Aventis Bastion II Class

The *Bastion II-Class* is the successor of the **Aventis Bastion Class**.

## History

With the loss of several **Aventis Bastion Class** ships over the years, **Aventis Royal Shipyards** were commissioned by **King Pendragon I** to design a successor to immensely powerful but aging Bastion class utilising technology developed during the **Aventis Empire's** membership of both the **Galactic Commonwealth** and its successor, the **United Systems Commonwealth**.

Completed in **September 2453**, the **Bastion II-Class** greatly improves on the design of it's predecessor with a more compact circular design, more reminiscent of the much newer **Aventis Burh Class**. The original surviving **Bastion-Class** ships have been taken out of active service to serve as museum ships and cultural landmarks due to their historical significance, being one of the longest serving ship classes within the Aventis Empire.

At just over **1000 meters** in length, the Bastion II-Class retains the regal opulence of it's predecessor, being the largest and most awe-inspiring ship within the Aventis Fleet. Like other Aventis Vessel, the Bastion II-Class is designed not to move much during combat, instead using it's powerful **Aventis Coaxial Warp Drive** to jump from place to place in combat, a technology that has greatly been improved due to the development of the **Battlestar Project**.

Designated as a **Sky Citadel**, the largest multi-mission platform created by the Aventis (similar to the **Explorer** designation of **United Federation of Planets** vessels), the Bastion II-Class boosts a new **Aventis Steel Alloy Hull Plating**, an extremely expensive new type of hull plating which allows the Bastion II-Class some limited **Energy Absorption** properties similar to **Aventis Swords**. Power collected in this manner can be used to ***"overcharge"*** the **Verteron Beam Strips** on the vessel, allowing this Aventis ship to release a devastating overcharged attack in a last ditch effort to destroy their enemies. However although this plating is advanced, it has proven to be rather fragile in combat and can easily be overwhelmed when too much energy is applied to a singular spot on the Bastion II-Class's hull.

Like its predecessor, the main function of the Bastion-II is to serve as a competent carrier, coordinating fighter attacks on multiple targets at once in the heat of battle. The main defensive force of the Bastion II-Class is the extensive fighter wing stationed aboard each vessel, these include;

* **3000 "*Hussar-Class*" fighter -** A small, one-man fighter with a powerful engine designed to ram through other vessels.
* **2000 "*Berber-Class*" Snipe Fighter -** A Fighter with an impressive ranged energy weapon that is specially designed to "snipe" other fighters with deadly accuracy.
* **1000 "*Amboise-Class"* Heavy Bombers -** Heavy and slower fighters carrying an extensive number of plasma explosives designed to penetrate the shields of larger vessels.

## Known Vessels

At present, their are only **Two** operational Bastion II-Class vessels in the Aventis Empire, due to the incredible resources needed to create them.

These are;

* ***A.V.S. Hild MacLowan (Prototype for the Class)***
* ***A.V.S. Malastafis Fraltis***