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"The first time I saw a Wraith, I wasn't sure what to make of it. It was fat and ugly, just a big bloody eyesore hanging in the sky, reminding me of some giant flying pig...and then its cannons opened up. Bloody hell I'll never forget the sound of those damn guns raining hellfire down on us." - Segeant James Walsh, 4th Extremi Expeditionary Unit

This is the Damontian Republic of Nation's mainstay aerial battleship, the Wraith. At 873 feet, she is shorter and stockier than the Excalibur, but she is more heavily armed and armored, leading to a harder punch in a smaller package. Her armanment includes five dual 24" anti ship cannon turrets, one 30" siege-class cannon in a tail "stinger" turret, twenty six dual 17" anti ship broadside howitzer turrets, and eighteen quad 20mm AA turrets. As with the Excalibur, she carries a small hangar that can fit one heavy aircraft or two light aircraft, though often she only carries a small observation plane. Despite her smaller size, she is slower and less maneuverable than the Excalibur, partially because of her heavier armor, and partially because of, despite being powered by ten large engines, each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers in a tractor configuration, she is underpowered for her mass. Another issue she has is that her inner workings are very convoluted and very unorganized, which leads to maintainence being very costly and complicated. Even worse is her airframe; originally designed as a heavy transport, the Wraith's airframe was not designed to support the weight of the heavy weapons on her top end, which makes her structure rife with vulnerabilities and weak points under her armor. Still, she is a dangerous enemy to the Extremi aeronavy, and any experienced sailor knows that trouble is coming when a Wraith is sighted over the horizon.

Description
"The first time I saw a Wraith, I wasn't sure what to make of it. It was fat and ugly, just a big bloody eyesore hanging in the sky, reminding me of some giant flying pig...and then its cannons opened up. Bloody hell I'll never forget the sound of those damn guns raining hellfire down on us." - Segeant James Walsh, 4th Extremi Expeditionary Unit

This is the Damontian Republic of Nation's mainstay aerial battleship, the Wraith. At 873 feet, she is shorter and stockier than the Excalibur, but she is more heavily armed and armored, leading to a harder punch in a smaller package. Her armanment includes five dual 24" anti ship cannon turrets, one 30" siege-class cannon in a tail "stinger" turret, twenty six dual 17" anti ship broadside howitzer turrets, and eighteen quad 20mm AA turrets. As with the Excalibur, she carries a small hangar that can fit one heavy aircraft or two light aircraft, though often she only carries a small observation plane. Despite her smaller size, she is slower and less maneuverable than the Excalibur, partially because of her heavier armor, and partially because of, despite being powered by ten large engines, each driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers in a tractor configuration, she is underpowered for her mass. Another issue she has is that her inner workings are very convoluted and very unorganized, which leads to maintainence being very costly and complicated. Even worse is her airframe; originally designed as a heavy transport, the Wraith's airframe was not designed to support the weight of the heavy weapons on her top end, which makes her structure rife with vulnerabilities and weak points under her armor. Still, she is a dangerous enemy to the Extremi aeronavy, and any experienced sailor knows that trouble is coming when a Wraith is sighted over the horizon.