Kaizerslautern-class Destroyer

Kaizerslautern-class Destroyer

"While I support the separatist movement and the Confederacy, I will decline from donating or selling any of the Deutchland's vessels to your navy. They will be used solely by Germanian crews and officers."

- The Kaiser of Germania conversing with Count Dooku

The  was a warship model used by the The Deutschland United Imperial State of the New Order, during the Clone Wars and later during the Galactic Civil War.

Details
The Kaizerslautern-class destroyer was the mainstay ship during the Clone Wars for defending the Germanian system from Republic incursions. It was often flanked by Munificent-class Frigates during this time.

When the Empire was established and the CIS was disbanded, Germania was absorbed into the Empire and the fleet of roughly 200 Kaizerslauterns was sent to various scrapyards across the galaxy to be destroyed and used for scrap.

Various insurgent cells withing the Deutchland however would be sent on missions to take back the lost ships. Slowly but surely over the course of 2 years, they recovered most of the 200 ships and hid them away in the atmosphere of a nearby gas giant.

As the Rebel Alliance, Feliingna, and various other rebel groups began to combat the Empire more seriously and the Empire began pulling security away from Germania to combat these new threats, the Kaiser of Germania saw this as his chance to start activating and restoring the fleet. This would eventually bring the Kaizerslautern back into service along with several new models as Germania began rebelling against the Empire as well.

Production
Produced by the shipyards of Arya Heavy Industries over Germania, the Kaizerslautern was originally produced commercially as a direct competitor to the Dreadnought Heavy Cruiser, but was later bought entirely by Germania as the Separatist movement kicked off and the CIS was formed. Over the course of the Clone Wars, 250 vessels of the class would be produced, with every single one being manned by Germanian crews rather than droid crews.

Later during the Galactic Civil War, production of these ships would restart and more ships would be added to the Germanian Fleet.

Usage
During the Clone Wars, these vessels were used as command ships, often leading other ships of their class as well as other CIS ships ranging from Recusants to Munificents. Of the 250 vessels produced, 50 would be destroyed during the Clone Wars in battle with Republic Warships.

After the remaining ships were rescued from eventual destruction, they would form the base of Germania's new fleet, being kept hidden withing the atmosphere of a nearby Gas Giant until eventually being reactivated.

During the Galactic Civil War, the ship would serve as the main fighting force of the Germanian Navy until the introduction of later ship models, moving the role of escort ship onto the Kaizerslauterns.

Obsolescence
The Kaizerslauterns would eventually be retired from service after the introduction of later ship models that outshined it. However the ships would be placed into mothballs rather than scrapped, a move that would prove to come in handy long after the end of the Galactic Civil War, and the beginning of another war with a mysterious faction.

Behind the scenes
This ship was created using the Lego Digital Designer.

The Kaizerslautern was based off of WWII German destroyers, with the shape intended to look like the slim bow seen on many warships of the time. It was the first ship designed for the Germanian faction, the 3rd player controller faction in a private Star Wars Roleplay and would set the design style of the ships used by the faction.