Mertolia Battlecruiser

Next to the Battleships, the Battle Cruiser is the near contender for sheer firepower in the UruKhar fleets. The Mertolia is a combination of armor/shields/weaponry/speed, making use of the most advanced of all systems, it can target all weapons to destroy one target, or support it's fellow war ships by locking onto multiple enemies at once. It can speed about and deliver devastating fly-by strikes, broadsides, and long range torpedo/missile strikes. At 283meters, by 50+meters, it moves so fast via four smaller drives, and one main drive with the warp system, so it can speed into and out of battle as needs dictate.

The armor is along the lines of the larger Battleships, so it is coated, molecular aligned, and charged, along with being under the warp shields. GMGs allow it to also move from surface to space, and vice versa. If there are officers who have not merited a DN or BB, and want a vessel that can show their status, power and give them the ability to do devastation on the enemy, this Battle-Cruiser is their choice, in fact, it's great mobility over Battleships makes it the vessel of choice for such aggressive and daring command officers.

These vessels are used as mentioned as flag ships of cruiser groups, destroyer groups, or mixed units of cruisers and destroyers. The UruKhar 15th rapid strike armored fleet does this. These vessels make great use of module parts, so that the output of these is 6months to 8months production time. The other surprise for opponents is that it carries a small strike group of DWG-262 Falcon interceptors on board in a hangar, the smallest vessel to also act as a semi carrier.

It also has been shown it can tow another vessel via a beam anchor from each "wing"

Weaponry: 

2 x triple long barreled 330mm Variable phased particle shock cannons (dorsally)

2 x triple barreled 330mm Variable phased particle shock cannons (1 dorsal rear, 1 ventral forwards)

4 x triple barreled 280mm Variable phased particle shock cannons (2 x Left, 2 x right)

8 x 33mm particle Pulse AA turrets (4 per side)

6 x 180cm torpedo tubes (fixed forwards)

8 x 166cm torpedo tubes, (6 x forwards, 2 facing aft)

8 x missile launch tubes forward of main batteries

Auxiliary craft:

12 x DWG-262 "Falcon" interceptors

2 x shuttle craft

2 x FG-156 "Swan" recon planes.

Crew:

16 x Officers

300 x ratings

400 x droids

Again as this supports other ships in mass swarms, it is not uncommon to see large numbers of them in a fleet.