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[color=#FFFFFF]Commissioned under the orders of Commodore Sarah Willows, the Durango is a prototype Overlord-class Dreadnought
which currently serves as the flagship of the Liberty Navy under the direct command of Admiral David Hale.

Like with all Dreadnoughts of her type, her primary role is the forceful removal of enemy capital ships.
Having been constructed with this in mind, she was the first ship of the Navy to bring Antimatter weaponry to the battlefield and employ it successfully.
Taking part in the purge of California in 815 AS along with the Anchorage, her agility and heavy weaponry have been utilized so effectively,
that her crew has taken more Rogue Destroyer and Gunboat scalps than any other in recent years.
Protected by reflective armor, she can withstand the heaviest of beatings and shrug light weapons fire off with the ease of a shield deflecting a small asteroid.

Having been tightly-run since entering active service and having taken part in all major conflicts, the Durango's crew is comprised of only the best battle-hardened veterans the Navy has to offer.
Like their comanding officer, Admiral David Hale, they are ever vigilant, never fearing, and always ready.

Despite the role of the ship however, she only carries a minimal amount of strikecraft and corresponding personnel.
A fair amount of the space necessary to carry more has been given away in order to accomodate a unique Electronic Warfare Facility,
which further boosts her operational capability by adding the options of disruption and jamming of enemy sensor and communication systems on a large scale.

Recently the ship has been employed successfully as the spearhead of many operations before being stationed in the lower orbit of Planet Houston where she is used in standard duties.
Posessing an escort of an Interdictor-class Assault Battlecruiser, the Plymouth Rock,
and a Catapult-class Siege Cruiser, the Integrity, the Durango is now intended to be used in a Hunter-Killer role during the war with Rheinland.

[color=#FFFFFF]Commissioned under Admiral Talon, the Retribution was designed to be the "checkmate" piece in the Liberty Navy. With increasing threats of hostile fleets attacking Liberties borders the Carrier Retribution was born, with it's compliment of 85 fighters/bombers, it's role in major fleet actions has proved invaluable. As with all Carriers, the Retribution's primary function is to proceed to any sector with hostile activity and launch small craft to clear the area, with it's own massive fire power, the Nimitz class can stand toe to toe with enemy Capitals while it's support craft secure the flanks.

The Retribution was commissioned in 814 and has seen several engagements, as a matter of pride her crew boasts the destruction of three Spyglass class vessels, 4 Rheinland Battleships and numerous smaller craft. She has been severely damaged several times, most recently in a massive engagement in the current Rheinland conflict. It's crew is hand picked from the elite of the Navy and wear the Retribution's insignia with pride.

Her role is ever changing, with Liberty as the hub of the Sirus sector facing numerous threats, always ready, always proud, her crew stands ready and at the command of the Admiralty.

[color=#FFFFFF] The San Francisco is a force to be reckoned with. Under the command of recently promoted Captain Seth Karlo, the San Francisco is one of the older ships in the fleet. As such, her armour is not as advanced as the rest of the Dreadnoughts, but even still, she has claimed more kills than most of the other Dreadnoughts put together.

Recently, the San Francisco was selected to take part in an experimental hyperjump drive, which allows the ship to jump to adjacent systems in times of need or peril, making the ship even more deadly. Full of experienced crew and a determined captain, the San Francisco is a name that strikes fear into enemies souls. She carries a wing of upholder bombers, and 3 wings of Guardian class fighters, each pilot hand picked and trained by the acting drill sergeant, Sarah Krill. Also, a single wing of Avenger class fighters have been seen in the San Francisco's bays, these are the fighters of the officers on board, who like nothing more than to go out and shoot down a few pirate fighters now and then.

The gunners of the San Francisco have devastating accuracy, the Heavy Mortar gunner, Teya Harding, has set a record for number of gunboats hit by her devastating charge.

The San Francisco is frequently sneered at by heavy battleships, but time after time has succesfully flown away from a battle with barely a scratch while the ship behind them explodes in large fireballs. Recent successes include the battle of New Hampshire, where the San Francisco managed to demolish a Rhienland battleship without losing her shields, and the Hacker invasion of Texas, where the San Francisco forced an Outcast Dreadnought and a Hacker Spyglass to retreat single-handedly.

