Augustus-class Assault Ship

Overview
The Augustus-class ship was 1 of the first ship of the new generation of warship from the Reyes-McLees Shipyards. It is considered on of the most powerful ship in the UNSC Navy rivalling with the Infinity-class Heavy Carrier-Cruiser. Wile the Infinity-class is classified as an flagship the Augustus class is classified as an Orbital superiority assault ship.

Role
The Augustus-class is design for 2 specifics roles: Troop carrier and Orbital superiority. Wile it is smaller than the Infinity-class it is with 30% more MAC gun than the Infinity-class (40 vs 28) making it more effective at orbital bombardment. It is also capable or providing defence with it complement of 5 squadrons of fighter. The Augustus-class is also design to ferry a division sized unit of marines on the battlefield. It often work in tandem with Apophis-class Heavy Carrier. While the Augustus class ferry troop to the front line the Apophis class provide fighter support during deployment. It orbital combat capability are often used to support troops on the ground or to desibale enemy capital ships.