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Avenger-class Heavy Destroyer

"The Navy's own personal Doomsday Device."

- Brigadier General Peter Longsteet, 2548

The Avenger-class Heavy Destroyer is a the primary heavy warship utilized by the UNSC Navy. It is armed with heavy weaponry, using three MAC Guns (1 More than standard Destroyers), an AAA Helix Point Defense Gun, and large compliments of Archer and Shiva missles. It also, unlike standard Destroyers, carries Pelican, Sabre, and Longsword squadrons.

Replacing the Gorgon-class Heavy Destroyer in the later half of the 2540's, the Avenger-class is deployed with carrier battlegroups and planetary siege task forces, as its heavy weapons and relatively low speed make it perfect for long- or close- range fleet defense roles. As of yet, only a few of these ships have been produced, but they are widely seen as some of the Navy's best commodities, so it is believed that more will be made.