Italy's 1929 answer to the Nelson class

The simulated Regia Marina brief uses a 1929 early-construction allowance to seek a 35,000-ton battleship with 381 mm guns, 30 knots, and enough range for Mediterranean operations. Drachinifel produces a treaty-scale forerunner of the Littorio arrangement with triple 15-inch turrets, a 14-inch belt, an elevated triple 6-inch secondary mount, and exposed deck torpedoes. The unusually high secondary turret results from the game's limited barbette choices, which provide either too little clearance or excessive height. Alex Clarke instead fits twelve 15-inch/50 guns, eighteen 6-inch guns, 30-knot machinery, and a 14.4-inch belt into a design below the stated displacement ceiling. He can increase the displayed range to 11,000 km while bringing the displacement to about 34,000 tons. The twelve-gun design wins on firepower, but its single fire-control center and obstructed bridge view remain serious weaknesses.