Cruiser
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Ships capable of independent operations and of support of the main line of battle, cruisers are intended to fulfill two diverse missions:
- In battle, they support and reinforce capital ships which are present and which form the main line of battle, generally from the flanks.
- They also perform independent operations, often forming the center of task forces which have no capital ships. Cruisers are also put to use as independent ships.
Cruisers are more lightly armored and less heavily armed than battleships. To unarmed, unarmored ships, this difference is negligible since a cruiser can easily attack and destroy any noncombatant ships. Cruisers are assigned to support battleships and carry combat to areas where a battleship is not considered necessary.
The standard cruiser at tech level 11 is the CA-11. It has developed and evolved through the tech levels to the present CA-15. At the same time, several types of variants have been produced which take advantage of the basic CA-11/-15 structures and devote them to specialized uses.
The CM-12 missile cruiser was developed to emphasize the power benefits of missile armaments.
The CH-14 and CH-15 series were developed as a heavier cruiser.
The CJ-15 rift cruiser was produced to allow cruiser patrols within stellar rifts, carrying the higher jump drive capacities that such operations require.
See also Battle Cruiser, Strike Cruiser, Light Cruiser, Armored Cruiser, Patrol Cruiser, Command Cruiser, War Cruiser, Fleet Intruder, and Frontier Cruiser.
| This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises and by permission of the author. |
| – Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M) |
| – Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium |
