Soyuz class Battleship

(Timeline 3177) Soyuz class Battleship: The Soyuz class Battleship is the core of the Soviet Union's wall of battle. First put into production in 2185, the Soyuz class was created in accordance to the specifications of Admiral of the Fleet Ariadna Olegnova Kochetkov (Order of Lenin) of the Workers' and Peasants Red Star Force in the aftermath of the Forth Soviet/European War (2176-78, ending in the treaty of Novaya Lunagrad, Strategic Soviet Victory, Tactical European victory) and her insistance on the need for flexible torpedo support and heavy beam weapons. The result was an unorthodox but effective battleship.

The Soyuz class battleship has several unusal features, most notably in it's turrets. These carry weapons that rival the IJSN's Yamato class battleship in firepower per shot and range, but flip their cannons over 180 degrees. One Turret can provide both broadsides with firepower. They also contain heavy torpedo launchers and Linier catapults, as well as a hundred vertical launch cells, giving the soyuz advantage in long range fights. It's turret configuration offers it plenty of forward and broadside firepower without compromising rear firepower and is heavily screened, armored and outfitted with a formidable point defense system. However, this comes at the price of acceleration and cost. . The European Alliance can produce Nine Danmark class Battleships for every Seven Soyuz class battleship that flies out of soviet drydocks and the turrets are more expensive and somewhat more damage prone. It has a respectable complement of forty two MiG-65 Ferret fighters