The sun shines above on a paradoxically cold day. Its light illuminates a narrow, somewhat angular grey-blue vessel. The ship looks to be longer than a destroyer, although of similar width. Its bow turns upwards, forming a clipper bow, and a small crowd stands on the pier. Its aft bristles with VLS cells while the port and starboard sides each boast VLS of their own. Partially angular turrets of various calibers run across the centerline. One figure in the crowd, seemingly female, strikes its hull with a bottle, shattering it. The crowd cheers and eventually disbands.
Report on Fulmenir Readiness
Declassified c. Jan. 2019
Hull readiness theoretically acceptable, requisite sea trials incomplete
Propulsion readiness theoretically acceptable, requisite sea trials incomplete
Vertical Launch System readiness theoretically acceptable excepting peripheral launch groups 3-8 which have no precedent of operational functionality, requisite sea trials incomplete
Primary kinetic armament readiness theoretically acceptable across all systems, requisite sea trials incomplete
Point defense armament readiness theoretically acceptable across all systems, requisite sea trials incomplete
CIC readiness operationally proven