Nelson Revision

The Nelson Fleet Revision was the first major revision following the end of the Kamian Succession Wars. In the late-war period, construction had focused entirely on "heavy" battleships and dreadnaughts, which were seen as a necessity for fighting the Kamians. These had to be built cheaply, brought to combat quickly, and lost with little remourse. With the war over, the existing fleet was rapidly becoming un-serviceable.

Orders from Higher called for a new revision of state-of-the-art capital ships, incorporating all of the latest technological advances, but "smaller, lighter, and faster". Presumably "cheaper" was heavily implied but not outwardly stated. Truth be known, just building the ships smaller would significantly reduce costs, but another major factor was lifespan - late-war dreadnaughts were not built to last.

Common Design Elements

All ships in the revision used a similar engine design and configuration, albeit scaled accordingly. All the ships used a new type of high-performance Ion vacuum drive

Armaments

• 6 hybrid cannons in two triple turrets, forward-mounted
• 6 gallet guns, 2 forward, 2 aft, two on single turrets amidships
• 7 fusion riffles, 1 on the castle, 6 amidships

Just like the N-801, any of the single turrets could optionally be replaced by gallet guns. The Aggressor favored fusion cannons because they did more damage at a range.

• 96 Guided Missil tubes
• 1,000 dumbfire missile tubes(quite considerable for a ship of her size)
• 12 forward torpedo tubes
• 8 aft torpedo tubes
• 4 "torpedo turrets" or turret-mounted tubes. Each turret has 2 tubes. Mounted amidships.
• 20 8-inch railguns mounted forward-facing.

The railguns on the Aggressor were used in place of a bedlam system, which the ship lacked due to missile capacity, and were used to great effect. While not considered a "primary" weapon, they were not relegated to a last resort, and many captains made very good use of the weapon's ability to occasionally saw an enemy ship in half.

Flight Deck

The Aggressor was equipped with a single "in and out" flight deck which could be protected behind heavy, retractable armor plates. The bay could field 32 harpies,

• N-801
• N-802
• N-804-C Heavy Cruiser
• N-805 - Cruiser
• N-808-B Light Destroyer
• N-809 - Heavy Destroyer