Geneva-class heavy cruiser
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Production information
Manufacturer:	Blohm und Voss/BAE Systems (2154 CE - 2158 CE) Davo-Hamish Shipyards
Model:	Geneva
Class:	Cruiser
Operator(s):	Systems Alliance Navy Systems Coalition Navy
Succeeded by:	Richmond-class
Generation:	First
Technical information
Length:	569m
Width:	65m
Height/depth:	81m
Max acceleration:	20 kilometers per second
Engine unit(s):	Element Zero Drive Core
Power plant:	2 Element Zero drive cores
Shielding:	Kinetic Barrier
Hull:	164cm of Titanium-A2 Ablative Heavy Armor
Sensor systems:	LIDAR Radar Spectroscope
Targetting system:	Shipwide VI
Armament:	5 GARDIAN 100 Javelin torpedoes 50 port side 50 starboard side 11 Chimera-Class Defense Guns 6 port side 5 starboard side 350 Pilum-class anti-ship missiles 175 port side 175 starboard side 10 Scutum CIWS
Crew:	2,000
Skeleton crew:	110
Usage
Commissioned:	31 May 2154 CE
Decommissioned:	24 March 2195 CE
Role(s):	Attacking enemy ships/orbital fire support
Era:	Asari Cycle Pax Galactica Era Human Cycle Reformation Era
Affiliation:	Systems Alliance (2154 CE - 2191 CE) Systems Coalition (2191 CE - 2195 CE)

The Geneva-class heavy cruiser was a classification of cruiser that served in the Systems Alliance Navy from 2154 CE to 2191 CE, and the Systems Coalition Navy from 2191 CE to 2195 CE. Being part of what is collectively known as the first generation of Alliance warships, the Geneva-class was originally conceived in a joint-venture by German and British companies Blohm und Voss and BAE Systems respectively as a proper warship, with the Geneva-class envisioned as being the mainstay of the Alliance fleet. Despite the obviously militaristic intentions for the ship, it was decided early on that the Alliance Navy's focus would be less that of a traditional military's naval force, with a focus on exploration and celestial defense, prioritizing escorting civilian expeditionary craft and defending burgeoning interstellar colonies from whatever obstacles may encumber them, such as asteroids, wildlife, etc. This shift saw the Alliance shifting funding to Korean company Hyundai's Saratoga-class, which sported lighter armaments and suited the role the Geneva-class was originally meant for far better. Despite this, the Alliance would end up reevaluating the Geneva-class, and after only a few months, funding would be allocated, with the Geneva-class maintaining its original design aspects, including the heavy armaments and armor, although they would be produced in smaller numbers to the Saratoga-class. This proved to be a pivotal decision, as the Geneva-class would prove to be some of the most reliable vessels in the Alliance fleet during the First Contact War, besting the Saratoga-class performance wise and being used to great effect in the Shanxi campaign and Battle of Charon. After the war, following a fleet-wide modernization process, the Geneva-class would begin production in larger numbers, now being constructed by the Davo-Hamish Shipyards, sole shipbuilder for the Alliance Navy at that stage. During the Skyllian Blitz the Geneva-class would prove their worth again, easily besting the batarian battlecruisers that had once been the source of Hegemony might and a symbol of their power, with the batarians losing 85 Kugalth-class battlecruisers to the Alliance's 4 Geneva-class cruisers during the Battle of the Dhelile System. This put the ship in direct contrast with its lighter compatriot, the Saratoga-class, who did not enjoy the same success.

Despite this, during the Eden Prime War, the Geneva-class proved inadequate in tackling the more powerful geth warships fielded by Saren's Alliance. At least one Geneva-class vessel was destroyed at the Battle of Armstrong, and an additional 28 at the Battle of the Citadel, most of which were lost to Sovereign. Post-war projections showed that in most situations, the geth heavy frigates could outperform and overwhelm the Geneva-class' defenses with ease, stripping its shields and tearing through its armor plating. The Alliance Navy had been dragging its feet with having to entertain the notion of replacing the Saratoga and Geneva-class vessels, especially given the costs of such a hefty endeavour, but they were finally forced to face this reality and began deciding on replacements for both. Decided upon earlier than the Saratoga-class' replacement, largely due to the Geneva-class having a far more futureproof design, the replacement for the ship class was decided upon in late 2183 CE with the approval of the Richmond-class. Much like construction of the new Athens-class, production on these new vessels was slow, largely due to the Alliance prioritizing resources towards rebuilding the Fifth Fleet back up to its full strength after the heavy losses it sustained during the Battle of the Citadel. This meant that the Geneva-class spent a great deal more time in service than was intended, with the class only beginning the process of decommissioning by February of 2186 CE. When the Reaper War hit, the destruction of the Davo-Hamish Shipyards and the loss of many other Alliance facilities, personnel and resources forced the Alliance to cancel all plans for the decommissioning of the Geneva-class, instead implementing minor upgrades meant for the Richmond-class vessels in order to allow them to serve adequately during the war. This meant that, with the exception of the Saratoga-class, the Geneva-class was the only class of ship in the Alliance Navy to not only remain in service past its decommissioning date, but to also serve in tandem with its successor class, of which there were substantially fewer. The Geneva-class was used throughout all theaters of the war that the Alliance was involved in, and many were present at the Battle at Earth, performing almost as well as their Richmond-class equivalents.

After the war, the Alliance acknowledged the urgency in which the replacement of the Geneva-class was necessary. When Jafer-Nocsky Shipbuilders won the contract to exclusively produce ships for the Alliance Navy, they quickly recovered the hulks and derelicts of destroyed Geneva and Richmond-class ships lost during the final battle and went to work scrapping them and using the recovered steel and other materials to build a replacement fleet. When the Alliance was succeeded by the Coalition, this work continued, and by 2194 CE, enough Richmond-class ships had been built to finally retire the Geneva-class. Finally, in 2195 CE, the final Geneva-class ship was decommissioned.

The class was named after the city of Geneva in the former European Union on Earth.