Venice Command Battlecruiser

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The Venice Command Battlecruiser is a vessel fielded by the United Colonies of Mankind in the universe of Dropfleet Commander.

While most UMC admirals take to the field in battleships or dreadnoughts, the need for a specialist command ship led to the eventual creation of the Venice. On top of being extremely durable - the better to protect its precious cargo - the Venice is equipped with a unique communications array that grants any officer mounted in the ship access to peerless battlespace awareness, crystal-clear comms, and advanced spatial mapping. That said, this comms array is highly expensive and extremely large, preventing it from being mounted on any other ship of a similar tonnage.

In-Game
The Venice is the cornerstone of most UCM fleets thanks to its extremely powerful UCM Battlenet special rule. Once per turn when a battlegroup activates, the UCM player can discard a Command card to increase the Thrust of every ship in the battlegroup, let them fire an additional weapon during the activation, or move between orbital layers without penalty - potent indeed. Though its firepower is relatively lacking, that's by far and away a fair price to pay for such an ability.