Anyway, as Hunt said, we don't need to rely on brute force of Battleships, which are naturally slow and hulky. But rather, agility and range and adaptation to the environment. I came up with a concept to compensate for our requirement for bombardment. Particularly how the Nomads seem to be bringing out nastier, stronger things, as well as our neighbours.
Of course, I don't expect anything to be developed from this any time soon, as we lack a shipyard to experiment at. But the concept is simple: It is a lighter and easier to maintain Battleship-Battlecruiser that excels at long distances - an artillery vessel, but can suffer greatly from bombers and light interdictors, as it compensates the material for more firepower. The reward in this outweights the risk, as it can simply be covered with escorts - or by careful usage. If anything gets in the way of the guns, it's dead. Or well, I hope it works out anyway. That's the plan. But naturally, investigations and deeper planning comes first.
Or, uh, well, diplomacy first. Flipping Liberty.
Perhaps you can assist us with finding and designing a suitable power module for it? You can collaborate with the designers about it, which is recommended.