Kalistani Major History

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5100 class Cruiser Begins Construction
Backdated: March 4890


First Hutorian-Kalistan 5100 class Cruiser off the line

After five years of research and development, the shell of the first joint Hutorian-Kalistani Cruiser has come off the line, being transported to Hutori for the weapon and defensive system installation. Hutorian and Kalistani Engineers have been working tirelessly on the project, in a minor competition with the designers of the Hutorian 5000 class Frigate to get a working design and prototype ready to construction. The joint staff and minds of Kalistan and Hutori have come out on top, with the Cruiser being fully designed within five years, beating all original projections that had been expected by either the Hutorian or Kalistani Departments of Defence.

The Guided Missile Cruiser, which up to this point had been under the working name of the 5100 class, has rumored to be named in Kalistan under the Vrassa class, while Hutori has elected to name the first six after the six provinces of Hutori, with the lead ship being the Adelia class. The new Cruiser uses a combination of cutting edge Kalistan engineering techniques with a unique hybrid engine that while overall has made the project more expense, that expense has gladly been shouldered by both nations as these techniques have made the Joint Cruiser amongst the most advanced within Terra. In addition the Cruiser will be equipped with the latest version of the Hutorian AEGIS Combat System, which has allowed Royal Hutorian Navy vessels to widely dominate the northern seas, and top of the line Hutorian weapon and defence systems giving the Joint Cruiser a leg up on ships of similar weight and firepower.

Hutori has placed an initial order of 16 under the 50th Century Naval Requisition Plan, while Kalistan had made an order of 8, but if successfully it's widely believed both nations will pursue further orders as time goes on, with insiders within the Hutorian Department of Defence, planning on making the new Adelia class Cruisers centre pieces of mobile naval Task Forces.