The San Francisco is currently under the command of Captain Seth Karlo, with the watchful eye of Commander Sonya Kellis as his XO. Together, the two make a fearful team, and have yet to be beaten in battle. Rumors that the bridge crew of the San Francisco play poker every Friday night while intoxicated, where the bets often include articles of clothing, are denied by the Liberty Navy. Rumors that Captain Karlo and Commander Kellis are currently incredibly fierce rivals on Friday nights is also denied, and the recent picture of Captain Karlo half naked did not appear in the Manhattan tabloids, and it was most definitely not submitted by Commander Kellis.

[color=#FFFFFF]Commissioned by the now-Admiral Hale, the Integrity is a fairly aged Catapult-class Cruiser which currently serves as one of the many heavy patrol and interception craft that the Liberty Navy employs on its border with Rheinland. Being an older vessel, it requires more crew than other, newer siege cruisers of the same class.

Similar to most Cruisers of her type, the Integrity’s primary role is to deal an insurmountable amount of damage to large enemy warships increasingly employed on the modern battlefield. Due to her heavy siege armament, the Integrity has managed to hold her own against far larger warships in the past, inflicting critical damage to most capital ships that she faces.

Usually going into combat with a light escort of fighters and bombers, the Integrity is often found at range from enemy capital ships, bombarding the target with walls of plasma.

Featuring a quad starburst engine configuration combined with ghostrider manoeuvring thrusters, the Integrity is an agile cruiser which has the valuable ability to simultaneously dish out masses of firepower whilst evading incoming fire. Due to this alone, the Integrity is an asset in its own rights to the Liberty Navy.

However, what the Integrity possesses in raw firepower, it loses in flexibility. It is often found that both Archer class and Catapult class siege cruisers lack any effective offensive countermeasures to smaller strike craft. The Integrity is no different, and therefore especially vulnerable to bomber-class vessels.

[color=#FFFFFF]The Mount Hood and Plymouth Rock are sister ships which were commissioned under the joint order of by then Admiral Talon and Vice Admiral David Hale in 817 AS prior to the start of the Liberty - Rheinland war.
Designed with simplicity and ease of operation in mind, those Assault Battlecruisers are next-generation warships which require very little in terms of crew and resources to operate,
and they are able to operate on their own far from any secure supply lines and friendly forces.

Both ships are identical for the most part, the difference being that the Plymouth Rock has been outfitted with Ballistic Missile launchers,
while the Mount Hood posesses an Electronic Warfare Facility, to ease the gathering of data and intelligence while maintaining a low profile.

The reasons for this lie in the roles of the ships.
While both fulfill the "Strike Battlecruiser"-role as such, the Mount Hood often operates alone and with minimal escorts against lone enemy capital ships of Cruiser-size or smaller,
whereas the Plymouth Rock has been assigned as an escort of the LNS Durango.
Since the Durango posesses an Electronic Warfare Facility of its own, including one on the Plymouth Rock was seen as obsolete and thus the heavier weaponry was installed instead.

Both ships have only seen little use in the Navy's operations so far, but whatever tasks they were issued were always carried out successfully and with ease.

[color=#FFFFFF]The Chicago is the first Liberty Gunboat commisioned under Admiral Hale. Ensambled at Norfolk Shipyard, the Chicago is the first of the new gunboat line in the Liberty Navy. Due to the increased amount of pirate's wings, and the upgraded technology they've been showing, the Liberty Navy was needing of a piece of equipment capable of taking down fighters, bombers and gunships as well.

For the short time in service, the Chicago has crowned its service time with a memorable encounter against two outcast gunships, taking down both of the ships, and proving its maneuverability.

The combination of pulse weapons and battle razors, make of the Chicago a terrible danger for small ships. And the power of the forward gun is still one of the best anti-gunboat equipment around.
As it's one of the brand ships in the Navy, its history is still to be made.