Lion-Class Battleship

GNRJ-Lion-Class Battleship

## Offensive and defensive specs

### Armament

2 300cm coil gun,12 240mm A-11 ultra heavy cannon in 6 double turrets,80 Macro missile pods,2 65mm "boxer" G-57 cannon in 2 single turrets,4 100mm A1-heavy cannon in 4 single turrets,96 35mm quad point-defense cannon 24 quad mounts,48 15mm point-defense guns in 24 double mounts,4 Manon laser banks

## Overview

The Grand Navy of the Republic of Judecen's main line war ship the Lion class battleship. First commissioned in 121 DoS the Lion class was the pride of the Judecen navy for its early life, despite being woafully behind their neighbors it was their first true capital ship.

## History

Commissioned in 121 DoS as the first main line capital ships of the Republic of Judecen the Lion class was to help elevate the nation to new heights and keep the nation relevant on the political stage for ages to come. However as the two major powers in Aetherian (The Mass Alliance and Grand Duchy of Julithar) moved more towards dreadnoughts for their incredible fire power the Lion class became dated. Well its 240mm cannons were a sign of strength at its launching they also were not properly compensated for and off balanced the ship during fire, leaving it vulnerable to counter attack and the size of the rounds reduced the maximum speed they could be fired at without overhauling the guns design.

The Lion class saw little action until 151 DoS during the Grey Fleet crisis that the Judecen navy got a good look at their rivals in the Grand Duchy of Julithar and their Nightmare class dreadnoughts. Even the most stuborn senators in the assembly saw that they needed a much more powerful capital ship; this would lead to the Galjreschmitt dreadnought design getting a green lit, however that proved to expensive to build more then two so the Lion class remained the primary capital ship of the Grand Navy of the Republic of Judecen. Despite being a near joke to the Grand Duchy's much more powerful dreadnoughts the Judecens continued to use their battleships well into the late 100's. Plans were made over and over to try and phase out the Lion class, especially as the Cat doctrine ended and the Wolf doctrine frowned on its excessive size and wasteful fire power.

In 177 DoS at the onset of the Serpent war the Lion class was put into active combat in a full war for the first time. Given its smaller size then Serpent vessels it served admirably against the technologically superior ships even getting into multiple broadside exchanges with Serpent ships. However due to her aged design the class would suffer many losses and it was debated if they should build more Lions to fill the gaps in their navy or work on a new design to put into action that could fit the needs of the GNRJ better.

## Cost

Construction price: 17,019,607,843 Shards

Armor cost: 617,400,000,000 Shards

Weapon cost: 270,408,000,000 Shards

Internal systems cost: 57,000,000,000 Shards

Total cost: 961,827,607,843 Shards

## nown ships

Lion class Battleships have always taken the last name of a leader of the Republic assembly for their naming convention.

* GNRJ-Kimborlina: C.O Captain Marin Welch X.O Admiral Cadol Junal
* GNRJ-Killa'wana: C.O Unknown
* GNRJ-Shorboro: C.O Unknown
* GNRJ-Calahad: C.O Unknown
* GNRJ-Kapa'precia: C.O Unknown (Destroyed at the battle of Atallos on April 23rd 177 DoS)