Plan view. Warning: long ship is long.
Action shots! Note: most of these were taken prior to fit of bow gravitic engines to alleviate stresses in the long hull.
Prototype hull on space trials previous to weapons and systems installation. CIWS defense installed to prevent damage by wayward space debris.
Ship gets weapons and a name: Sword of Satan.
Weapons tests.
Sword of Satan absolutely dwarfs a standard military spacestation.
Sword of Satan demonstrates her omnidirectional thrust capability of her engines by strafing directly to port.
And now the reason for the twin turret rows.
Primary weapon is known as the Evil Beam, and for good reason.
This is what it does. Target is a Hypercube, one of the more powerful ships built and infamous for sheer tough. Two Evil Beam pulses did that!
along with a very heavy armored collar of same around the Core. This is actually more in line with Aralonian and IVL shipbuilding practice.
