Churchill-Class

The Churchill-Class Battleships are a class of Battleship, designed for operation by the Confederate Spatial Service, and built in the Virginia Fleetyards.

The class is named for the famous British statesman, Winston Churchill.

The ships are considered some of the largest spatial warships in existence, with a length of 1,240 feet and 9 inches. They are also considered among the most powerful warships in existence, only matched by the UN Sinclair-Class.

Background
The beginning of the Churchill-Class can be traced back to the first-generation Orion-Class Battleships. The Orion-Class, though powerful, was considered inadequate for general fleet actions, and a replacement was ordered.

Design
Ordered in 2036, the Churchill-Class was a departure from its predecessor. With a heavier armament, and longer endurance.

The Churchill-Class is larger than the Orion-Class, and features many features unavailable with the Orion-Class. Such as a dedicated point defense system, and more passenger spaces for emergency rescue operations.

Armament
The main armament of the Churchill-Class is a 3-Inch Linear Mass Accelerator, which runs the length of the ship. The LMA can accelerated a 3-Inch projectile up to 1.2% the speed of light. And six 44-Inch Missile Launch Tubes, mounted in the bow.

Secondary armaments include eight 5-Inch guns mounted in single turrets, eighteen 3-Inch guns mounted in double turrets, and twenty-four 21-Inch Missile Launch Tubes, arrayed throughout the hull.

Six 20 mm CIWS turrets provide point defence coverage, but the turrets can be supplemented by the secondary guns using fragmentation shells.