The Osiris

[Eppy]

As I interpreted it the Osiris was meant as a testbed, never meant to be mass-produced. The Liberty Dreadnought, looking at it, is really one of the best ships in its class, 'Fast and Deadliest ships in its class', in fact, according to the infocard. The Osiris is even smaller; it's probably even faster, but it can't be very well-armored at all, and it doesn't really do anything a conventional military would need that the Liberty Dreadnought can't already do; the LibDread's a better balance of agility, armor and firepower than anything else in the game, most certainly Vanilla-wise and still one of the best in Discovery's arsenal (the only real competition is the BHBS because it's so damn tiny and accurate if the pilot's good he'll never be hit and the Bretonian Battleship, for its heavier firepower, heavier armor and only somewhat wider cross-section). The Osiris does, however, possess a cloaking device and who knows what other kind of advanced toys; it was probably made with the intent of supporting these devices and not entering actual combat. Of course, the Order or any aspiring power will be happy to take the designs off of the Navy's hands, because anybody with a Battleship in the Borderworlds, period, already has a massive tactical advantage, and if it's very small and light, however poorly armored, like the Osiris, they've got a winner, as it really needs to server more as a Battlecruiser (I.E. dominating smaller ships) than anything else. The Navy doesn't need the Osiris; the Liberty Dreadnought's so fast it can still serve as a Battlecruiser and Battleship at the same time, like the American Iowa-class 'fast battleships'. The Osiris has a much purer Battlecruiser mentality, and really doesn't do anything but demonstrate its cloaking technology (and probably some kind of advanced engine, judging by the contrail)

But, theoretically, it could be done if it was extensively RPed as a testbed or a special ops ship, like I did with Fantasia way back in the day. You'd have to act like it, though, and that means no sitting around at Manhattan. Lurk in the shadows and rock fields instead.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.