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.
Cruiser Types
- CA-11/-15: 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.
- CM-12: The Missile Cruiser was developed to emphasize the power benefits of missile armaments.
- CH-14/-15: The Heavy Cruiser were developed with the intended targets being other cruisers and smaller vessels in mind.
- CJ-15: The Rift Cruiser was produced to allow cruiser patrols within stellar rifts, carrying the higher jump drive capacities that such operations require.
Others
- Battle Cruiser
- Strike Cruiser
- Light Cruiser
- Armored Cruiser
- Patrol Cruiser
- Command Cruiser
- War Cruiser
- Fleet Intruder
- Frontier Cruiser
- Mercenary Cruiser
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