Hexari class

[Needs a rewrite]

''The Hexari class, or the Federation Hexagon Cruiser, was a type of starship used by the Allied Systems Federation from the mid-23rd century through to the early half of the 24th century. The class formed the backbone of the ASF's navy for almost a century, after which it remained popular by companies and private owners.''

History
The Hexari-class was originally conceived as the main battleship of the Fill-the-fleet Initiative of the 2240's. Intended to be mass-produced and fulfill many roles, the shape of the ship became very geometrical.

The most notable feature of the ship were its two large long range beam cannons. These powerful weapons required enormous amounts of energy to fire and were only found on dreadnoughts at the time of the design. The weapons had to be placed directly at the exhaust of the primary reactor of the ship to avoid overloads and catastrophic structural failure. Despite its initial problems, the cannons proved to deliver quite a punch.

''As part of the Fill-the-fleet Initiative, the ship was designed and produced alongside other ships of the initiative, like the Vidari class, the Vishaap class, the Hermes class and the Dunnac class. Goal of the initiative was to create standard ship groups that could operate independently, yet could combine to form larger groups. A Hexari's role in such a Tactical Group could range from command ship; battleship; to supply carrier or personnell carrier.''

''These ships were introduced in the ASF-K'adurbian standoff period, and saw a lot of action in the ASF-K'adurbian War and the following Vrox Rampage. After these conflicts, the class began to fall out of favor by the ASF Navy, and many were sold to privateers and companies. Other ships of the class were pushed to other branches of the ASF Executive Government, like governmental science divisions.''