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The '''Athfhuaim''' | The '''Athfhuaim-class submarine''' (Aen. '''Resound'''<ref>Literally translated, ''Echo''; ''Resound'' is used as a noun in this case.</ref>) was a type of {{wp|Nuclear submarine|nuclear-powered}} {{wp|Cruise-missile submarine}} developed and built by [[Faneria]]. Built off of technical plans of the Caphirian [[Portunus-class submarine|Portunus]] class and lessons learned from Faneria's first nuclear-powered submarine, it aimed to fill the same role as the contemporarily-developed Caphirian [[Venilia-class submarine|Venilia class]] as a long-range, ambush-based antishipping submarine cabable of harassing enemy fleet groups and destroying vulnerable shipping. | ||
Whereas the Caphirian navy could afford to fund the production of whole squadrons of such vessels for major naval engagements, the [[Office of the National Army (Faneria)|Fhainnin Army]] of the 1970s and 1980s both lacked the budget to fund a squadron-oriended cruise missile submarine program and the desire to commission a large class of nuclear-powered warships while only working off the single in-house example set by the ''Cinneadh''. As a result, the initial proposal of twelve vessels was reduced to a total of eight completed hulls. | Whereas the Caphirian navy could afford to fund the production of whole squadrons of such vessels for major naval engagements, the [[Office of the National Army (Faneria)|Fhainnin Army]] of the 1970s and 1980s both lacked the budget to fund a squadron-oriended cruise missile submarine program and the desire to commission a large class of nuclear-powered warships while only working off the single in-house example set by the ''Cinneadh''. As a result, the initial proposal of twelve vessels was reduced to a total of eight completed hulls. In reality, Army leadership and planners desired to only produce two or three examples for training a cadre of crews and run through any emerging design issues, but political pressure to deploy submarines to compete with ships of the [[Kiravian Union]] and deter Socialist interference the vital Kilikas trade lanes meant building an appreciable number was unavoidable. In an ironic twist, the Union would collapse and ended up being formally reintegrated with the [[Kiravian Federacy]] the day after the first hull was laid. | ||
Fears about the newness of Fhainnin crews to nuclear submarines were nearly realized in 1990, when the lead vessel in the class, ''Athfhuaim'', sank in 1990, requiring extensive recovery efforts to recover the reactor and properly decommission it. The retrospective discovery that the reactor's safeguards had already shut it down, working perfectly even submerged hundreds of meters below the surface, helped reassure military officials enough to approve the development of the successive [[Gaisgeil-class submarine|Gallant-class]] in larger numbers. In spite of this, the loss of the engineers aboard even one of the new ships hampered the training of new nuclear technical specialists and marred the reputation of the class among servicemen. | Fears about the newness of Fhainnin crews to nuclear submarines were nearly realized in 1990, when the lead vessel in the class, ''Athfhuaim'', sank in 1990, requiring extensive recovery efforts to recover the reactor and properly decommission it. The retrospective discovery that the reactor's safeguards had already shut it down, working perfectly even submerged hundreds of meters below the surface, helped reassure military officials enough to approve the development of the successive [[Gaisgeil-class submarine|Gallant-class]] in larger numbers. In spite of this, the loss of the engineers aboard even one of the new ships hampered the training of new nuclear technical specialists and marred the reputation of the class among servicemen. | ||