Valiant class multi-role cruiser

Valiant medium class multi-role cruiser

## Offensive and defensive specs

### Armament

1 100cm (1-8-AF "light") coil gun. 20 30mm point-defense cannons. 4 80mm (B1-C "broadsider) cannons. 8 Multi-purpose missile tubes.(additional weapons can be attached to improve fire power)

### Complement

2 drop ships or swap out one shuttle for a ground vehicle

## General information

### Additional systems

ATD, hydroponics, long range communications systems

## MAS-Valiant Class multi-role cruiser

### Overview

The Valiant class Cruiser is the essential back bone of the Mass Alliance Grand Navy (MAGN). It's small size means cheep and easy build coast and maintenance as well as a small crew. It may not be the strongest or fastest ship, but because of it's efficient is much more useful then any larger ship in the same role. It's typically deployed as a patrol craft but can easily fill any role required of it. Thanks to it's shuttle like appearance it can also operate in atmosphere as well as space. It also has a large hangar bay at the ventral hull of the ship that can carry up to two shuttle craft or one or two vehicles depending on mission requirements.

## History

### Building

The first Valiant mark II was commissioned in 114 DoS with the sagging performance of the MKI Valiant, which was unsuited to the requirements of the Mass Alliance Grand Navy. The MAGN was interested in a multi-role ship which could fill in as a patrol ship and join task forces and set out to a number of requirements to contractors to give prototypes. The one picked out from these was Timit Incorporated, a Talon based company working from Talonis prime that had a heavy hand in engineering the original MK I Valiant frigates. The first assembly of the MK II prototype would happen in orbit of Talonis prime in August of 117 DoS and be complete 14 months later. For her maiden voyage the MAS(P)-Valiant-CC-1 would perform a shakedown run through the system and impressed many onlookers.

### Early life

The MK II Valiant would begin mass production in 120 DoS and quickly replaced the MK I as the standard ship of the fleet. Due to the modifications between light, heavy and medium styles of Valiant MK II's being a post building modification this streamlined manufacturing and allowed them to turn out ships much quicker. The phasing out of the MK I Valiants nearly happened over night thanks to this blistering pace. Due to this speed however minor faults were discovered that needed to be ironed out in subsequent versions. Notably an issue that caused cracks to occur along the wing that could become a critical failure during reentry. Due to this the Mass Alliance slowed down their production so that these issues could be addressed.

### Continued life

Over the years the Valiant MKII has had multiple updates and service over halls to new and existing models. The current model in service is the Valiant mark II/D-6 (Version D, model type 6) stared service in 128 DoS. During the introduction of the Mark II version the Mark I were attempted to be phased out, however the much larger hull design of the MK II gave issues to reentry and many MK I's still remained in service on one branch or another.

The MK II Valiants were considered to be the best of all light/multi-role cruisers in Aetherian's history. Their light weight gave them high maneuverability and their modern weapons suite and targeting capability made them incredibly accurate and deadly. The one major draw back to this was that it had a much large profile than other ships in the same size category due to its wings.

### Serpent war

During the Serpent war of 177 DoS many Valiant's were built and lost to the point that experienced crews were becoming harder to find as they could produce more Valiant's then the rate at which they could staff them. Crew reductions were called for and many Valiant's left port with the bare minimum crew for operation. This left many crews pulling double duty and working 12 shifts if not more. By the time of the battle of the Shield some Valiant's had to be sent out well still partially constructed, these models would be destroyed by their own weapons in some cases as they were not stress tested.

By the end of the Serpent war the Mass Alliance Grand Navy (MAGN) had a number of innovation ideas for the Mark III version that would later succeed it.

## Design

The Valiant multi-role cruiser features many now standard designs, such as the inclusion of a lift assist system that helps move cargo and people between decks, self sealing doors on all decks, a PM core ejection system (Found on the long ship previously, but incorporated into wider production following the Valiant's introduction) and a suspended fusion drive that rotates around its induction coil.

