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The Armada-class Battleship was built after the Executor-class, but was actually primarily designed before the more famous ship. In fact, the Armada-class was one designs considered as the main command ship in the Imperial Navy. The Emperor and Darth Vader considered the Armada-class not imposing enough, and the beautiful Executor-class was designed to fill the role instead.

The Armada draws more back to older design wisdom from the Clone Wars. One can easily see the basic design lineage going back to the Acclamator-class and related later ships. While not as large as the superheavy battleships like the Executor, it has superior tonnage compared to almost all other vessels. It is a heavily armed and armoured ship which can easily oblitterate cruisers without taking damage. Thousands of heavy turbolasers line the trenches, and it features a single large hangar bay at point of the ship, four times that of an Imperator. It is a ship of few finesses, relying on brute power to overcome obstacles.

The most famous Armada-class ship suffered heavy damage due to a chain reaction in a lightly armoured transportation cage which was fitted on it for the special mission of escorting a unique life form found on a Rim World, and the ship had to be sent to deepdock for extensive repairs. This was an unusually unfortunate event that culminated from a particularly insidous rebel plan, but even suffering from the fluke event, the ship remained largely combat effective, if rendered vulnerable until it was later repaired. Admiral Giel was demoted to the rank of Lieutenant as a direct result of this event. All statistics are estimated.


Picture courtesy of Warlords

Specifications:


Name/Type: Armada-class Battleship
Designer/Manufacturer: Rothana Heavy Engineering / KDY
Designation: Battleship
Crew: 152,060 + 866 Gunners
Length: 6,900 meters
Speed: 40 MGLT
Hyperdrive: x2
Shield Rating: 56,454 SBD + 56,454 SBD (Backup Shield Generator)
Hull Rating: 39,726 RU
Weapons: 2,500 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries, 2,500 Heavy Turbolaser Cannons, 200 Tractor Beam Projectors.
Fighter Complement: 24 Squadrons.
Troops: 43,580 Stormtroopers, 18 Heavy walkers, 36 Medium Walkers, 72 Light Walkers.
Support Craft: 20 Lambda-class Shuttles, 40 Assault Shuttles, 24 Star Wing Assault Gunboats, 12 Skipray Blastboats.
Special: Backup Shield Generator, Reinforced Armour