Tyranno Class Battlegroup Carrier

The Tyranno Class Battlegroup Carrier is the largest Union designed combat ship, with expected delivery of the first ships in 5060.

Background
In 5040, the Capital Ship Development Bureau (CSDB) was tasked by Fleet Command to outline the next generation of ships. For the first time since the Uni Design had been adopted, Fleet Command requested that instead of restricting themselves to designs that would be just have incremental changes compared to existing capital ships, to also consider the idea of building Lyrec and Karmat class ships from scratch, as well as consider new designs the size of those two ships.

After 3 months of study, the CSDB recieved the results of USS Dominator's first test as the carrier for a rapid reaction force. With the favorable results of that test, and the history of the USS Devastator, the CSDB decided to dedicate at least a portion of their construction resources towards implementing fleet-wide the concept of fast reaction forces.

While the concept was set, initially there was no decision on centering these forces around a Karmat or equivalent sized new design ship. While the idea of that ship carrying 40 battleships was intriguing, there was still debate on whether to include a Lyrec class, an equivalent ship, or five additional battleships.

After consulting with some of the engineers responsible for designing the refits of the Karmat, Lyrec and Marantz class ships it was decided to use the blueprints of the reconfigured Karmat and Lyrec class battleships as starting points, but to include all the lessons learned from the past, all that is known about Seenian tech, and take the best of the combined technology to make something new.

Results
Initially known as AAA class Battlegroup Carrier, it was renamed Tyranno Class Battlegroup Carrier after the logbooks of the USS Tigershark's first mission became public. Externally it's almost indistinguishable from the USS Dominator when all the hangers are sealed and, but internally the layout has been optimized for Union systems, including the replacement of the eight hangars adapted to hold five standard battleships each with 40 hangers each one capable of handling one battleship.

Most of it's capabilities are classified Blue-Blue-Red and need to know. It's rumored to be the fastest mass produced capital ship within the Union Navy. It also has the most destructive power of the mass produced ships.

Future plans
While the eventual goal is to replace the capitol ships in every battlegroup with a Tyranno and it's auxiliaries, it's expected to take over one hundred years based on the current size of the fleet. With the potential for of societies joining the Union through the intergalactic gate network that estimate might be on the low side.