United Imperial Key Ship

## Propulsion

### Main engines

Fujara/Johnson-standard ion fusion engines (High-performance modifications installed)

### Fuel source

Ion/IDE-25 fusion

After the end of the Union/Confederacy war in October of 2019, the Union wanted to restructure its entire military. In the restructuring of its galactic navy, the United Empire retired every ship in its massive fleet. This meant millions of ships and dozens of ship types being retired. The plan was to simplify the navy into one ship class capable of doing the jobs of all of the Great War era vessels. These were called "Key Ships", due to their importance to the navy once they became the only operating starships. These were huge vessels, capable of operating on a very small crew (relative to their size) and were highly maneuverable, able to make their presence known anywhere in their sector in mere minutes. Due to the low amount of threats that the Union faced after their last war, the need for starships and crew decreased rapidly, so the order was given to make 20 of these ships, with 1 final secret ship ordered at the last minute. Each Key Ship would be assigned an important sector of United Imperial space, given the task of protecting that sector and keeping order. A call for help should only be called in the direst of circumstances. If such a call should be sent to the United Imperial high command, a key ship in the neighboring sector is sent to assist.

## Operational History

* In late January of 2020, 2 key ships, the UNN Meteor and Spectra were involved in a small skirmish with a former "Elder" soldier who decided to abruptly take up arms. The Meteor captured the soldier's ship, inadvertently allowing him to kill the Meteor's captain and shoot his way out from the unarmored inside of the ship. The enemy escaped without any damage. In total, 37 United Imperial servicemen were killed during the events. The Meteor's captain was replaced by his senior officer and a consideration for shields and multi-layered bulkhead armor was passed to Union high command for a look-over.

* The UNN Dustbird took part in a successful defense of Neon City, Luna during the 4/4/2020 attacks in which 2 semi-decommissioned Phoenix Class Heavy Cruisers were commandeered by early RLD operatives.

* Several Key ships were lost during the next 2 years of service, 9 remain in service today. Despite their resilience, their high value made them a sought after target for rebels who knew its layout and for enemy extra-dimensional fleet commanders looking for a well-earned bounty.

## Operators

* The United Empire- The United Empire is the sole operator of Key Ships.

## Known Ships of the Line

Organized by number

* UNN Freebird (001)- Supreme Leader's flagship

* UNN Sona (002)- Support ship to the Freebird (Lost in the battle for Terra)

* UNN Despaire (003)- Stationed in Despaire, repositioned to Pluto during the Pluto campaign and the first extra-dimensional war, lost during the second)

* UNN Reaper (004)- Stationed in Mimi & Tata/ Kennesaw (Lost in the battle of fort Kennesaw)

* UNN Astra (005)- Stationed in Downtown/ Buckhead (Re-assigned to Kennesaw to replace the Reaper)

* UNN Courageous (006)- Patrols Badlands and real-world Western USA

* UNN Greenbole (007)- Stationed in Greenbole

* UNN Sharpknife (008) Stationed in real-world Britain (Scrapped following mid-air collision accident)

* UNN Jacqueline (009)- Stationed in Italia, Patrols real-world Southern Europe (Lost during the last war, blown-up by the United rebellion)

* UNN Revenge (010)- Patrols African Badlands (Lost during the last war)

* UNN Electric Wind (011)- Stationed in Chinaland (lost in the first extra-dimensional war)

* UNN Meteor (012)- Stationed in orbit around Terra (repositioned in orbit around Pluto, lost after time-travelling following slip space anomaly)

* UNN Spectra (013)- Stationed in orbit around Terra

* UNN Dustbird (014)- Stationed on Luna

* UNN Superbird (015)- Patrols outer solar system space (Lost during the second extra-dimensional war)

* UNN Golden City (016)- Stationed on Demacio V

* UNN Pride (017)- Stationed on Kallo (Lost during the first extra-dimensional war)

* UNN Steelbird (018)- Patrols various former Confederacy planets (lost in the extra-dimensional war)

* UNN Tolerance (019)- Patrols various former Confederacy planets (vanished in slipspace without a trace, struck as Lost with all hands)

* UNN Monitor (020)- Observes the condition on the former Confederacy home planet from an extreme distance.

* UNN Soundbird (021)- Secret Location