DCF-110 Iowa

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**DCF-110 Iowa** is an Admiral-class modular carrier manufactured by the Galactic Shipyard Corporation; It is the standard warship utilized by numerous navy commanders of the Galactic Republic; As well as politicians and scientists; It is the most versatile warship available.

## Design

### Overview

The **DCF-110 Iowa** was extremely modular in design, where interchangeable components can be modified out depending on the situation, allowing its commander to plan for any number of contingencies and strategies. Thanks to it's modular, inexpensive hull, it can be used not only for warfare, but also for politicians and scientific fleets such as Aadhya Cullivan's science fleet. It has been confirmed that nanotechnology was utilized to make the carrier suitable for endless modifications suited to the commander's preferences.

### Armor

The outer surface was fitted with the DVB558 Streaker, a state-of-the-art battleship armor designed to protect the vessel from the outside and the inside; It was also complemented with DSA Space Armor, which was usually utilised by Dravinian Space Agency spacecrafts. Estimated cost of these armors are around 2 billion GC. While the secondary armor utilized silicon infused steel and Setvian Alloy to reduce manufacturing costs.

Iowa's innermost surface are protected by aluminized Dravinian Alloy, which has also been combined with multiple polymer-grade layers and anti-shrapnel panels.

### Weaponry

The DCF-110 Iowa is armed with ten Cobalt cannons as the primary armament; Used for long range combat against enemy vessels. It was best known for it's SWARM missile armaments, as they are twenty thousand of them mounted on various parts of the ship itself. However it can retrofitted with two Proto-SIX railgun cannons for maximum destructive capability for long range combat.

### Engine and Propulsion

The Iowa runs on the 3rd generation of the reowned hyperdrive engine; the DC-PK5. Named the **DC-PK5 3rd Gen**. It was a Starburst Dravinian proprietary advanced propulsion system that allowed a warship to reach beyond lightspeed and traverse the void between stars in the alternate dimension of hyperspace. As a consequence, the hyperdrive was a key instrument in shaping galactic society, trade, politics and war.

Propulsion systems are the standard CVM-9EBY; Even if it's a slightly above average model, It specializes in forced cooling and usage, which maintains the ship mobile even if it suffered extensive overheating and sustained damage.

## Trivia

### General

* It is the most widely used carrier available on the Galactic Republic; A lot of navy commanders utilise it as a personal flagship. However, it is overshadowed by bigger ships in terms of overall combat ability.
* Far inexpensive compared to what many think about it.
* It received it's designation "Iowa" due to being designed in Iowa, Brightburn on the planet Dravin O7B.
* Has three variants and they are: *Voidfighter*, *Statecrafter* and *Truthseeker*.
	+ *Voidfighter* possesses all available weapon turret slots and can equip all types of modifications, making it even more powerful.
	+ *Statecrafter* is designed to provide support to cabinet leaders, and utilized for politicians. They possess only a few turrets as defensive measures and reinforced armor to protect it's onboard crew and people.
	+ *Truthseeker* is a lighter, trimmed variant of the Iowa aimed for space exploration. It departs heavy components and a major amount of turret slots are ditched in favour of engine components to maximize efficiency in galactic exploration.