Battlestar Galactica

[Dab]

Maybe something like a banking ship?

It'd have armor like the battleship, shields like a cruiser and energy like a cruiser. but the maneuverability of a frigate. So it'd be like a very heavily defended cruiser, but not as good as a frigate or battleship in a fight. It'd be useful for holding off Frigate type ships long enough to make its escape. It has the armor to hold it off like a battleship would, but the bad maneuverability would make it bad for turning in the fight. Hence flying towards an escape but holding off the other ship long enough to make it that far. It could also be used as an extra set of defense for battleships. It can help lighten the amount of fire the battleships will get shot at it. they can position themselves between the attacker and BS and stop the BS from getting mobbed long enough to take out some more ships and then come in and kill the thing the banking ship is blocking it from. Adding new strategies to fights, and diversity to fleets. It would be used to also transport valuables like weapons, BS weaponry, fighter equipment, without having to worry about getting clobbered. Or as a treasury ship.

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