Supremacy-Class Star Dreadnaught

"*The penultimate expression of the imperium's military supremacy.*"
―Grand Admiral Joseph Fenette
The Supremacy-class is the largest ship ever approved for production in the imperium. This class dwarfs most other ships aside from carikan city-ships and carries enough firepower to destroy entire fleets.

## Specifications

### Hull

The Supremacy-class has 2 hangars for fighter-craft and 1 larger hangar for the docked frigates. There is a primary bridge to the rear of the ship and a backup/combat bridge below the primary bridge. The primary bridge has thicker armor and both bridges have a separate life support system.

### Armament

The Supremacy-class is extremely well armed, with 3 T14R6 MAC cannons as its primary weapon.

### Crew and Complement

The Supremacy-class requires a minimum crew of 25,000 with an optimal crew of 150,000 personnel. Ships of this class can carry 3 frigate class or smaller vessels.

## History

### Project Black Star

The Supremacy-class was first conceived of in 2052 by state naval architect Lyra Kar. Lyra spent the next two years pushing for approval and funding to start the project. In 2054, she received approval and was appointed as the head of the project. Her team consisted of state architect Elliot Holt and two architects from Haught-Erickson Advanced Industrial, Kallen Miller and Kendal Tyne. The project remained in development for 11 months before seeking approval to produce the first prototype. This prototype would be a scaled down version of the actual design, but would provide the means for testing several newly developed systems.

In 2056 the first prototype was constructed in the top-secret Argus Military Development Complex. The prototype was subsequently put through multiple combat trials, passing each one flawlessly. With these successes, funding for the continuation of the project was allocated and development of a second prototype was greenlit.

With feedback from the first prototype, the team proceeded in refining the design. After an additional six months, the plan for a second prototype was submitted and immediately placed into production. This prototype would be 30% larger then the original, with a total length of 9.2km.

After 8 months of construction, the second prototype was completed. Immediately after being powered on, a major flaw became apparent. The reactor systems did not produce enough power for the ship's systems and suffered a critical meltdown, resulting in the loss of the prototype and most of the crew.

After the destruction of the second prototype, the design team began to dissect the plans and analyze the data from the black box in order to isolate the problem. This process took approximately 5 months and funding was almost pulled from the project. On January 9th, 2058, Kallen located the problem and approached Lyra with a proposed fix. This fix was implemented and prototype 3 was put into production.

Prototype 3 was completed on August 17th. This was to be the final prototype and so the grand admiralty came to the Argus Complex to witness the test trials. The prototype passed each one and the design team was commended by the admiralty. Following this, the Ministry of Defense contracted the Haught-Erickson corporation to produce the first two ships of the line. Finally, on May 23rd, 2059, the Pride of Kora came into service under Grand Admiral Joseph Fenette.