Alexandria Class

The Alexandria started it's life not with that name but as Next Generation Battleship Frontline System (NGBBS). In 2599, the URE Government forced the Navy to put the requirements for a new Battleship out so designs may begin. It has been 25 Years since a report came out that the old Battleships were no longer up to date and even more distressing the updates had been expensive but had not put them back to a acceptable level.

This was the situation the Procurement and Admirals found themselves in when concieving of the New System. Rushed, under pressure and desperate. In the 25 Years that had passed, new technology became available and even more bickering between the Classis happend. They all wanted their version to be the next one. The by then Dutiful Vienna Class had been serving as the replacement for the Callisto and it's age was undeniable. Created at a time when Armor was thick and shields thin. 
Two years after the public pressure of the URE was applied, the URE navy finally came out with the Next Generation Battleship Frontline System Competition. It was meant to be a large ship, have large armor, be fast and have Electronic Warfare and be capable of launching fighters and carry weapons to destroy every threat. Simply, it was meant to do everything at the same time. A nightmare for the Designers of all Companies.

Just as the designs were begun Tragedy struck. As the Galactic Community was beginning to fight the Threat of the Extradimensional threat that had found their way into this dimension the Coalition navy of thousends and thousends of ships were destroyed. Tens of Milions of lives lost over the course of a singular battle. 
The Project was put on hold while the Navy poured over the data of what had occured. And they found that the Vienna had done well but it was not a design issue, but rather a communication issue. Each ship was an island. Despite having fought wars for a long time by now, Captains were hesitant to let anything into their systems and even more so, letting the Coalition into their systems.
So The NGBBS was was adjusted. It was still meant to do everything but now it was meant to be the first to be a ship for an Integrated Command and Control Network that would go on to be the most imporant network for the GISC after its founding
Three Years pass and the Initial designs become fully realized Models and manufactuing blueprints. All manufacturers that have the ability to produce this ship in even nearly the quanity required give plans to the Navy who then approve the building of the prototypes. One of those would be rejected but turn into the Alexander Dreadnaught, another imporant vessel.
The Design that eventually became the Alexandria is a design of Nova Dynamics. Their ship is arrowhead shaped and long. Very Long. 1Kilometer to it's 200 meters of width make it very pointed at the end. However, it's point is blunt. In the nose are 6 Hull mounted Proton Cannon. designed to be fired together and keep firing even under heavy fire. It has along each of the four faces additionally Plasma cannons for close range engagements, Missile Launching systems towards all six axis and it's shape is deliberate. Only about 50 Percent of the internal space is actually crewserved. The rest are either empty space or Armor. That's right, it could have been nearly half the size if it wasn't for massive armor and subterfuge design. Making it so large also allowed for some impressive capabilities. The Nighteye System, what later would be used for the Nyx in a more modern and more refined way, is in stripes along the hull to give excellent long-range detection and tracking capablities. It has also another suite just for short range engagements aswell as the turreted Plasma cannons and Point defense their own backup sensor arrays. In the top rear just under the arrowhead armor sleeve is a Longrange Subspace Comms Array, specifically designed for high data traffic to send all it's sensor data, tracking, internal data and Location data to up to 1000 other ships.
In the rear bottom are a few cutouts for both docking and the hangar bays. they are very small in comparison the the rest of the ship, carrying 4 Squadrons of either Bombers or Fighters and 2 shuttles or Logistics purposes. 
Once inside the ship it is difficult to imagine you are in a Utilitarian Battleship. It is comfortably designed with large hallways, roomy crew compartments, kitchens and communal hobby rooms. If it wasn't for the Uniforms one may be excused for believing to be in a decent Civilian ship. This feeling goes away when in the parts that are not just for habitation. Hallways on the outer sides and connecting important parts are padded, bright and heavily armored, rails for emergency cables if gravity fails and alot less inviting but Utilitarian. 
The Navy was impressed with it's performance in the Simulations and during the test flights.
By 2615 the newly Christianed Alexandria Class started mass production. Just in time for the Galactic War that had been fought in the far off Reaches. During the Battles between 2619 and 2622 it has gotten it's nickname. The Lion, The Mighty Alex. It's Arrowhead Ablative Armor hull, it's weapons and the new Networking allowed it to not only take damage far more then any single other ship of it's classification it also forged a new way of doing Warfare with it's Networking. where before Location and contacts were transmitted, now the Nyx knows everything about it's allies and every single shot fired.