Avenger-class Heavy Destroyer (Ajax 013)

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The is a class of USR ship.

Description
The Avenger-class is the successor to the rare and powerful CPV-class Heavy Destroy, and like its predecessor, is a unusual, and finely balanced warship, widely regarded to be analogous to the UNSC Cruiser-Carrier classification, or the baby brother of the powerful Assault Carrier classification.

The Avenger mixes a variety of expensive and rare technologies into a somewhat compact package, mixing high speed, armour, powerful weapons and a high complement capable of preforming blistering, high speed orbital attacks and occupation duties.

The Avenger starts life with armour, mounted on a flexible frame for high agility. This armour is applied layer after layer, each layer blessed by a priest of the Path to Ascension and bonded to the next layer. This armour gives it substantial protection, but is focused around its vulnerable sections, leaving others unprotected, though these sections are generally those least vulnerable to fire. Its heavy shielding allows to it to also shrug off what should be devastating blows.

The Ship has a larger than average reactor, mixing in many advanced, exotic technologies not widely available, in order to give it a higher than average power supply, and increase its ability to regulate its temperature. This directly reflects on the large repulsor engines, which are large and capable of producing significant speed, allowing the ship to be as fast, if not faster than smaller ships.

For the weaponry, it carries 24 plasma cannons, arranged in batteries of three. There are there are twelve on the port and starboard side of the ship, and a large number of pulse lasers and point defence plasma cannons, capable of warding off or crippling smaller ships, and outright vaporizing fighters. It also houses a single energy projector, in the nose. It has an emitter directly over the gravity lift, and another to the nose of the ship, allowing that projector to either preform orbital bombardment, or fire upon targets to its front.

Its sizeable complement consists of a legion of warriors, with room for light and heavy armour, aerial support, a medium sized fighter complement and even room for two Scarab-class vehicles. Its gravity lift, assault pod launch bays and numerous Phantom hangars allow it to quickly deploy the majority of its embarked force in a concentrated attack.

The Avenger-class is usually used as part of small, high speed task forces, such as rapid reaction forces, or scouting units. In larger fleet actions, it is also used for high speed assaults, especially in planetary assaults, where it can quickly close range between it and the planet, neutralising or evading planetary defences, then launching a blistering, high speed assault, for which there is usually little protection. It is also used as a flagship of small forces in lieu of the Reverence-class Grand Cruiser.

Ships of the line

 * USR Redoubtable
 * USR Formidable
 * USR Honorable Lord
 * USR Fortress
 * USR Barad-Dur
 * USR Angband
 * USR Unbreakable