VNS Gaia (SBB 148)

Description
VNS Gaia is a siege variant of Darkwind, featuring more main guns and more Primary secondary guns at the cost of minimal Secondaries. the ship is fitted with numerous Superheavy Base Busters, the ultimate siege weapon, giving the ship more Damage per single shot salvo, however less DPS due to Darkwind having triple turrets and rapid reload secondaries. of the 3 Darkwind classes, Gaia comes out with most base HP, however despite these efforts of HP and high damaging weapons, it isn't as powerful as her siblings however Gaia can take out just about any base in a very quick amount of time. excellent choice for sniping.

Ingame Description
It was the night before, when all through the world, no words, no dreams, then one day, A writer by a fire Imagined all of Gaia took a journey into a child-man's heart.

History
the ship was set to be built long ago, around the time VGN budget increased, however recent plans skipped Gaia's first construction. the original Gaia was converted into what is now known as VNS Darkwolf however this did not stop the ships ultimate rise. VNS Gaia's plans were laid down for a 2nd time and this time was finished as a second Darkwind class.

Details
the ship looks just like Darkwind however featuring less wings, and slightly less detail making the ship more "dull". mainly Black/Really Black in color.

Armament

 * MAIN BATTERY: 1x7 Superheavy Admiralty Base Buster
 * PRIMARY SECONDARY BATTERY: 2x8 Advanced Double medium CML, 1x8 Medium Nova CML, 1x12 Medium-Light Nova CML
 * SECONDARY BATTERY: 4x3 Type 5 Nova CIWS
 * SPINALARITIES: 1x6 Heavy CML Torpedo, 1x8 Huge Phaser (Spinal)

Pros

 * highest HP of all Darkwind classes
 * Has Colossus Void material fused to it, giving it a 20% higher damage and a 10% more shield buff
 * insane salvo damage
 * decent turn speed
 * a LOT of heavy turrets
 * very good spinals
 * less parts than Darkwind, doesn't lag that badly

Cons

 * although 3rd highest HP, Darkness has more overall damage resistance setting Gaia 4rth best in survivability
 * VERY expensive, more than Darkwind
 * this is a Super Admiralty ship, only Official SHRs can unachor and fly the ship.
 * lowest DPS of the 3 Darkwind classes due to lack of multi-barrel turrets
 * slowest of the 3 Darkwind classes

Fun Facts

 * Gaia was actually built 2 times, first time it was converted into VNS Darkwolf.
 * nicknamed "Super Athena" by many players due to being used to have many thunder guns.
 * despite having the most HP of the 3 Darkwind's, its actually slightly shorter
 * named after Planet Gaia from pre-earth times
 * almost rendered useless due to Athena, however Athena never got mass produced therefore Gaia was made.
 * the ships icon is a thunder storm, due to its original arsenal of thunder guns.