Battleship

A battleship is a spaceship designed specifically for purposes that include not only cargo carrying and transport alone.

Prehistory and Infinian Airships
The first vehicles known as ships were large buoyant watercraft that were generally designed by the Infinus to travel across continents on Infina Magna. These vehicles, typically made of wood and, much later, steel Protodermis, were used during the First Great Infinus War as a method for the warring parties to transport their troops efficiently.

The steel Protodermis battleships form the basis for virtually all of the battleship and ship designs, with the first being the Airship I, designed by Hendrax. A prototypical spacecraft, the Airship I was the first to be able to go into space with the necessary facilities. The Airship I was unable to stay in space for a prolonged amount of time, and facilities and technology was needed to facilitate for this.

Throughout the Second Great Infinus War, a great amount of airships were used by both warring sides, and were the primary form of troop transport. The prototypical design that would later culminate in the creation of the Titan-I was designed in this time.

The Trans-Warp Engine and construction of the Explorer-I
After the Second Great Infinus War, when the population of Infina Magna migrated outwards to the Realm of Light, Hendrax and the rest utilised airships to do so, travelling to Dracia first, while allowing the others to go to other planets.

After having settled on Dracia, Hendrax appointed a commission to build a spacecraft able to withstand the forces of the expanses of space, as well as having the ability to stay in space for a prolonged, even infinite, period of time. He also commissioned several greatly skilled engineers to research a possible engine that allowed for crossing prolonged distances in short time.

Built and designed by Zirix' Royal Dracian Shipworks, the original batteships were meant as all-purpose spacecraft meant to carry cargo and beings around for larger distances, as well as be able to participate in battles in space, carrying small weapons.

Zirix and his Royal Dracian Shipworks also created the first ever Trans-Warp Engine as proposed by Hendrax, utilising the described technique to achieve higher energy levels to power the engines to be able to enter Trans-Warp Speed. Hendrax had utilised his powers and magnified those using the principles of nuclear energy.

The resulting battleship design, featuring the first Trans-Warp Enigne, was termed the Explorer-I, and became the basis upon which other battleships in the galaxy were built. The Explorer-I designs entered production for the Royal Dracian Space Navy, and one was also lended to Filius and Acritus when they travelled to Arcturus Magna in search of a new home.

Later Dracian designs and the Titan-I
The Dracian shipbuilding designing evolved consistently, growing ever bigger, stronger and faster, while increasing the capabilities of its engines, allowing for prolonged space travel over even longer distances to become a possibility.

The culmination of all these designs was the majestic Titan-I Battleship, commissioned by Hendrax to become the flagship of the Combat Masters' League and the symbol of justice across the galaxy.

The Titan-I became used by Zirix, by now a Combat Apprentice himself, who had also helped in the design stages of the Titan-I. Zirix and Lev became the main pilots, utilising the Titan-I as their vehicle during many missions, and showing the Dracian power across the galaxy.

This resulted in the battleship becoming the main symbol of Dracian power and pride, and a representation of the progress that the Planetary Alliance meant for the galaxy.

Fall of Dracia and Refugee Crisis
When Zirix betrayed Hendrax, and the two confronted one another in the throne room, Hendrax ordered for Fyxan to utilise the Titan-I in evacuating the civillians from the planet, while also escorting the other battleships. A huge portion of the Dracian Royal Fleet was also utilised, taking with them the knowledge of battleship building in the galaxy.

The Dracian Refugee Crisis resulted in the spread of battleship technology across the galaxy, after which the government of Arcturus Magna also commissioned shipbuilders to build new battleships for the Arcturan fleet, which expanded greatly as a result of the crisis.

The Titan-I, shortly after Fyxan and his team arrived on Arcturus Magna, disappeared and fell into the hands of an old Turaga on Kraka Minor.

Modern developments
Battleship technology has improved significantly since the Fall of Dracia, with many new battleships being built as a result of the spread of the technology. The Temporal Empire has its own Imperial Shipyards, situated in the Nui Tower of Time itself, which prides itself on the revolutionary developments in energy cores for new battleships.

The newest battleship, the Titan-II Battleship, is a development on the Titan-I making usage of a new, stronger energy core that allows it to move at a higher Trans-Warp Speed, while also being 1.5 times as large as the original Titan-I, with stronger and newer weapons.

The Titan-I itself is now in the hands of Fairon and his team, who have stored it away in an asteroid base near Estron.

Technical Details
The earliest ships featured hulls not very different from the floating battleships' hulls, though they were adjusted to the possibility of flight in the sky. They were held up by balloons and rotors, which were usually driven by burning Protodermis. After the discovery of Energised Protodermis and the possibility of a nuclear Protodermis element, ships were equipped with a nuclear energy drive that powered the rotors. The hull was changed as well, with a primary element becoming armoured Steel Protodermis, which became the building block upon which most ships are built to this day. The bridge design was changed as well, and more aerodynamic changes were made, including the addition of wings. After awhile, the hull shape took its definitive shape when the first trans-warp engines were being developed.

The first gravity field engines, powered by non-elemental anti-gravity generators, made the first spaceflights possible. The first type of propulsion spacecraft made use of fuel engines, but after trans-warp engines were developed, the usage of planetary gravity fields and ion thrusters became the main means of propulsion in space.

Hulls
Ship hulls are typically designed to be a more aerodynamic version of simple floating ships' hulls, with wings and nacelles being commonplace on a ship hull. A bridge is also a commonplace feature on a ship. A ship's hull is designed from hardened and armoured steel Protodermis, owing to its strength as a material and its capability to withstand trans-warp velocity. Typical features on a ship hull include large-scale energy cannons on the bow and aft (most specifically behind the bridge). Large wings with nacelles are typically located at the same level of or near the bridge. The Energy Reactor is typically located right below the bridge, in the engineering section. The nacelles can be reached through the shafts in the wings.

Energy Reactor
The energy reactor at the core of each ship, also known as the Core or just simply "the Reactor", is the power core and engine of each ship, powering each ship using high-energy particles that are accelerated to create immense speeds. The original Energy Reactor was accidentally created when Hendrax fired a blast of light into a protective room with no oxygen, the resulting light energy grew intensely. As the energy grew and grew, Hendrax released the energy and fired it at an object, that was promptly destroyed. When Hendrax once more tried the experiment, but channelled the energy into an engine he had built, the engine's acceleration rate was intensely high.

Hendrax then set out to put the energy reactor into the core of a ship he had built, no longer needing burning Protodermis to power his ships. He also realised the potential the new engines gave for spaceflight, and the first spaceships were thusly commissioned with Hendrax's engine design. Hendrax's designs were the first trans-warp capable engines as well, capable of what is now referred to as T-1 trans-warp speed.

After Hendrax disappeared, the development of trans-warp-capable engines and alternatives to the Energy Reactors became largely the providence of technical bounty hunters and technical beings. Shadon, a young Toa of Iron and technician alongside Lev, became notable in the development of the first T-2 trans-warp-capable engines, doubling the speed of the original trans-warp engines, also increasing the mass of the core and its strength. These Reactors were placed into the Titan I battleship.

Trivia

 * Battleships and the general idea behind them were based on the idea of Space Battleship Yamato. The in-universe ships also generally resemble battleships turned into spaceships, not unlike Space Battleship Yamato.

Appearances

 * Dark Future (Titan-I and Titan-II)