TRV Implacable CV-102

The **TRV *Implacable*** (registry number **CV-102**) is the second ship of the *Independent*-class, a class of battleships built by the PlazWorks shipyard and operated by Trident Foundries, Lancia's Rebels, and the New Trident State.

## Description

The TRV *Implacable* functions as a command-and-control starship, commanding and directing large fleets of manned and unmanned vessels, and also serves as a large mobile resupply base, though it was seldom used in this capacity. It focuses more on the starfighter carrier role as opposed to direct fire weaponry, unlike the prototype TRV *Independent*.

### Exterior

Externally, the TRV *Implacable* shares many similarities to the significantly older *Solaris*-class Explorer, and the *Crusader*-class Light Cruiser that shares the vertical twin prong design, but the features are scaled up on the larger ship. It also shares the *V-Plate* cooling system with those ships, as the system was designed by the PlazWorks Shipyard and Construction Company specifically for larger vessels.

A later 2418 refit to the design added a *Sterling*-class utility vessel in a purpose built hangar opposite the top missile batteries, as well as two *Mako*-class corvettes docked on two additional docking tubes flanking the central section.

### Interior

Like other ships of its class, *Implacable* has a fairly large seven-seater bridge module providing clear views of space in front of and around the ship. There is a large CIC directly behind the bridge, where an Admiral can command an entire fleet. There is an officers' mess and bar on Deck 2, just below the bridge, with their quarters on Deck 3 close to the Captain's quarters. Deck 4 houses the medical wing, with the main sickbay, intensive care and medical supply storage.

The *Implacable* has a large primary hangar deck, able to store eight heavy fighters of the *Archer*-class, sixteen light fighters of the *Swift*-class, and four standard *Krunkel*- or *Krunkel II*-class shuttles of both major variants comfortably. The *Implacable*'s hangar bay had been modified in GY 2420 for easier launching of it's complement of starfighters. There is also a small secondary hangar on Deck 2, just behind the bridge module, that houses an additional *Krunkel II*-class shuttle and a small workshop. Just off the main hangar, there are six flight simulator booths that allow for further training of pilots, added during the 2420 refit.

### Systems

At the time of its eventual commissioning in early GY 2417, the *Implacable*'s overall technology was already considered obsolete, however the vessel was still commissioned anyway, with the provision of further refits to update the vessel's specifications.

The *Implacable* features three primary PlazWorks HCT-IND01 and four secondary PlazWorks HCT-IND02 Hyperflux Coil Thrusters which are sufficient to propel the ship forwards at a sublight speed of 142m/s, significantly slower than almost any other Trident vessel. The *Implacable* is also fitted with a huge array of reaction thrusters (RCS) on all parts of the ship, which is necessary to move the massive bulk of the ship in any direction other than straight forwards. Two huge internal Phase Coils propel the ship at high Phase speeds, though they limit it's manuverability in Phase space.

A huge spherical tokamak-type fusion reactor is located at the rear of the ship, providing the majority of the vessel's power. Two backup vertically-aligned accelerator-type reactors flank the main reactor.

#### Weaponry

The *Implacable* is one of only three vessels in the Trident fleet, as of GY 2430, that can match the firepower of Odium *Intruder*-class battlecruisers. (After 2432, the *Exodus*-class Battleships began to appear.) The *Implacable* was equipped with a huge plasma beam emitter at the central front section of the vessel, the largest mobile plasma beam assembly built by PlazWorks. It was designed as a siege weapon to smash enemy shields and quickly melt enemy armour. This was changed to a Zero-Point Catalyst beam during the 2418 modernisation; the old plasma beam was repurposed by PlazWorks.

The ship is also equipped with a number of conventional weapon systems, including six fixed-position plasma repeater cannons, multiple vertical and horizontal fusion missile ports, several anti-ship plasma cannon turrets, and 24 twin-bank plasma beam turrets for point defence.

## History

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In early GY 2423, the *Implacable* was conducting training exercises along the Formidan border zone when the news reached the ship of the civil war back in the Vergesso system. The Captain chose to keep the ship along the border, not wanting to take sides initially. But President Tusk contacted him directly days later, asking for him and his ship by name to assist the Loyalists against Lancia's rebel cells.

During the Revolutionary War, the *Implacable* was seized by the flight crews onboard who were loyal to Lancia, along with rebel troops from the Vergesso Revolutionaries. The Captain was killed in the fighting.

In late GY 2423, the *Implacable* was chosen to head up its own rebel cell, operating from the Sirius system, simply called Squadron Implacable. *Implacable* was used as a mobile base for the majority of the war, and came under attack from Tusk's forces multiple times.