Kaiser

The TCA Kaiser, (also known as “The King of Space” or “Der Kaiser”) is a Super-Battleship and mobile command center servicing the Crimson Armada. It is the only voidship to be made of the Kaiser-class Super-Battleship design, and is one of the largest ships in the Armadian Navy at 2,545 meters in length.

Construction
The Kaiser was originally designed in the void-docks in orbit of Tytanica, in the starting half of the 2nd Reaver Crusades. During the war, General-Overseers were in-need of a powerful line of ships to effectively combat the Reaver threat. The original design called for a Battlecruiser-class voidship, and nothing more. However, then-General-Overseer Rakdos ordered the design to be reformed into a Capital ship, more than doubling its size.

Further oversight by Grand Admiral Hertalli Bacara finalized the design into what it is today. Rakdos intended the Kaiser to be made for an up-and-coming Captain by the name of Richard Michaels. Michael’s death during the Reaver Crusades complicated the final purpose of the Kaiser.

The Kaiser was completed and launched from its void-dock in early 342 BCW, completed its trials and was pressed into service. Later it was seen during the final battle of the 2nd Reaver Crusades, the Battle of Xailba, driving out Reaver tribes from the system.

Design
At a length of 2,545 meters and a minimum mass of 105,000 metric tons, the TCA Kaiser is the largest and most massive ship in service to the Crimson Armada. She is crewed by 213 officers and 1,423 enlisted personnel, but at times can also hold about 2 regiments of Armadian Marines for transport and boarding protection. She is powered by four antimatter combustion reactors, and her propulsion consisted of four super-large Ion Engines as well as various smaller directional hydrogen combustion engines.

On either side of her hull, there is a large hangar opening for F-10’s and Logistical Voidcraft, leading directly to a decently sized hangar-bay. The bay hosts sixteen F-10 fighters, seven armoured transports, and five heavy transports.

The Kaiser also hosts her own factories for ammunition, ground supplies and small-arms manufacturing. At times, some factories can be used for the repair of damaged F-10’s and other small Voidcraft.

She is armed with four main triple-barreled 1500mm cannons, as well as six 900mm and twelve 300mm cannons. Various 30mm rotary cannons dot her hull for point-defense. 36 Sweeper Short-Range Missile Pods are present on the top and bottom lining of her hull, which fire eight heat-seeking missiles per pod.

A more recent modification to the hull armament was the addition of eight M-2404 Railgun Turrets, which magnetically accelerate a 100mm projectile round to unfathomable speeds. Twelve Ravager Nuclear Missile pods are also present on the hull, but are strictly limited to be used in only the direst of circumstances.

The Kaiser hosts three separate command decks, one for operation of the voidship, one for weapons management and traffic control of F-10’s and logistical craft, and finally one for fleet management, communications and radar. All command decks are connected internally through three separate “steps” of the overall command section of the voidship. Behind this, there are various crew quarters and bunks for all personnel, as well as a meeting room for members of the Admiralty.

Most of the interior space of the Kaiser is reserved for the main power supply of the voidship; an cylindrical Antimatter reactor measuring 700 meters in length, and 45 meters in diameter. Behind this, towards the stern, exists Hydrogen-fuel tanks for the directional thrusters, and numerous back-up batteries for power supply. To the front of the main reactor, towards the bow, exists the Kaiser's Class-IVa Holtz-Zechiel Warp Drive.

Service
2nd Reaver Crusades: Since it was finally pressed into service in the latter half of the 2nd Reaver Crusades, it got so see very little in terms of combat compared to the other voidships serving in the conflict. It was only able to appear during the Battle of Xailba, where it's weapons and defenses were truly put to the test. In the end, despite some minor hull damage, the Kaiser was unharmed, and was reported to have destroyed at least 15 medium-sized Reaver ships.

The Galactic Civil War: The Kaiser saw extensive action in the Offensive against the Talon Company, it was responsible for destroying countless Patrol Ships, Battle-Cruisers and Destroyers. The Ship itself earned a reputation with the three faction Coalition after destroying the Coalition's strongest battleship, the “Battle of Europa”. In that battle the commander of the Kaiser, Grand Admiral Herrtali“Nova” Bacara was quoted saying this “I felt pity and almost remorse for the brave souls among the Europa, for after the first volley from the Kaiser, her shields collapsed.” On the side of the Coalition, the effect was much the same, one of the Senior Crewman aboard the Battle of Europa, stated this after he survived it’s destruction “That ship- nay that beast, is an unholy abomination of a ship. It sank a gap into the Europa’s Armor after a single broadside, and the noise, oh Lord the noise. It was deafening, those cannons shook what felt like the very galaxy.” A single month later the formal surrender of the three faction coalition came into effect. The Kaiser would not see much more than border patrol and the occasional Reaver Incursion until the next devastating war shook the Galaxy.