### Sleek design

While many elements are designed for its ability to move in and out of atmosphere some notable one's are its point-defense guns are able to retract into the hull as well as its RCS thrusters. Once in side both systems are protected from the intense heat and high atmospheric drag seen when reentering.

### Hangar

Due to the Valiant MKII's size over her predecessor it was discovered that going in and out of atmosphere was not going to be doing it as frequently as missions would require. Instead the MKII was given a hangar bellow the main hull that could hold up to two drop ships. This added a lot of extra weight, but as the Valiant wasn't required to go in and out of atmosphere as frequently this was not as big an issue. The major issue of this addition was that it changed the angle of decent when landing. Meaning runways needed to be extended as the Valiant could no longer flare up her nose as high just before touch down.

## Valiant type B (SWACS)

With the overwhelming number of Valiant class cruisers being built by the Mass Alliance it was decided to use some to fill other roles, such as scout ships. The Valiant Type B was given a massive scanning device on its dorsal hull to scout out systems and identify threats for a fleet or act as long range communication booster in the event that the Mass Alliance Grand Navy was operating out of range of any communication buoy. In order to facilitate the scanning system the PM core had to be removed and the SWACS (Spaceborn Warning and Control System) replaced it, an additional console set up was added to the bridge of these ships bringing the bridge crew up from five to six.

During the Serpent war in 177 DoS many type B Valiant's were converted into the combat oriented type A in order to combat the onslaught of the Serpent empire into their territory. As the war was largely in Mass Alliance territory most type B's were not considered necessary. However some small task forces were used to act as an early warning system around major Mass Alliance worlds; these task forces were sent into deep space and expected to be out there for months at a time. One of these task forces was Siren's Song, lead by the MAS-Siren a Valiant B, which detected the Serpent fleet that was headed to Monoga Prime on October 12th 177 DoS.

## Cost

Construction price: 3,000,000,000 Shards

Armor cost: 24,558,336,000 Shards

Weapon cost: 22,500,000,000 Shards

Internal systems cost: 11,250,000,000 Shards

Total cost: 61,308,336,000 Shards

## Known ships

* MAS-Lamrin -C.O Captain Shols -F.O Lieutenant Meeren Megel (Destroyed at the first battle of the Portal on ███ ██ ███ DoS)
* MAS-Pyrrha -C.O Rendar "Ren" Reynolds -F.O Lieutenant Velvet Cross
* MAS-Pulivan -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Alice -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Roma'Vam -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Frail Will -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Tebin -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Kibesh -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Franklin Moros -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Savir -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Palavanta -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Once a Dream -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Vail of Winter -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Iowmee -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-High Wind -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Tangerine -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Winged Valor -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Solemn Eagle -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Dan All'Adan -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS)
* MAS-Tomorrows a New Day -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Arthur Saljia -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Ace Mark -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Quinn Alock -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Kodialine -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Shimera -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Falker -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Winnipeg -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Abandoned at the battle of Talonis prime April 22nd 177 DoS. Recovered and scrapped)
* MAS-Balushua -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Deemed beyond repair and scrapped April 30th 177 DoS)
* MAS-Dora Meora -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Deemed beyond repair and scrapped April 30th 177 DoS)
* MAS-Carol Vimia -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Deemed beyond repair and scrapped April 30th 177 DoS)
* MAS-Kayle Dorgon -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Deemed beyond repair and scrapped April 30th 177 DoS)
* MAS-Vishy Fora -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown (Deemed beyond repair and scrapped April 30th 177 DoS)
* MAS-Mora Ela -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Permanet Victor -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Rural Vicar -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Link to Heaven -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Jasper -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Akilia -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Neeko -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Jakama -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Jara Dolos -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Westward Wind -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown
* MAS-Siren (Valiant-B) -C.O Unknown -F.O Unknown