HRS Lady Liberty



The Lady Liberty was the first battleship created by Humanity, and is the only reason Humans are now a galactic power.

Development
The concept of the Lady Liberty was conceived ever since first contact with the Nainehta in December, 2044. Slow, but steady funding came from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Canada. By the time the war with the Yanto Union started, the rest of NATO, Israel, Malaysia, Iran, Egypt, New Zealand, and Brazil began funding. By 2047, two years into the war, most countries of the Earth, excluding Somalia, North Korea, and Syria had put money towards the project, codenamed: LIBERATION. A majority of the advancements that made the end result possible came from what the Nainehta were willing to share with Humans, which was a bare minimum of what they knew. By 2049, the United Nations as a whole was funding the project and in November of that year the Lady Liberty was ready.

Advancements in technology
The Lady Liberty resembled a huge leap in technology for humanity, who, only months before first contact, still used chemical and ion engines on relatively small and unmanueverable space craft. The Lady Liberty incorporated a gravity generators, though very inefficient, using up most of the ships power supply. It had minimal shielding, though what it did have was substantially more powerful than that used on their space shuttles and space stations. The engine was also a great leap, allowing the ship, despite it's size, to be able to move very easily, and swiftly, with speeds reaching around one million miles per hour. Weaponry was also a big advancement, with heavy usage of high power lasers, and a spinal-mounted railgun.

Design
The ship was just over a kilometer long, and had living quarters to support only five hundred (human) crew.

History
The first engagement the Lady Liberty saw was at Earth, when it aided Nainehta ships in the defeat of an already crippled Yanto fleet. The Lady Liberty was not immediately seen as a threat, as her lasers were little more than minor annoyances for the heavier Yanto ships within the fleet. However, her railgun was able to heavily damage the flagship of the Yanto invasion fleet. After the battle, the Yanto fleet was completely destroyed, and the Lady Liberty recieved minor damage to the bridge. She continued serving the Human Republic for seventy years before she was retired, due to her FTL drive (which was fitted ten years after she was first launched) became outdated, and was too unstable to remove.