Editing Imperial Navy Battlecruiser (section)

====Mars====

[[File:BFGAMars.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Needs more love.]]

Intended to replace the [[Exorcist-class Grand Cruiser]] as a fleet carrier and patrol ship, the ''Mars'' class didn't quite meet its designers' expectations, primarily due to its odd mix of weaponry. Aside from its Launch Bays carrying your typical mixture of [[Fury Interceptor]]s, [[Faustus Interceptor]]s, [[Starhawk Bomber]]s and [[Shark Assault Boat]]s, it features a [[Nova Cannon]], plus short-ranged [[Macrocannon]]s and [[Lance]] batteries. In theory, this allows the Mars Class to engage the enemy whilst out of range of their main weapon systems, or go closer to the enemy and use its attack craft to protect itself or make lightning raids against enemy ships.

However, in reality, the Mars Class is [[Skub]] reincarnated into an entire ship ''in-universe''. Captains have a love-or-hate relationship with the ''Mars'', with many thinking that its undergunned, but there's an equal number who respect its capability to operate at stand-off ranges (those guys should demand more Dominion-class ships then, with nova cannons). Still, [[Bitches|enough people bitched about the design]] that the shipyards of Mars stopped laying down Mars Class keels some 1,900 years before the Gothic War. Only a handful of shipyards continue to produce Mars in limited numbers ever since.

*'''Length:''' 5.4km
*'''Mass:''' 33 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 107,000 crew, 15,700 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration