LBS-427 - L.N.S. Montana

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-{Rerouting Norfolk Shipyard Construction Manifest}-
[File: 'LBS-427' found | Extracting]

Details:
Name: L.N.S. Montana
Class: Monument-class
Combat Role: Assault Dreadnought - Anti-Capital
Identification Number: BBD-443
Designation: LBS-427

Date-of-Completion: May 30th, 794 A.S.
Construction Location: Norfolk Shipyard, New York System


Loadout and Equipment:

Offensive:
2x TL-25 "Mortar" Antimatter Cannon
1x C-48 "Cerberus" Plasma Battleship Turrets
4x MB23a "Pounder" Bretonian Battleship Primary Turrets
4x MB12c "Hotchkiss" Bretonian Battleship Secondary Turrets
2x LDF-5a "Meson" Liberty Battleship Flak Cannons

Defensive:
1x TZZ-15f "Castle" Battleship Graviton Shield
1x Nanometric Heavy Armor Upgrave Mk V

Key Crew and Personnel:
CO: Admiral Mark Ferguson
XO: Vice Admiral Michelle Collins
Comm Officer: Lieutenant Commander Amy Keswick
Chief Engineer: Master Chief Petty Officer Daniel Lewis

Background and Further Notes:

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The L.N.S. Montana is a Monument-class Liberty Dreadnought built for a singular purpose of wreaking havoc on the enemy using brute force and sly tactics. The Montana, unlike some dreadnoughts, is not the first name the ship itself had bore through the years, and through the years, she's held quite a number of names. Saskatchewan, Liberty River, Orlando, Jackson and Yucatan were all names the ship held in her over 29 years of military service to the Republic. She was there on the front lines during the Nomad crisis, the call against the Legion, the War in Rheinland and now the War against Gallia. In her years of service, she'd help several notable members of the Third Fleet admiralty, including John "Hatchet" Raker, Polly Markson, David Anderson and her newest CO Michelle Collins.

The ship's hull is actually older than most sources would let on. While she maintains a 29 year long military service, the hull is in reality the remnants of an even older warship, whose hull was brought to Norfolk for extensive repair and rearmament. While the hull might have been prebuilt, the effort and manpower, coupled with the impossibility of moving the ship to a different shipyard, meant that the Montana was effectively constructed more-or-less from the ground up at Norfolk.

Like most warships in the Monument class, the Montana is built for up close combat, primarily staked in the role of an assault dreadnought. Her heavy armament in combination with decades of built up armor have made her a strengthened warhorse for the Liberty Navy, and have allowed her to remain relevant since her construction. In many cases, the Montana is very much a personification of her CO and, by extension, the crew, and in some ways, it is mutual for the ship as well.

The current commanding officer, Michelle Collins, is usually the head voice for the ship's operations. While still fairly young in age, her experience out-ranks all aboard, and this fact has kept the crew together for years. While very much a maverick in most cases, Collins is duty-bound, and will stop at nothing to see her job finished. Having been assigned with the destruction of the Gallic Kingdom, she is dedicated to the war effort, and any detour is one met with hostility on her end.

When in the field, however, she follows her duty to the letter, and to her the job gets done, regardless of the cost.

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