Column of Respite

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The Column of Respite is the largest ship of the CDF, built around the stripped chassis of a Velayan skyfortress.

The Column of Respite. Atmospheric fighters seen in foreground

Design

The ship is 22,000 metres long and has is 9,000 metres across at its widest point. It has a Hyperdrive, and has a spaced, reactive titanium armour hull many metres thick.

It uses mass repulsion fields to hover above the surface of Centro, but can lower elevators down to allow transport to and from itself.

It bears two hundred mass cannons, sixty high-GW lasers, and many flak weapons. Its hangar carries ten cruisers and several hundred atmospheric jet fighters.

Usage

The Column of Respite currently carries around 400,000 personnel, mainly CDF soldiers. However, it has laboratories, hospitals, research suites and can act as a control centre in case of a Centro-wide emergency.