Io-class light cruiser

The Io-class light cruiser was class of light cruisers used by the United Nations Space Command during both the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant War. The ship was designed as part of the UNSC's military rearmament program along with the Hades-class heavy cruiser. Though at the time considered a modern warship, armed with a new heavy coil Magnetic Accelerated Cannon and twenty archer missile pods, it also considered the glass cannon of the fleet having only 1-1.3 meters of Titanium-A armor and lacking much internal bracing. Nevertheless the Io was well liked by the Navy and their crews and even though production ceased in 2517 with the introduction of the Marathon-class the Io-class was still in service by 2525.