Queen's Blade-class Battlecruiser

Queen's Blade-class Battlecruiser

"Such a well balanced warship... Such a shame the Empire is incapable of learning from our opponents.."

- Grand Admiral Thrawn

The  was one of the ships of the line of the Feliinyen Royal Navy along with the King's Blade-class Battlecruiser, the Accel-class Light Frigate, the Excel-class Escort Carrier, and the Predator-class Corvette.

Details
Designed to bear resemblance to the Ceromonial Sword used by the Feliinyen Queen. It would later become ubiquitous with the Feliinyen Navy, with every single Feliinyen fleet or task force containing at least one of these ships. Like the King's Blade and other later Feliinyen warships, the ship would bear an uncanny resemblance to Imperial dagger shaped warships, which would lead the Feliinyen to use several of these ships repainted with Imperial Navy Grey and fitted with Imperial Codes to infiltrate imperial fleets and deliver sabotages and surprise attacks to unknowing Imperial Fleets.

It was originally designed to compete with and defeat what was then the latest Republic Warship, the Imperator-class Star Destroyer. Fortunately this ship would become the Empire's main line of warship, saving the original purpose of the Queen's Blade. These two ships would come to clash whenever there was a confrontation between Feliingna and the Empire, earning it a reputation as a Star Destroyer killer.

The ship would be much more sharp and angular unlike the King's Blade, lending this to it's role as an undercover Imperial ship.

Production
The Queen's Blade-class entered production around the ending months of the Clone Wars but was soon without purpose as the Clone Wars has already ended, leaving the ships in sector patrol roles until the full outbreak of the Galactic Civil War.

Usage
The ships would be used for the most of the conception as border patrol and defense ships, neutralizing various scout ships that would be near Feliinyen territory.

After the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War and the Empire's declaration of war against the Rebel Alliance and their allies, the Queen's Blades would see extensive use for the entirety of the war, becoming the backbone of the Feliinyen Navy and even being the main warships in many Alliance Fleets replacing many Mon Calamari cruisers in Rebel Fleets. The ships would be an ever present element in every single Feliinyen Naval group, becoming the symbol of the Feliinyen navy.

Later during the war several dozen ships would be transferred to the Feliinyen Special Operations Bureou (FSOB) and be repainted to Imperial Navy Grey and given Imperial Codes to be able to integrate them into Imperial Fleets as moles or as sabotage ships that would continuously sabotage enemy movements and as soon as they were found out, they would simply jump away. These undercover Queen's Blades would be fitted with a special piece of hardware designed to render artificial gravity wells neutral and allow the ship to escape regardless of there being an interdiction field.

Obsolescence
While being an older model of warship, the ship would continue seeing used for years to come, being relegated to escort roles and much less significant roles as newer more advanced ships rolled out of the assembly line.

The ships would later be reborn as the Queen's Blade II after an extensive renewal program in the navy was approved. These refitted Queen's Blade II would continue to see service for centuries, despite being an ancient design, it's glory days never ceased as it continued to challenge newer warships like the New Empire's Resurgent-class Battlecruiser despite being considerable smaller and older.