessels fully operational by 2420s with another underway.
== ENV Kratos-Class Titan ==
The Greatest and Largest Vessel that the Halcyon fleet has to offer, this gigantic warship was first built as an secret foundational Test-bed for weapons and systems for the next generation of Dreadnoughts and Battleships within the Elysium Combine.
However, after the Starvis Incident had shattered much of military strength of Elysium. The Odysseus sought to quickly establish itself as the sole military power throughout the fractured sector, securing its position for years to come.
To this end, the once abandon hull that was left beyond was quickly brought and slowly repurposed into a fully functional Warship, far larger than any before within Elysian space. It's unveiling as a "entirely new" design built by Odysseus. Its role was vital in providing the necessary show of arms to the rest of the Galaxy, showing that Elysium had once stabilized and that its needs of defense were in its own hands.
Yet, in spite of its role of a propaganda piece. The Kratos has shown itself to be a fully capable warship and on par with many within its Class. With an prow-mounted Ultra-Heavy Particle-Lance and twin Gamma-Fission Torpedo-Bays among its front. Supported by dozens of Heavy Plasmic-Beam Arrays, Voltaic-Charge Projector-Banks, and Particle-Lance Turrets on each broadside. This is further backed Three fully stacked Squadrons in each hanger bay on sides with dozens of Voltaic-Plasma Micro-Projector, the Kratos, like other Titan-class Ships, is widely dreaded among the enemies of the Commonwealth.
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