Proxima-class Battlecruiser

The Proxima-class Battlecruiser is a new type of battlecruiser developed by the New United Federation in the 32nd century to replace the age old UEF-era battleships and battlecruisers. Designed for a new, and weaker, Federation Navy and battle doctrine emphasizing on flexibility, rapid and long-range deployments to make up for loss in numerical superiority of the old UEF Navy. The Proxima-class is only classed as a battlecruiser due to NUF Navy doctrine regarding the Proxima's use. Its capabilities punches far above a normal battlecruiser, excelling in firepower, speed and protection. 
At least 6 Proxima-class battlecruisers are always in New Terra's orbit as a defensive and quick reaction force measure, and an additional 4 is assigned to the NUF Home Fleet. 
== History ==
=== Background and origin ===
After the destruction of the Sol System caused by the unexpected explosion of the Sun, thought impossible due to the Sun being a low-mass star and billions of years left in its life-span, and the fragmenting of the UEF subsequently, a civil war ensued, leading to the formation of the NUF in Proxima Centauri, true successor to the UEF. Once the dust had settled from the fragmentation of the UEF, the newly formed NUF in Proxima Centauri was left with few major shipyards and the loss of all its Supernova-class Super Dreadnoughts from its control. Now with just slightly over 1/3rd the military size of the former UEF and with the surviving larger rogue factions threatening from all angles, the NUF began prioritizing few but powerful units both for ground and space engagements. 
Two centuries later, a new capital ship was needed to replace whatever capital ships they still had from the old UEF-era. Not only were such ships far beyond their life expectancy, but more importantly a more flexible ship for rapid deployment and force projection was needed rather than the old Defiance-class battleships and the BX9 program battlecruisers which was meant more for fleet and group deployments. 
The development and construction of the Proxima-class battlecruiser started in the form of Project Guilty Spark. The project for the new ship would not only design it to fit the new battle doctrine of the NUF Navy, but also would take experience learned from the not only the Defiance-class battleships and BX9 battlecruisers, but also from the Griffon-class super battleship, primarily its hull.
== Ships in class ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ship
! Hull Number
! Laid down
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Commanding Officer(s)
! Homeport
! Status
|-
| Proxima
| BCS-1000
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| New Terra 
| Active
|-
| Sol
| BCS-1001
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Sirius
| BCS-1002
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Epsilon Eridani
| BCS-1003
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Vega
| BCS-1004
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Rigil Kentaurus
| BCS-1005
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Toliman
| BCS-1006
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
|-
| Enterprise
| BCS-1701
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ??? 
| Active
Category:Ship Classes
Category:New United Federation