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Yikes, been away from this site for a bit but finally I remembered that i had this model lying around from the last quarter of school. Just put a few little touches onto the model before uploading this but its nearly complete except for secondary weaponry (railguns, missile batteries) that I'll be adding in later.

UES Avignon-class battlecruiser

Manufacturer: HP Heavy Armaments, Grendel Fields Shipyards, Ingenero Colonial Machinery
Hull classification: BCR
Introduced: 2303
Length: 1,825 meters
Width: 537 meters
Engine units: Mark 6.4 Columbus antimatter sub-light reactor
FTL unit: HP V.3/Alicoures Dark matter warp drive
Weaponry: Tier 3 Shock cannon (1), Tier 2 Shock cannon (2), HP M226 Heavy Railgun Defense Turrets (34), TRS 89 Ship to Ship missile batteries (28), MK 17D Point defense laser batteries (26), WMD silos (4)
Armor: Heavy Vinculum armor plating
Crew Complement: 600-2,300
Roles: Ship to ship combat, long range combat, capital ship, planetary defense, heavy support

The smallest UES ship able to wield the massive Tier 3 shock cannon (at a devastating 40 megatons per-shot), the Avignon battlecruiser has become a mainstay of UES Naval power, and is a well known symbol throughout all human space, even to the Allied Confederation and Unified Republics. One of the later ship classes to come into service during the Independence War, the battlecruiser has proven itself a bastion of combat ability, able to output an astounding amount of damage and is also surprisingly nimble for it's size and tonnage. Battlecruisers usually serve as flagships for smaller battlegroups and heavy combat assets for medium sized fleets and heavy fleets, charging into battle with large numbers of frigates, destroyers and heavy cruisers as escorts. However these mighty ships are a carefully deployed resource within the UES Navy as they are not nearly as numerous as other smaller ships, and as such they are frequently kept within UES space or at least close to a friendly colony world. On missions deep into enemy space, Avignons are deployed on some of the most crucial and large scale operations, and confrontations with moderately sized enemy fleets will always have at least a few Avignons participating in the fight. The heavy armor of these ships makes them extremely tough to meaningfully damage, and the reinforced internal bracing adds to this survivability even more. If an enemy ship tries to get close, the heavy railgun and missile arrays of the battlecruiser is guaranteed to chew through any ship in a very short amount of time. During the Factions War (2336-2337) where the UES once again fought the 2 other human factions, reports were not uncommon of battlecruisers taking on several enemy ships at once, notably in the case of the CDV Hatsheput which fought and defeated 6 Confederation frigates and 2 cruisers by itself during the battle of Duchess (a Confederation colony).

The Avignon has become instrumental in the UES' fight against the Exohuman race, and are one of the only ship classes the UES uses for direct confrontation with the massive Exohuman battleships in the event that UES battleships are not currently available. The Avignon's Tier 3 cannon is also highly adept at long range bombardment, which is utilized whenever possible to be further from Exohuman battleships' devastating particle accelerator cannons.

*other UES Ships

SF-21 Dragonfly fighter/interceptor: Contention: SF-21 Dragonfly Fighter/interceptor
Masada-class frigate: Contention: UNMC Masada-class frigate remake
Cheyenne-class light frigate: Contention: UES Cheyenne-class light frigate WIP
Prometheus-class heavy frigate & Huntress-class heavy cruiser: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…
Paladin-class destroyer: Contention: UNMC Paladin-class destroyer remake
Aelius-class light cruiser: Contention: UES Aelius-class light cruiser WIP
Elysium-class light carrier: Contention: UES Elysium-class light carrier
Perses-class supercarrier: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…
Sovereign-class fleet carrier: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…

Description
Yikes, been away from this site for a bit but finally I remembered that i had this model lying around from the last quarter of school. Just put a few little touches onto the model before uploading this but its nearly complete except for secondary weaponry (railguns, missile batteries) that I'll be adding in later.

UES Avignon-class battlecruiser

Manufacturer: HP Heavy Armaments, Grendel Fields Shipyards, Ingenero Colonial Machinery
Hull classification: BCR
Introduced: 2303
Length: 1,825 meters
Width: 537 meters
Engine units: Mark 6.4 Columbus antimatter sub-light reactor
FTL unit: HP V.3/Alicoures Dark matter warp drive
Weaponry: Tier 3 Shock cannon (1), Tier 2 Shock cannon (2), HP M226 Heavy Railgun Defense Turrets (34), TRS 89 Ship to Ship missile batteries (28), MK 17D Point defense laser batteries (26), WMD silos (4)
Armor: Heavy Vinculum armor plating
Crew Complement: 600-2,300
Roles: Ship to ship combat, long range combat, capital ship, planetary defense, heavy support

The smallest UES ship able to wield the massive Tier 3 shock cannon (at a devastating 40 megatons per-shot), the Avignon battlecruiser has become a mainstay of UES Naval power, and is a well known symbol throughout all human space, even to the Allied Confederation and Unified Republics. One of the later ship classes to come into service during the Independence War, the battlecruiser has proven itself a bastion of combat ability, able to output an astounding amount of damage and is also surprisingly nimble for it's size and tonnage. Battlecruisers usually serve as flagships for smaller battlegroups and heavy combat assets for medium sized fleets and heavy fleets, charging into battle with large numbers of frigates, destroyers and heavy cruisers as escorts. However these mighty ships are a carefully deployed resource within the UES Navy as they are not nearly as numerous as other smaller ships, and as such they are frequently kept within UES space or at least close to a friendly colony world. On missions deep into enemy space, Avignons are deployed on some of the most crucial and large scale operations, and confrontations with moderately sized enemy fleets will always have at least a few Avignons participating in the fight. The heavy armor of these ships makes them extremely tough to meaningfully damage, and the reinforced internal bracing adds to this survivability even more. If an enemy ship tries to get close, the heavy railgun and missile arrays of the battlecruiser is guaranteed to chew through any ship in a very short amount of time. During the Factions War (2336-2337) where the UES once again fought the 2 other human factions, reports were not uncommon of battlecruisers taking on several enemy ships at once, notably in the case of the CDV Hatsheput which fought and defeated 6 Confederation frigates and 2 cruisers by itself during the battle of Duchess (a Confederation colony).

The Avignon has become instrumental in the UES' fight against the Exohuman race, and are one of the only ship classes the UES uses for direct confrontation with the massive Exohuman battleships in the event that UES battleships are not currently available. The Avignon's Tier 3 cannon is also highly adept at long range bombardment, which is utilized whenever possible to be further from Exohuman battleships' devastating particle accelerator cannons.

*other UES Ships

SF-21 Dragonfly fighter/interceptor: Contention: SF-21 Dragonfly Fighter/interceptor
Masada-class frigate: Contention: UNMC Masada-class frigate remake
Cheyenne-class light frigate: Contention: UES Cheyenne-class light frigate WIP
Prometheus-class heavy frigate & Huntress-class heavy cruiser: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…
Paladin-class destroyer: Contention: UNMC Paladin-class destroyer remake
Aelius-class light cruiser: Contention: UES Aelius-class light cruiser WIP
Elysium-class light carrier: Contention: UES Elysium-class light carrier
Perses-class supercarrier: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…
Sovereign-class fleet carrier: malcontent1692.deviantart.com/…