Hercules-Class Battleship

The ***Hercules*-Class** Battleship is a class of battleships used by the Gra Valkas Empire.

## Description

The *Hercules*-Class is similar to the *Nagato*-Class Battleship of the former Imperial Japanese Navy. It used to be the largest battleships in the Gra Valkas Imperial Navy, until the battleship *Grade A*tlastar was built.

## Specification

Since this is based on the IJN *Nagato*-Class Battleships, some information are might be better or less than the Nagato.

* **Full Length:** 215.8 m
* **Max. Width:** 28.96 m
* **Displacement:** 39,116 tons (38,498 long tons) (full load)
* **Speed:** 26.5 knots
* **Armament:**
	+ 4x twin-barrel 410mm main guns
	+ 18x single-barrel 150mm secondary guns
	+ Many 40mm AA autocannons
	+ Radar (unknown type or specification)

The 410mm main guns of the *Hercules*-Class has a maximum firing range of 37,900 meters at +43 degrees angle.

## Ships of Her Class

* *Be Tergis* (8th Strike Group Flagship, sunk in Great Naval Battle of Baltica)
* *Quasar* (Flagship of Great Fleet 2nd Advanced Fleet sunk in Great Naval Battle of Japan)
* *Valcer* (Flagship of Great Fleet 1st Battlegroup and 1st Advanced Fleet, sunk in Great Naval Battle of Japan)
* *Hercules* (*Lead-ship* of the class, Unknown)
* *Marzellan* (Flagship of the Leifor Defense Fleet, sunk during Liberation of Leifor)
* *Las Serenal* (sunk during Liberation of Leifor)

## Service History

### *Be Tergis*

A battleship of this class, the *Be Tergis*, fought in the Great Naval Battle of Baltica, one of four *Hercules* battleships in the 1st Strike Group. The ship suffer multiple hits from the Pal Chimera's 150mm guns, but its thick armor and huge size helped the ship to continue fighting. In the end, the ship was hit by a Jibil magic bomb from the Pal Chimera, killing the entire crew, but the ship itself remained afloat.

### *Valcer and Quasar*

Two other ships of this class, *Valcer* and *Quasar*, were used as flagships for the 1st and 2nd Advanced Fleet in the Great Naval Battle of Japan. Both were sunk with similar scenarios: the *Quasar* was heavily damaged by torpedoes from a Soryu-class submarine before being completely destroyed by the Japanese's saturated anti-ship missile attack, killing Vice-Admiral Aurones; General Minkennes' *Valcer* was also destroyed shortly thereafter in a similar attack on her fleet. Other ships of the class, if any, may be part of General Caesar's Main Fleet.

### *Marzellan*

A battleship of this class, *Marzellan*, was used as flagships for Leifor Defense Fleet in the Liberation of Leifor‎. The side of the battleship was heavily damaged and exploded inside by Type 91 air-to-ship missile from JASDF P-1 Maritime Patrol aircraft with the support of the E-767 AWACs. The flames ignited the ammunition magazine, and a high pillar of fire appeared in the sea. The battleship *Marzellan* broke in half and sank into the sea, killing Fleet Commander Andall.

## Trivia

* The *Hercules*-class battleships are named *Betelgeuse*-Class Battleships in the web novel.
* The *Hercules*-class battleship is named after Hercules. Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is the fifth largest of the modern constellations.
* It is believe that most of the Hercules-class battleships took part during the Great Naval Battle of Japan since the Orion-class battleships are considered outdated and only operated within the Empire's territorial waters and colonial regions.