I was recently looking back at the Warlord, seeing if I could make a varient to make up for what its lacking in its universe, but the attempts resulted in failure. So, rather than reinvent the wheel, I decided to make a whole new ship from the ground up purpose-built to destroy heavily armored leviathans that the Warlord would have a tougher time with. This is the
Longsword-class battleship, and it's about twice the length of the Warlord, and probably about three to five times the weight class, with firepower to match:
Front:
![Image](http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3341/longswordclassbattleshi.th.jpg)
Side:
![Image](http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/3341/longswordclassbattleshi.th.jpg)
Top:
![Image](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3341/longswordclassbattleshi.th.jpg)
Bottom:
![Image](http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3341/longswordclassbattleshi.th.jpg)
Back:
![Image](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3341/longswordclassbattleshi.th.jpg)
Iso:
When I designed this I tried to build off of the design characteristics of the Warlord, namely the shape and feel of the ship. It has the hunched-over slope that the superstructure of the Warlord had, although minus the hull ridge, and it has the ability to lay devastating amounts of firepower directly in front of it. I also went for a more armored look, though, to show that this is a true battleship, while the Warlord is closer to a battlecruiser and is more of an "offense is the best defense" style ship, with the Longsword being a ship made to soak up fire and dish out an impressive armament of its own.
Overall, I think that they have equivalent amounts of firepower, but that the key difference is that the Longsword's is more directed, while the Warlord's is much more flexible. The opposite is true of their heavy weapons, since the Warlord's heavy guns are all spinal mounted and the ship has to align with the target, while the Longsword's four rail gun turrets can swivel to target multiple heavily armored foes or be directed forward to deliver a crippling salvo.