G.S.S. Invincible

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G.S.S. Invincible was the line-leader in a class of ultra-heavy dreadnoughts, the such ship to be built following the end of the Kamian Succession Wars. Designed in A.Y. 6836, the need for such vessels was thought to be in the past, but the Gudersnipe Foundation was not keen on loosing the ability to develop or field them.

Design

Reflecting the atmosphere of Grand Standardization, Invincible's design was quite drab and uninspired compared to to the exotic characteristics from just a generation before.

Weapons

Invincible lacked both a fixed forward-facing cannon and any other esoteric weapon systems. Instead, she was equipped only with the standard missiles, torpedoes, and main guns, though in truly impressive quantities. She sported 36 guns in 6 sex-tuple turrets. This was the first such turret ever built, and required radical re-engineering of the support systems.

Of torpedoes she had 128 tubs and missiles 1024 guided launchers. Invincible was not, as many reports claimed, equipped with a Bedlam system, though the designers had thoughtfully left room for a retrofit.

Armor

Invincible used the standard all-or-nothing principle and fitted plates sixty feet thick. These were made with a new Steel-fired techinque that was experimental at the time but would later become the standard.

Engines

For N-Space a Gravitational Mass Displacement Drive was fitted, with some modifications to account for Invincible's considerable size. The FTL drive was of the standard design, and in fact a large enough mill-spec drive was not available, so Invincible served with a civilian-grade engine.

Legacy

Only about 40 Invincible-class warships were built, just enough that the Foundation would always have some in service. It was important, they felt, to preserve the unique skills required to operate such large warships in case they were ever needed again.

As G.S.S. Invincible, her crowning moment of glory was the raid on Motoro, where she was involved in ending a pirate threat at the The Battle of Motoro-U.