Vengeance-class destroyer

The Vengeance-class destroyer was a class of advanced guided missile destroyers that served in the UNSC Navy from 2548 onwards. The Vengeance-class was designed to replace or supplement several classes of destroyers already in UNSC service, most of which were both worn out from exhaustive service and outdated in design. The class incorporated many lessons hard learned by the UNSC during the Human-Covenant War, in which warships thoroughly outmatched Humanity's finest vessels at every encounter. Innovative design features included three full sized fusion reactors, unprecedented for a ship of its size, extensive automation to reduce crew requirements, redesigned magnetic accelerator cannons and a significantly expanded armament. The class was an attempt to design, as far as was possible, a UNSC ship class that could engage the Covenant on more favourable terms. Although built in small numbers, the success of these design features heavily influenced the subsequent refit of vessels such as. Twenty five examples of the class were built, of which nine remained active following the Battle of Earth.

At the time of their introduction, the Vengeance-class was the most advanced space combatant in UNSC service, and provided the backbone of the UNSC Navy's strength in the immediate post-war period. Its influential design eventually proved the basis for subsequent designs, such as the Warrior-class destroyer.

Known ships of the line

 * UNSC Vengeance
 * UNSC Dragon
 * UNSC Warsaw
 * UNSC Sheffield
 * UNSC Final Effort (DD-38) - Destroyed during the Battle of Earth
 * UNSC Destiny's Child (DD-75) - Retired 2554
 * UNSC Drake (DD-117) - Damaged during the Battle of Earth, retired 2554
 * UNSC Hope (DD-120) (Class namesake) - Destroyed during the
 * UNSC Make My Day (DD-151) - Destroyed during the
 * UNSC Starlit Sky (DD-326) - Destroyed during the Battle of Miridem
 * UNSC Valiant (DD-427) - Destroyed during the Battle of Reach
 * UNSC Fateful Journey (DD-501) -Destroyed during the
 * UNSC Lynx (DD-623) - Destroyed during the
 * UNSC Final Charge (DD-624) - Destroyed during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV
 * UNSC Courageous (DD-633) - Destroyed during the Battle of Miridem
 * UNSC Out of the Past
 * UNSC Conviction
 * UNSC Obliterator
 * UNSC The Hammer Falls
 * UNSC Inheritance
 * UNSC From the Ruins
 * UNSC Payback's a Bitch
 * UNSC Full Circle
 * UNSC Howling Dark
 * UNSC Howling Dark