"After the scission between the terran government and the vasudan empire in 2383, the NGTA was in need for a new class of destroyer, free from all vasudan design. The refited Interdictor class ships served to fill in the gap until an improved design was built. Four destroyer classes followed the Interdictor, untill the NGTA met again with the shivans. Those encounters were very ponctual, but the shivan paranoia arouse again. People didn't forget the sathanas. The Gaia class is a direct result of this fear. Next comes an exerpt of the ship's information document:
"...The Gaïa class destroyer has been designed as a capital ship hunter killer, especilally shivan ones. Apart from the Demon class destroyer, it has been witnessed that all the major shivan vessels (including the Ravana class, the Lucifer class and the Sathanas class) packs most of their fire power on their front part. The Gaïa has been designed especially to use this weakness. Its mission is to flank the enemy capital ship and reap it apart while the target can’t fire back. For this purpose the Gaïa emphasizes more on speed and firepower than hull. It is faster than any other ship of its class thanks to numerous powerfull engines, and the fire power as been localised mainly on its sides, so it doesn’t have to waste time on useless moves and can open fire as soon as it has reached the flank of its target. Additionally, the use of LRB can allow it to supress less heavy enemy presence from a very long range..."
The GTD gaia is now the only destroyer in use in the NGTA fleet, since its initial enter in service in 3461. The NGTA navy flagship, the Exelion, is a perfect exemple of this ship.
[This message has been edited by venom2506 (edited 08-07-2001).]
