After the civil war of Dominance and the departure of the Republic of Alignment, warlords rose up and took the remnants of the destroyed faction. They made a (very loose) agreement that they would work together to regain land and memories of their old life by eradicating anyone who won't help them. They are not necessarily evil, just crazed by war and their desire to regain their old memories.
The Imperfect is the first design created by the shattered. It was made by normal civilians for defense. It didn't go well. It is really ugly and it didn't serve it's purpose as defensive. They were going to completely scrap the idea when it was going head on to a Virgo class fighter. It won! It is now used for scouting and taking out single small targets. All the other ships are created by (or mostly by ) their smartest engineers.
The Monstrosity is what its name explains it is. The bottom half of the ship was built by the engineers, but the warlords were worrying that it was taking to long, so they mashed parts to create this. The ship does do its purpose well, but only in groups. It is made to defend controlled planets.
Like the opposing Orions, this ship has a twin! This shredder's sole purpose is to split its Armour (armor) into shields to protect itself and other ship. this can also be used as a getaway distraction as it has an FTL drive installed. It has a little gap between its shielding for an Ion laser. Meant to swarm.
This shredder is meant for the offensive! Its extra shielding is replaced with small lasers. With its twin, they can devastate small ships. All other features are the exact same.
The most elite fighters wish they had this ship... It is made in such a way that the only way to get it outside of the shattered is to do a HUGE trade. This trade is giving 3M credits, a capital ship, and all they know about the shattered's past to only get 50 of these fighters. This gives them more materials to make more stalemates to scam other factions (They are good for fighters, but not THAT good). With the leftover money and materials, they build their biggest ship...
Hail the ion destroyer... This ship is so powerful that the only ship in Alignments arsenal to combat this is the Ecliptic Plane (I tested this, it is true.) It has Ion lasers that shred through any ship. It has protection straight to the core, and it has rockets and large cannons. If you see this, it is already to late...
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