Templar-class Battleship

Class Overview
Name:	Templar-class Battleship
Designation:	B
Manufacturer:	The Initiative
Succeeded By:	Praetorian-class Battleship
Planned:	10
Completed:	10
Decommissioned:	6
Destroyed:	4
Technical Specifications
Function:	Warship
Size:	Length: 330 Meters Beam: 45 Meters Draft: 23 Meters
Standard Complement:	500 Officers & Crew
Hull:	Titanium Alloy
Auxiliary Craft:	8x Porter-class Shuttles

The Templar-class Battleship was the first class of battleship ever fielded by The Initiative, during the War of Secession, prior to the Fall of Earth.

History

The Templar-class of Battleship was designed to be able to out-gun the United Earth Force's (UEF) cruisers which were rapidly approaching being an equal to the Swordsman-class Cruisers. Construction on the first Templar-class battleships began in 2020 CE, after the UEF began harassing Initiative transports.

Following the Fall of Earth, the Templar-class was largely decommissioned with many of the vessels being converted into colony ships. Those that were not decommissioned and converted remained in service until the first Samurai-class cruisers were entering service, because of the Samurai-class' ability to outgun the aging Templar-class. The last remaining Templar-class vessels were decommissioned, with a handful being sold to the largest interstellar corporations for anti-pirate operations, under the mandate that the vessels be registered to the Civilian System Patrol.

Basic Specifications

Size

• Length: 330 Meters
• Beam: 45 Meters
• Draft: 23 Meters
• Decks: 6

Crew Complement

• Minimum: 45 (Limited Functionality)
• Standard: 500
• Maximum: 1,000

Engines

Sublight: Electrodeless Plasma Thruster

Faster Than Light: Point Singularity Drive

Power Plant

Primary: Nuclear Reactor (War Era) Primary: Antimatter Reactor (Post War)

Secondary: Photo-voltaic Cell

Hull Composition

• Hull: Titanium Alloy
• Armor Plating: Ceramic Plating, Case-hardened Steel, Synthetic Composites

Sensor Systems

Sensor: LIDAR (War Era)

Sensor: Oracle Drive (Post War)

Defensive Systems

Composite Armor Reactive Armor

Close-in Weapons System

Armament

(??) 20MM Coilgun Anti-Air Batteries (10) 35CM Coilgun Batteries (30) 24CM Coilgun

(10) Torpedo Tubes Cybernetic Warfare Suite

Auxiliary Craft

• (8) Porter-class Shuttles

Known Vessels

Operated by the Space Forces Command SFCV Uther Pendragon (B1, Converted to Colony Vessel) SFCV Arthur Pendragon (B2, Destroyed - Fall of Earth) SFCV Dardanus (B3, Destroyed - Enmeshment) SFCV Gilgamesh (B4, Destroyed - Fall of Earth) SFCV Hammurabi (B5, Destroyed - Fall of Earth) SFCV Beowulf (B6, Converted to Colony Vessel) SFCV Alexander (B7, Converted to Colony Vessel) SFCV Iskander (B8, Converted to Colony Vessel) SFCV Ramses (B9, Converted to Colony Vessel) SFCV Julius (B10, Converted to Colony Vessel)

Operated by System Defense Forces None Operated by the Ranger Exploration Corps None Operated by the Colonial Security Force / Colonial Armed Forces None Operated by Civilian System Patrols None Operated by the Interstellar Patrol None