Ostlander aircraft carrier Bettner

The Reichsschiff Bettner in port in the city of Hoffnung circa 2015
Ostlichtor
Name:	Bettner
Namesake:	Henrik Bettner
Operator:	Seestreitkräfte
Builder:	Vakya Shipyard, Toszek, Order of Soviet Socialist Republics
Acquired:	June 11, 1994
Recommissioned:	December 21, 2001
Renamed:	July 1, 1994
Motto:	Sturm des Ostens (Storm of the East)
History
Order of Soviet Socialist Republics
Name:	Krasnyy Marsh (Red March)
Namesake:	Named for the March Revolution of 1867
Operator:	Naval Forces of the Soviet Order
Builder:	Vakya Shipyard, Toszek, Order of Soviet Socialist Republics
Laid down:	March 21, 1962
Launched:	July 11, 1970
Christened:	August 1, 1972
Commissioned:	February 9, 1973
Out of service:	July 11, 1994
Motto:	Fakel Revolyutsii (Torch of the Revoltuin)
Nickname(s):	Bol'shoy Krasnyy (Big Red) Krasnyy Vechnyy (Red Eternal)
Fate:	Ceded to Ostlichtor
General characteristics
Displacement:	65,800 tons standard 75,000 tons full load
Length:	321.2 m (1,054 ft)
Beam:	83.9 m (275 ft) 40 m (130 ft) at waterline
Draught:	10.6 m (35 ft)
Propulsion:	4 × SEK-31 nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shp (210,000 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h)
Endurance:	Limited only by supplies
Complement:	3,400 total, including aircrews and naval infantrymen
Armament:	As built 12 × P-700 Granit surface-to-surface missiles, 24 × 8-cell Buk surface-to-air missiles, 8 × CADS-N-1 close-in weapons system, Current armament -other stuff- 8 RAG MLG-27 remote-controlled autocannons
Aircraft carried:	68 aircraft total

Reichsschiff Bettner is a aircraft carrier obtained by the government of Ostlichtor from the Naval Forces of the Soviet Order following the conclusion of the Omandan Continental War in March of 1994. Currently, the vessel is the titular flagship of the Seestreitkräfte following some minor renovations and refits which occured between 1994 and 1999. The vessel was commissioned by the Seestreitkräfte in 2001.

The Bettner was originally built by the Vakya Shipyard in Transnapastain and commissioned in the Naval Forces of the Soviet Order as the Krasnyy Marsh, or Red March, named for the 1867 popular revolution that ushered the Transnapastaini Soviet Socialist Republic into being. The vessel, launched in 1970, saw extensive service during the Omandan Continental War, and was damaged, often significantly, during several operations, but was never sunk, earning her the nickname Krasnyy Vechnyy (Red Eternal) from her crew, and was used extensively as a propaganda piece by the Ministry of Culture.

In June of 1993, the Krasnyy Marsh was severely damaged when a fire broke out on her flight deck and, unable to return to the OSSR for repairs, instead sought refuge in the port of Hoffnung. The Soviet Order government requested assistance from its nominal ally, the Größeresöstliches Reich in repairing the vessel. In December of 1993, a strategic nuclear exchange erupted between the Soviet Order and the Republic of Licana, resulting in extreme devastation to both sides, effectively ending the Omandan Continental War. The Krasnyy Marsh, still in port in Hoffnung, was appropriated by the government of Ostlichtor in June of 1994, and recommissioned as the Reichsschiff Bettner in 2001.

Today, the Bettner remains the titular flagship of the Seestreitkräfte, though the vessel has not left port since 2017. Though information regarding the current status of the vessel is scant, and not public knowledge within Ostlichtor, foreign intelligence sources claim the vessel is currently not operational, or is undergoing to second refit and repair cycle. It is widely believed that the vessel has been neglected since 2014 due to the inordinate amount of money required to maintain the aging vessel and the limited resoruces alloted to the Seestreitkräfte by the Reichstreitkräfte.

History

In service with the Seestreitkräfte

In 1994, it was decided the vessel would be renamed in honor of the Größeresöstliches Reich's first Obersteführer, Henrik Bettner

Air groups

Squadron	Name	Aircraft	Notes
Seestreikgeschwader 101	Eroberer	Steininger 802
Seestreikgeschwader 102	Sperber	Steininger 802
Seekämpfergeschwader 103	Dunkle Ritter	Gründer 617
Seepatrouillengeschwader 104	Die Wächter	Dallenbach 706
Seehubschraubergeschwader 105	Schnabeltier	Zeglin+Wurz 307