Imperial Calamarian Supercruiser

The Imperial Calamarian Supercruiser, also known as ‘Kraken’ is a model of battleships used by the Lunaregnum Empire dur the second half of its existence. It is one of the most powerful and high tech ships, since it uses many forms of technology harnessed from several alien species from across the Imperial Fields.

## Description

The kraken was a fairly large ship, even for a battleship. They were considered humonguous and utterly terryfing to people who mostly relied on cruisers as their largest ships.

The main structure of the Calamarian Supercruiser was composed of two structures joined together at vulnerable junction in the middle.

### Tentacles

The most iconic feature of these ships was its eight large flexible robotic arms, which resembled the tentacles of a squid or the arms of an octopus. For their size and the presence of these 'tentacles', they were nicknamed 'Krakens' which is the name more popularly used.

These robotic arms have a variety of uses. They were tipped with each a massive energy beam cannon. This allowed their main cannons to fire from any angle. Compared to ships like triremes or blockaders, Calamarian Supercruisers don't need an angle of attack and could attack with their full firepower from any position.

These arms also had small scale teleporters which allowed them to deploy troops on land. This allowed the ship to deploy soldiers while remaining in the air, without the need for landing ships. This removed most of the casualties that came with landing ships, and allowed the deployement of a massive volume of troops.

### Middle Junction

The middle junction was the weakest point of the ship. It was composed mostly of a large circular walkway.

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

The kraken incorporated various technologies from various different aliens peoples which made them extremely powerful and efficient.

One of the most significant strengths of the kraken was its fluid energy network. Krakens were able to connect one another to form a network. They could distribute energy efficiently across a fleet, taking away power from less vulnerable ships and giving them to the weapons and shields of front line ships. Although krakens were already individually stronger than practically every other ship, the grew exponentially stronger as they grouped up.

The tentacles of the krakens were not only powerful melee weapons, they also contained the strongest cannons at their tips. Again, this layout was a matter of efficiency, by having most of its firepower on mobile appendages, it allowed those cannons to always be in reach of enemy ships. On any other ships, cannons would have a limited angles and be useless most of the time. Although this is a strength of this ship, it is only so so long as the kraken had an open field of movement. For example, during the battle of the Fountain Fort, Adam ingeniously used that advantage of Krakens against them by making sure their tentacles were stuck in awkward positions, with no mobility.

### Weaknesses

The Krakens were very high tech and powerful, but that only made them extremely expensive to build and maintain. The Empire had a fairly small navy for such an expansive colonial empire.

The main structural weakens of the kraken was the middle junction. A powerful hit to that region could very easily incapacitate a kraken. furthurmore, considering that the tentacles were anchored at this point, and that these tentacles held much of the ship's firepower, it made it harder to defend on a short scale. If a small ship were to make it close to the junction, they would be harder to stop.

Although the tentacles had some mobility, they were somewhat slow and heavy. A fast moving ship like a Horseshoe crab could easily dodge the tentacles and their cannons, and coupled with the previous point, could easily strike the middle junction. Krakens were observed to be particularly weak to Horsehoe Crabs.