Weapons of War

The ground military equipment of the Human Imperial Alliance was highly modular, due to the wide variety of environments, terrain, and enemies that the High Imperial Army encountered in each separate battle. Thus, many of the vehicles used by human forces were variations on a few basic platforms, such as the Legion Class Tank and the many variants based upon it's hull. These highly modular and flexible machines were the backbone of the ground forces of humanity.

The High Imperial Navy would have a core fleet makeup copied to most Sector Fleets and the more wealthy Planets, one composed of different types of frigates, cruisers, corvettes, and battleships. Many ships were thousands of years old, updated regularly to maintain the high standards that the Navy set for each and every vessel. Thus, standard designs varied little over the course of the Human Imperial Alliance, with most upgrades going towards internal components such as power generators, hull-based density projectors, communications equipment, and weapons systems.

Corvettes
The smallest of the Human Imperial Alliance's warships, the corvette was a vital piece of the naval machine. Designed to be fast and light, corvettes would screen against enemy gunboats and fighter craft, protecting slower, more cumbersome vessels such as battleships and carriers from the threat fast, maneuverable craft posed to larger warships.

Dawson-Class Corvette

Developed by the Criteon-6 Navy in the years after the collapse of the Human Federation, the Dawson Class Corvette would be the prime warship utilized by the first Emperor of the Human Imperial Alliance, Karvan the Uniter, in his crusade to rebuild mankind as a military force. These Corvettes were a perfect combination of speed, firepower, and survivability for attacking the mainly non-standardized space forces of those who stood against Karvan. The Dawson would perform admirably as it was phased into a role better suited for it's armament and size, as the Human Imperial Alliance began building larger class warships. However, as the Human Imperial Alliance began to encounter non-human organized threats (such as the Red Legion and it's swarm tactics) the inflexibility of the Dawson Class and the lack of space to upgrade critical systems (most importantly, the inability to install Density Projectors) would result in the Class being replaced by the Triton Class.

Triton-Class Corvette
The most widely used frigate in the Human Imperial Alliance, the Triton Class Corvette was a well-armed vessel introduced during the reign of Marackal the Sturdy to combat the increasing amount of swarm tactics employed by the Red Legion, which the Dawson Class was unable to handle. Designed in the workshops of Venus, the new Triton Class was designed with better Light Cannon emplacements, upgraded targeting systems, and a reduced crew capacity and weight reduction. The new vessel would be field tested during the opening acts of the...