Centuari Republic Internus Class Dreadnought Internus Class History The Internus is a rare ship within the Centauri fleet. They suffer from some sort of "bomb" envy in that they think with their cap ships that bigger is better. They wanted a larger ship than the Primus, but didn't cost as much as an Octurian, since the Republic was in decline, but due to construction over-runs and the decision to mount only newer heavy weapons aboard it made is cost 50% more than an Octurian. They already had their Battleship, so they needed something smaller, but not as small as a Primus. The term Light Battleship didn't sit well with the Centaurum, so they called it what the most numerous large EA ship was called by, "Dreadnought." It carried no fighters, but had an impressive array of almost single-minded weapons, another thing it had in common with the EA's Nova. The Nova liked only one type of weapons mount, so the Internus followed suit, though traditional Centauri doctirne stated that only having one type of weapon system aboard was a waste of space, so they installed more heavy weapons. Not many Internus class were completed, as a ship that has this many Heavy arrays and Battle lasers has its operational limits. The lack of fighters on a ship so large also saw to its limited construction. Internus Class SCS