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{{Quote|The Empire has always gone for opulence, style and quality with no expense spared. Their capital ships are not just warships, but also serve as roving embassies or giant yachts for their wealthy and powerful owners. Internally they are luxurious, at least in those parts used for entertaining, with the internal rotating ring providing comfortable artificial gravity for ambassadorial dinner parties. Guests would have little indication they were in space, let alone aboard a powerful warship.|''The Art of Elite Dangerous''<ref name=":0">''The Art of Elite Dangerous'', August 17 2016</ref>}}

The '''''Majestic''-Class Interdictor''' is a [[battlecruiser]] manufactured by [[Gutamaya]] exclusively for the [[Empire]]. As a [[Capital Ship|capital ship]], the Majestic serves as the backbone of the [[Imperial Navy]] and the core of each of its fleets. In contrast with its [[Federal Navy]] counterpart, the [[Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser|''Farragut''-Class Battle Cruiser]], the ''Majestic''-Class prioritizes opulence over firepower, as seen in its prominent artificial gravity centrifuge which houses the crew barracks, as well as luxurious quarters and amenities for officials and guests. Nonetheless, it is still a fearsome warship that enemies of the Empire provoke at their peril.

{{Quote|I know there are some who would question the need for this vessel. To those individuals, I say this: just how safe do you feel? We live in an age in which even Emperors can be murdered. An age in which our enemies' faces are not known to us, and betrayal and deceit are encountered at every turn. The need for a strong, battle-ready navy has never been greater.|Lieutenant Severin of the Imperial Navy, urging support for the construction of a new Majestic Class Interdictor<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5718dce99657bae75b24c983 Community Goal: Expanding the Imperial Fleet]</ref>}}

The ''Majestic''-class Interdictor is the latest of the [[Imperial Navy]]'s long-running line of Interdictors. It was introduced in the late 3200s and continues the Imperial tradition of capital-class combat ships doubling as luxurious space-borne embassies.

As the face of the Empire's vast and formidable naval forces, ''Majestic''-class Interdictors are frequently sent to participate in events that are of interests to the Emperor across the occupied swaths of the galaxy and beyond.[[Majestic-Class Interdictor#cite%20note-EE-4|^[1]]] From high-profile political summits and colonial operations, a ''Majestic''-class Interdictor can be deployed at a moment's notice by Imperial command to inspire awe and submission in the Emperor's subjects.

When it is not in use as a disquieting emblem of Achenar’s political clout, it serves as the Imperial Navy’s premier long-range assault platform that can instantaneously dominate any conflict zone it enters. Its bristling agglomeration of capital-class weaponry can summarily bring down death and destruction upon all those who oppose the Empire. If the enemies of a ''Majestic''-class were able to survive the relentless onslaughts of its heavy beam lasers and railguns, the dozen-strong squadrons of [[Gu-97]] fighters on-board— once deployed— could quickly sweep up any remaining survivors.

As of this moment in time, a ''Majestic''-class Interdictor is one of the two most powerful weapon system to exist among human superpowers, the other being the [[Federal Navy]]’s [[Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser|''Farragut''-class Battle Cruisers]]. No ship nor weapon system in the galaxy can match the size, defensive or offensive capabilities of these two capital-class ships.

From 3278 to 3302, the construction of ''Majestic''-Class Interdictors as well as other capital ships was restricted by the terms of the [[London Treaty]], which was created to prevent an arms race between the superpowers that was projected to occur with the introduction of the [[Frame Shift Drive]]. Imperial Senator and Fleet Admiral [[Denton Patreus]] publicly spurned the London Treaty on October 21, 3302 in a speech in which he declared he would build as many capital ships as the Empire needed for its defence, marking the Empire's withdrawal from the treaty and heralding its dissolution.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/57ada8c69657baeb6e876c6d Galactic News: Economic Turmoil Ahead?]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5809dff79657baf8216962ee Galactic News: Patreus Rails against London Treaty]</ref>

 

Since the outbreak of the [[Second Thargoid War]] in 3303, multiple ''Majestic''-Class Interdictors have been destroyed by [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s due to the former's vulnerability to [[Thargoid]] shutdown fields. Since the anti-xeno countermeasures developed for smaller ships have proven prohibitively difficult to scale-up for capital ships, the international research and defence organisation [[Aegis]] has declared that capital ships are ineffective at protecting outposts, planets, and shipping lanes from Thargoid attacks at present. Instead, anti-Thargoid efforts have been spearheaded by militias of personal-scale craft.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/59f30dd4826c1776ca623242 GalNet: Galactic News: Capital Ships Vulnerable to Thargoid Attack]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/59fb5178adf339781710741f Community Goal: Operation Andronicus]</ref>

 

During a period of increased tensions between the [[Empire]]  and the [[Federation]] in late 3306 caused by the activities of the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]], Senator [[Denton Patreus]] convinced the [[Imperial Senate]] to approve a funding increase for the Imperial Navy in order to expand production of ''Majestic''-Class Interdictors.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fbfa6a3f502ec2bd049d15f GalNet: Empire and Federation Increase Capital Ship Production]</ref> With assistance from independent pilots, this resulted in four new ''Majestics'' being fast-tracked for completion, with planned deployments in Chimechilo, Orannika, Theta Indi, and Zelano.<ref name="CapConstruction">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fc8f4d5993bc86fbd2e6d46 GalNet: Capital Ship Construction Initiatives Conclude]</ref>

 

The ''Majestic''-Class Interdictor is 1,904 metres from prow to stern, has a beam (overall width) of 477 metres, and is 469 metres high.<ref name=":0" /> Compared to its rival design— the Federal Navy's [[Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser|''Farragut''-class Battle Cruiser]]— the ''Majestic''-class is observably smaller as well as having a more svelte and sleek silhouette. This is not at all a surprising fact, especially when it comes from a Gutamayan design where form is ranked just as highly as function.

