Remington-Class Battleship

The Remington-Class Battleship is a Battleship that served in the Outer Reach of the Pioneer System under several polities, specifically Meridian Shipbreaker Guild (MSG), Remington (REM), and CPR.

## Operational History

In the wake of the collapse of the CDF in the Belt War, Meridian Shipbreaker Guild (MSG) realized that times would soon get too tough to handle. The chaos of the dissoulution of the primary peacekeeping force in the Outer Reach and the ongoing war would destabilize the trade lanes, leading to outbreaks of piracy and open war as factions tried to establish their own sense of security. To that end, they took a civilian cargo hauler and completely overhauled the vessel, turning it into a Battleship- at the time, the fourth Pioneer Battleship known to have been constructed. Once this was completed, MSG took their new battleship and made an arrangement with the shipyard Remington- REM would be the civilian government, while MSG would form the military arm of the faction and defend it from threats. In exchange, MSG would get safe harbor, repairs, and new ships from the slipways. Thus, MSG and REM would be formally united under the banner of Remington.

Despite this, the battleship of that same name would not officially be counted as a ship of REM. Despite bearing the prefix of "REM," it would remain the property of MSG due to ongoing political issues. The vessel also caused external confusion, as saying "Remington" could now refer to the faction, shipyard, or battleship.

The REM Remington, alongside other MSG vessels, were first deployed to end a minor crisis with the Valkyrie Pioneer Corporation, which had been found attempting to manipulate the minor factions after the Belt War had ended. It had been found stirring minor factions to take each other out one after another, which eventually led to REM declaring war on them. VPC surrendered rather than face battle, and thus REM Remington won its first battle without firing a shot.

REM Remington would remain largely unchanged as the preseason moved into Season Three proper, until REM would officially merge with the faction known as the Winged Hussars to form CPR. While this did slightly raise tensions in the system, it also left the rest of the system sighing with relief as there were now only *two* things that the name "Remington" could refer to instead of three. With MSG also merging into CPR, the battleship Remington was brought into drydock at Remington Station to undergo an overhaul into her final configuration, and to have her nameplate changed to CPR Remington.

For much of Season Three, CPR Remington would remain as a sort of "soft power" to be flexed subtly, as a Battleship is ultimately considered an extension of the faction's will and a symbol of strength. CPR Remington was ultimately something that the faction could use to match the Battleships possessed by other factions- such as the First Fleet's Iron Will, PXC's Apollyon's Fury, and KU's Tiniest Snek.

The CPR Remington was finally called to proper war in the first battle of the conflict between PMA (an alliance consisting of PXC, RR, and KU) and ISU (First Fleet and CPR). Its mission was to stand by and control tile 1B, a CPR-controlled tile that separated Malta Station from the bulk of PXC space. As long as tile 1B was held by CPR, Malta Station was completely isolated from aid and surrounded on all by unfriendly space, as they were bordered on two sides by the edge of the map, and the last remaining side belonged to First Fleet. It was only natural that a bastion of firepower like the CPR Remington was assigned there to keep PXC from connecting their territory. As such, despite the heavily fortified FOB, the knowledge of the strategic choke point's importance, and the formidable skill wielded by the on-site squadrons and crews, the tile's was doomed to be targeted by PXC... with maximum prejudice. When PXC launched the first strike, they did so by sending their strongest formation, Shipbreaker Squadron, which included their own battleship. Hot off their recent takedown of the FF Battleship Iron Will, the refreshed and resupplied squadron roared into combat with CPR's finest. While the battle was fierce, and CPR Remington did manage to jump away, the ship was fatally wounded and was scuttled to prevent its capture. Local CPR forces also lost an additional destroyer in the battle and were forced to abandon the tile to the invaders.

After the battle, CPR Forces returned to the area to find the hull of the vessel missing. The drifting hulk had made a 200KM jump before the damage set in as the ship fully lost power as backup power had been lost. It had drifted severely from its last known jump point, and could not be located after the fact.

While it is not the only Bulk freighter of its class in civilian use, the vessel was unique in the upgrades done to attempt to weaponize it. It fell in the Supremacy war's opening, but it was not the only major loss in this war.

## Design

The Remington was one of the most uniquely designed Battleships in the Outer Reach. The vessel's design could be likened to a large "L" made out of rectangular prisims, with superstructure filling in the empty space. The vessel definitely eschewed traditional Battleship design philosophies present in the Harbinger, Titan, and Boridino class, being more bricklike in shape as opposed to a wedge. The design also was asymmetrical, an oddity for the Outer Reach to be sure. This can be linked to the fact that the vessel was not originally a Battleship, but a refitted cargo hauler.

With the attempts to improve its weapon capacity, originally being armed with 4 4x400mm turrets, centered on the long "arm" of the L shaped ship, its weapon package was spread out to be less focused and more dispersed, in an attempt to improve its firing coverage, and turret coverage. In addition, improvements to its internals attempted to prevent simulated weaknesses of the original, converted hull. Along with this, shortening the vessel, removing some of her cargo pods to redistribute weight across the strained frame of the vessel.

This worked for her second outing, fresh from its refit, fresh armor, weapons layout with up-armored areas along her critical weaknesses, improved its survivability. However it was not concrete. The vessel was noted to be underarmed for her size; bearing the weapons of a Heavy Cruiser rather than those appropriate to her class. This was still a rather significant amount of firepower to be throwing around, just not as much as its size would suggest.

In all other regards, though, this vessel pushed the term "battleship" to the limit, and all major versions of this ship hit the 9000 block cap. This would suggest that the vessel was designed to be a tank, drawing in enemy fire and taking hits while the rest of the squadron cut them to pieces. It would also make sense when considering the chaotic nature of the Outer Reach in the wake of the CDF's collapse, as pirates and scavengers would see a large cargo vessel only to be cut down by firepower from PXC (Phoenix Coalition) Shipbreaker Squad, and their Battleship, the Harbinger Class "Apollyon's Fury".

## Armament

* 2 x (3x400mm) Turrets
* 4 x (2x400mm) Turrets
* 2 x 150mm Turrets
* 6 x 20mm Point Defense Turrets

## List of Appearances

* Pre-season 3 (not filmed) - Covered in 60 Days Of Space PVP, Diplomacy (and drama)
* S03 Ep8.5 (premiere in series and destruction)