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The Angel of Annihilation

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History

The Angel of Annihilation was commissioned shortly after the end of the Great Reckoning, as the flagship of the first Triumphal Fleet.  She served out the duration of the War of the Empires leading the Triumphal Fleet, and participated in several major battles, including the second battle of Scharlaff.  Angel of Annihilation was finally destroyed during the War of the Gods at the siege of Berwynne's Reach.

Armament

Angel of Annihilation's main armament was a massive Kugelblitz Projector mounted in her center fuselage.  She also carried dozens of fighter bays and hundreds of torpedo tubes, most of these were in her "wings". 

Defense was provided by both heavy deflector shields, and an extensive array of point-defense lasers.

Angel of Annihilation also carried a substantial contingent of soldiers along with landing and boarding craft.  The central, cylindrical section of her hull contained two massive centrifuges where the troops, and the crew could train at high gravity.

Power and Propulsion

The Angel of Annihilation's main power source was a matrix of antimatter crystals held in her main engineering bay.  This was backed up by banks of hypercapacitors throughout the ship. 

Main propulsion was provided by three High Impulse Ion drives, providing up to three Gs of acceleration.  Her sub-light cruising speed was 0.5c.  Her spatial compression ratio was 75000:1 when she was commissioned, and was later upgraded to 150,000:1 midway through the War of the Empires.