[O15 Bannistar Station - PK] Reign: Flotilla Leader

Manufacturer: Vosteltig Shipyards, license from Kuat Drive Yards

Model: Artifex-class Star Cruiser

Type: Light Cruiser

Length: 3,428 meters

Crew: 16,755 officers, 34,800 enlisted personnel

Troop Capacity: 3 divisions

Fighter Capacity: 8 wings

Armament: Dual super-heavy turbolasers (8), quad heavy turbolasers (2), dual heavy ion cannons (2), triple heavy ion cannons (6), quad medium turbolasers (17), dual laser cannons (123), strategic warhead launchers (18)

Sublight Drive: 3 KDY Destroyer-II ion engines, 4 Cygnus Spaceworks Gemon-6 ion engines (emergency use)

Hyperdrive: Class 2, Class 10 (backup)

Affiliation: Imperial 9th Fleet, Protectorate of Kalarba

Roles: Command, battle line

An Urbanus-class light cruiser was not a common sight in the Imperial Navy. Even rarer, one of the Artifex subclass. When they did appear it was usually as escorts for larger battlecruisers and dreadnoughts in the core. Reign, however, had the distinction of serving as a flagship, leading a flotilla of destroyers and frigates in one of the Empire’s few remaining rapid response fleets.

The Artifex differed slightly but noticeably from the normal Urbanus class, with supercapital-grade turbolasers in twin turrets replacing the main turbolaser batteries and two of the centerline ion cannons. This, combined with a few smaller changes allowed the subclass to engage at longer range.