Database and Lore

The Dixik Mark 2 Class Defense Battleship

*Spoilers if you haven't read past Gabatrix: The First Peace arc* "The history of this ship serves as a restoration of the glory days of Yutilian prowess. I’m proud to serve on this ship and swear to die by it, if need be,” A Yutilian veteran serving onboard a Dixik Mark 2. The return of the prime late war battleship design of the Emphra War was a somewhat welcome sight to some of the T’rintar clan crews. The Dixik has sealed its legacy of being a formidable foe while being easily able to counter numerous assaults against the original Emphra and future enemy clan attacks. However, when other warships are present, the Mark 2 battleships have instead seen a muddled start. Their glory days have been almost muted. Design The Dixik Mark 2 class battleship was one that was strongly debated for the T’rintar clan. The idea of having a warship solely dedicated to missile launchers seemed like a viable sight. On paper, the history of the original Mark 1 Dixik’s blasting waves of Emphra vessels was pushed upon by the Emphra War veterans. At the same time, many in the T’rintar clan criticized the idea of returning to an all missile warship. While ancient Yutilian combat philosophy believed in long-range warfare, it always proved as a pragmatic dilemma. Even during the Emphra War, the Dixik’s suffered from running out of munitions. When it did happen, the vessels were mostly useless and needed to return to base or resupply at another ship. The Ikras, I’ralas, and Italq battleships were controversial in their own right in having a railgun but solved the problem when the warships ran out of guided munitions. At the same time, they at least had something when the Shal’rein clan warships broke through to attack them. At the same time, however, the T’rintar clan still saw a need to have an all missile battleship. The Dixik, despite having a name similar to the Mark 1s, did have some noticeable changes. For one, the battleship used the same hull configuration as that of the Italq Mark 2 battleships. The only real main difference was that the railguns were removed and replaced with similar heavy torpedo launcher pods that could house the anti-ship missiles. When used in conjunction with the VLS launcher system, the Dixik can unleash a powerful salvo of guided munitions upon the enemy. The front bow also removes the heavy torpedo tubes and replaces them with a small CIWS and guidance array antenna. While the vessel does hold some resemblances to that of the Mark 1, internally, the compartments and equipment are much different. Regardless, many knew that the Italqs was going to become a mainstay force for the T’rintar clan. Many could see that the Dixik Mark 2s needed to have an intended role, and that would be to stay close to home. There, it would help alleviate the Italqs to serve in more aggressive and deep space patrols rather than being kept at home all the time. Being at home also allowed the Dixiks to be able to reload their stock of munitions in case of sieges. History There is no doubt that the return of the Dixik battleships had some crews in cheer. However, with a new generation of teams to operate them, many found the vessels to be cumbersome. Many simply saw them as mobile missile launcher platforms. Crews that transferred from former Italqs found things to be the same to navigate inside, while former Dixik Mark 1 crews found almost nothing similar in the interior. Regardless, the Dixik had advantages and disadvantages. At home, they were perfect for their role. It did exactly what it was designed to do. Instead of being a prime warship like it was in the Emphra Wars, it was a supplementary warship in the Itrean Civil War. In reality, in defensive campaigns, the Dixik Mark 2 proved to be incredibly lethal in design. The massive salvos could easily obliterate and overwhelm the most powerful of Itrean clan warships. However, the missile launcher layout was pragmatic. The VLS missiles would have to be launched first. Then, the torpedoes would have launched afterward. If both were fired at the same time, the missiles and torpedoes could threaten to collide into one another upon firing. In valiant defenses of planetary worlds, the Dixik Mark 2 did its job. However, many compared the ships as “glass cannons,” being utterly useless against Shal’rein raid fleets that closed in to pound the vessels at unavoidable close ranges. Some would counter-argue that the Dixiks still manage to prevent many raid fleets and full-scale offenses from ever happening. As of the current moment, the UHN barely ever sees the famed Dixik. The only true exception is in the case of crew exchanges that get to go on voyages to see how other T’rintar clan vessels operate and function when going out to train with the alien staff. The legacy of the ship is one of rear- guard duty. Regardless, the Dixik Mark 2 still makes up for 20% of the battleship inventory in the T’rintar clan. The clan plans on using and keeping them far in the future.