Exodus-class

## Exodus-class Battleship

Angled view of a nondescript Exodus-class.

The engine array of the Exodus-class.

Carrier variant:

* Four Cobra-class Corvettes
* At least 32 Swift- or Raptor-class fighters
* Three Krunkel II-type shuttles
* Four Mk.I Workbees

The ***Exodus*-class** is a class of huge and modern battleships, carriers and command vessels manufactured by Sirius Shipyards for the Trident Foundries military.

## Description

Measuring over seven hundred standard metres in length and having considerably more internal volume than even the mighty *Independent*-class of battleships, the *Exodus*-class is the largest class of starships in service with Trident Foundries.

Originally designed to internally carry four *Cobra*-class corvettes and many *Swift*-class fighters into battle and then unleash withering firepower on enemy vessels, the *Exodus*-class represents a significant change in Trident Star Navy tactical doctrine, previously favouring smaller vessels. A battleship variant with minor changes was put into service shortly after the carrier variant, focusing more on its own firepower and survival.

*Exodus*-class ships are able to remain on station for many years away from external support, thanks to impressive technological advances first tested on ships such as the *Mjolnir*-class and *Spectre*-class; these include massive ramscoops to harvest interstellar hydrogen for the reactor, as well as efficient self-repair systems.

### Exterior

The *Exodus*-class is an imposing and largely boxy class of starship composed of straight edges designed for maximum internal volume, and therefore lacks the graceful curvature and tapering of older PlazWorks-manufactured Trident vessels.

The forward end is dominated by weapons outputs of various types; four point-defence turrets and two anti-capital turrets are also located there, along with the forward docking tube and an airlock for maintenance and EVA.

Behind this forward end, the vessel's four docks for *Cobra*-class corvettes, or large plain bulges on the battleship variant, are located, and behind these, the ship widens considerably to allow for the three massive Hyperflux Coil Thrusters that are necessary to propel the huge vessel forwards. Located on the aft end above the central thruster is a small hangar with four Workbee maintenance craft.

A flattened bridge module is nestled in the armour panelling on the top central portion of the ship. Most of the ship's combat sensor equipment is located directly on top of the bridge.

Four escape pods per side are positioned below the front corvette docks, with two more per side behind the bridge module. Several others are scattered along the sides of the flat white armour panels.

Large portions of the white armour paneling are broken up with cutouts, with each of these cutouts housing multiple PlazWorks "Stinger" plasma-PD turrets.

### Systems

The *Exodus*-class was designed from the ground up to be a superior warship; as such, its systems needed to be extremely powerful and robust.

*Exodus*-class vessels are armed with two side-mounted plasma railguns on limited-traverse turrets on the sides of the ship, with four forward heavy plasma cannons, along with two long-ranged plasma beam emitters, on the forward end. *Exodus*-class vessels also possess a formidable secondary battery of weapons, including six large PlazWorks/RR "Ballista" anti-capital plasma turrets and multiple PlazWorks "Shredder" quad-barrel point-defence turrets, two of which are located on the forward end, in addition to many smaller PlazWorks "Stinger" single-barrel anti-missile/point-defence weapons positioned in hull notches and cutouts. Combined, these weapons can produce a massive volume of fire to saturate the immediate area around an *Exodus*-class with plasma bolts, denying strikecraft or missiles any opportunity to damage the ship.

For long-ranged combat, *Exodus* possesses six vertical fusion torpedo launchers and a stock of over 5,000 "Meteor XL" fusion warheads. These launchers allow *Exodus* to dictate the range of combat; the sensor array attached to the launcher system has several hundred thousand kilometers of effective range.

## History

### GY 2434

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As part of the wider military buildup in the Fnazhpuvo system, TRV *Exodus* was dispatched to the system, to take command of and oversee the efforts to increase security there.

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