Fiction:Terra-class battlecruiser

Among the many inventions engendered by the Dominatus War, the Terra-class battlecruiser is probably the most iconic. A true battlecruiser, the class was originally built upon unfinished Celeste-class hulls when the French realized that no amount of armor and brute force was going to win the struggle against the might of the Tyranny. They needed numbers and the celerity with which to strike without fear of reprisal. Thus, the Celeste-class hulls were stripped of whatever armor had already been installed and enormous hyperdrives were built in wing-like protrusions around the body of the ship. These extensions of the hyperdrive allowed the class to sail through hyperspace at a speed unmatched even by the Orion League's fastest cruisers. However, the increased surface area weakened its shields considerably and made the class a lot more fragile. Despite this, the class retained the firepower of a full blown battleship, allowing it to prove its worth time and time again.

Like most true battlecruisers, the class is less expensive to build and maintain than its battleship counterpart.

Conflicts participated in:
 * Dominatus War (2792-2795)
 * East African Civil War (2796)
 * Franco-Drodo Colonial War (2797)
 * DCP-Vermulan War (2799)
 * Gigaquadrantic Conflicts (2800)