Mergansar-class Heavy Cruiser

Intended to supplement the carrier battlegroups with additional firepower, the Mergansar class formed the backbone of the Navy until the introduction of the larger battlecruisers and battleships. The ships are emulations of Loronar Strike class cruisers, and while they share material and structural similarities, they do not project the visual appearance of the Strike, nor do they fulfill the concept of modularity. Instead, they focus on single-purpose implementation.

Built around common production powerplants and shod with adequate operational systems, they were rapidly produced and installed into the carrier battlegroups. Since they were to be coupled with carriers, there wasn’t a pressing need to include fighters aboard. Rather, there is much more emphasis placed on turbolaser use, centered around six heavy turbolaser batteries and twelve less-magnitude batteries. Additionally, the external plating was thicker than any Caspian starship, with the exception of Hood, but even then was more armored by relative size. Her internal layout was heavily compartmentalized and braced, which hampered any chance for modularity that a few High Command brass desired. In essence, this ship was to be the shield around the lethal carrier force.