 

 

 

All in all, the ship is equipped with 17 capital-class hard points that, theoretically, can be integrated with any kind of capital-class weaponry. But as of this moment in time, all known ''Majestic''-class Interdictors are fitted with three colossal dorsal [[Beam Laser|beam lasers]] and fourteen sets (twenty eight turrets in total) of modular dual-mounted, rapid-firing railguns distributed all throughout the ship.

 

 

Four turrets are mounted dorsally: one directly above the bridge and three on the bow. In combat, they can either be directed to augment the firepower unleashed by the primary laser beams or be re-purposed to protect the ship against top-flying enemy fighters or sub-capital spacecrafts.

 

Each side of the ship— starboard and port— is equipped with five turrets. Together, they can deliver devastating salvos of broadside fires to enemy’s ship in capital-to-capital skirmishes.

 

 

The ''Majestic''’s weapon systems compose just half of its offensive capability. The other half is made up of its attached [[Gu-97]] squadrons. They can be quickly dispatched from the ship’s many docking hangars as quickly as the instance the ship got out of hyperspace to interdict and destroy enemy’s spacecraft or harass opposing capital-class ship.

 

Defensively, as the ship is virtually impervious to any type of weaponry save from the heavy-caliber guns and hard-pounding missiles of a ''Farragut'' Battle Cruiser, it can be assumed that it is thickly [[Bulkheads|armoured]] and sturdily [[Shield Generator|shielded]]. To what degree is currently unknown, however, with the ''Farragut''-class's design philosophy being as perfect a space combat platform as could be, it is very likely that the armour and shielding of a ''Majestic''-class is not as hardy as its arch-enemy.

 

In normal space, the ship is driven by three conventional engines. One engine is mounted on a large assembly directly behind the centrifuge. On this assembly, in the form of two “fins” protruding rearward are one of the many heat exhausts of the ship. The other two engines are stacked side-by-side beneath the centrifuge, seamlessly joined to the larger structure up front.

 

''Majestic-''class Interdictor is equipped with a capital-class [[Frame Shift Drive]][[Majestic-Class Interdictor#cite%20note-3|^[1]]] with an undisclosed jump range.  

|One of three vessels constructed by [[Lavigny's Legion]] to strengthen Imperial forces<ref name="CGAMD">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5790e27b9657ba760399cd7d Community Goal: A Majestic Development]</ref><ref name="LICC">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/579a1e1a9657baea77598973 Galactic News: Latest Imperial Campaign Concludes]</ref>

|Stationed above the [[Alien Crash Site]] on planet 9 A

|Named for the Faveol family, which runs the Empire-aligned organization Patron's Principles and controls the Liaedin system

|Named for the privateer Maximillian Wrekcht, a retired Commander of the Fifth Imperial Fleet who died in 2913 while raiding the Andceeth system<ref>Data taken from Tourist Spot Beacon 0134, Andceeth system</ref>

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* [[David Braben]] describes the Majestic-Class Interdictor: ''"Where luxury comes is where you actually got [[gravity]]. That's why this thing is spinning using the centripetal force to actually give you the sensation of gravity as you move around. This ship is huge and that round section is also huge. The point is even a low level of gravity is very comfortable, you know water settles. The contrast with the Empire is for the senior people at least on this ship they get gravity for their sleeping quarters, for where they eat and all that sort of thing."''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-gyDLRMXg&t=219</ref>

* The length of the Majestic-Class Interdictor (1,904 meters) is almost as long as six [[wikipedia:Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier|''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carriers]] (337 meters) lined up end to end.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDYYYqrhp4 Elite ship scale 3.0]</ref>

Imperial-Navy-Fleet.png|Imperial Navy Fleet

ED-Majestic-Interdictor-combat.png|Majestic-Class Interdictor in combat

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Bp-majestic-interdictor.png|Gutamaya Majestic-Class Interdictor Blueprint

Interdictor-cho-highRES.png|MCI located at CHO (3rd of December 3302) High-Resolution (2253x1210)

Majestic Class Interdictor action.jpg|Majestic-Class Interdictor in action

Majestic-Class-Interdictor-INV-Achenar's-Might.png|Majestic-Class Interdictor INV Achenar's Might

Majestic-Class-Interdictor-INV-Rex.png|Majestic-Class Interdictor INV Rex

Majestic-Class-Interdictor-INV-Aisling's-Hope.png|INV Aisling's Hope

Majestic-Class-Interdictor-INV-Emperors-Creed.png|INV Emperor's Creed

Elite-Dangerous-Majestic-Interdictor-Concept-Art-Lewis-Fischer.png|Majestic-Class Interdictor concept art

Majestic-Class-Interdictor-Witchspace.png|Majestic-Class Interdictor emerges from hyperspace

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