Rome Battlecruiser

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The Rome battlecruiser is a warship fielded by the United Colonies of Mankind. Despite being one of the largest vessels in the UCM's fleet, the Rome owes its existence to the actions of a much smaller - and much older - vessels, the Havana. Several well-publicised kills scored by the aging destroyers put enough pressure on the UCM admiralty to finance the development of a new ship that primarily focused on torpedoes. Faced with these criteria, UCM naval designers came up with the Rome, opting for a battlecruiser hull in order to support double tubes.

The Rome is intended to be an aggressive ship killer, making use of its speed to get into the enemy's face before unloading its payload of two heavy torpedoes. To give it a modicum of protection for this somewhat risky maneuver, the Rome is equipped with 46 additional Aegis-V point defence lasers, all the better to sponge off return fire from the enemy vessel. This overabundance of defence also means the Rome can lend aid to nearby ships, giving it a secondary role to fill should its torpedoes be expended.

The Rome entered service on the second month of the battle for Earth. Two of these brand-new vessels - the Charlemagne and the Eden Victory - were destroyed as a Scourge dreadnought moved to engage Admiral Halsey's flagship, but their torpedoes broke the enemy vessel in half shortly thereafter, cementing the Rome's place in the UCM navy.

In-Game
The Rome has the capability to do massive damage to enemy vessels with its two heavy torpedoes that can crash in for up to 16 damage apiece, but has little offence once both are expended. That said, the Rome does has the Aegis (9) rule, which gives it a small niche as a protector vessel.