Niðavellir Shipyard: Athens class Light Cruiser

Niðavellir Shipyard

The Nidavellir Shipyard is a large UCM Shipyard hidden far away from any planetary system.
After the scattering of humans after the first Scourge attack many ships used their ftl drives and made an random Foldspace jump just to get away. Many of this ships found themselves alone in the dark, to close to a star or a black hole and perished but some made it to an empty place in space. And that’s how the Nidavellir belt was discovered. A collection of large rocks, asteroids in different sizes and collection of dust and sand. Exactly how this place come to be, far from any sun, placed in between systems is not known. It is believed it was created after an extremely unlikely collision of two larger celestial body, with no stronger gravity pull in the vicinity this collection of minerals and rocks have held together by their own combined pull of each other. The scatter of large rocks and the natural background radioactivity have created a hiding place. After the survivors made contact with the now formed UCM the area have been put to good use.

Named after the Norse mythology Nidavellir, the world of the dwarves, for its rich mineral and metal resources. Perfectly for foundries and a large shipyard complex.

This is the place to produce ships...

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Athens class Light Cruiser

"... The Athens-class light cruiser was presumably developed as an evolution of the Osaka-class, much as the Saratoga was for the New Cairo. Borrowing design cues from the Saratoga, the Athens featured a unique hull superstructure, reduced power requirements, and a significantly reduced crew compliment, making it more efficient than the Osaka; however, these traits have also made the Athens more difficult to produce... "

https://dropfleet-commander.fandom.com/wiki/Osaka_Light_Cruiser

The Athens class Light Cruisers have been produced by the massive Nidavallir shipyard. Its a smaller ship, perfect for escort roles of larger ships or for patrolling.
They are needed in large numbers.

I got these event exclusive ships some times ago and thought it was time to give them some love.
They are painted dark gray with red details. I added white markings inspired from designs of ancient Greek shields because of the name of this class of ships.