Llamrei-class Battlecruiser

The Llamrei-class Battlecruiser was a Wayland Shipyards developed ship which dominated the front-line of the Avalon Defense Fleet. While most UEG colonies favoured the cheaper and lighter Marathon-class, Avalon favoured the heavier and more advanced Llamrei produced on Avalon by Wayland Shipyards alongside the Nergal and Red-dragon-class capital ships. While openly willing to construct ships for a lower price in other colonies, Wayland ships were considered impractical due to their cost and construction time though colonies such as Arcadia and New Harmony did possess a few Wayland ships.

Battle of Harvest
In 2529 a detachment of ships were dispatched by the Avalon Defense Fleet to assist in the Harvest Campaign. The detachment consisted of two Llamrei-class battlecruisers, four Claudin-class destroyers and eight Crusader-class heavy frigates. The Llamrei-class cruisers left the conflict majorly unscathed though three of the Crusaders and a Claudin were lost during fighting.

Battle of Arcadia
The defending fleet above Arcadia numbered a single Llamrei-cruiser in it's miniscule defense fleet. The cruiser suffered heavy damage in the fighting though it was the only survivor of the fleet and coordinated ground and evacuation efforts prior to the arrival of the Spirit of Fire and it's accompanying cruisers, deploying remaining combat teams to assist the Spirit of Fire and her forces later in the fight.

Battle of New Harmony
New Harmony possessed six Wayland cruisers, a Nergal carrier, two Llamrei battlecruisers and three Claudin destroyers. Under the command of Avalon-born commander Ava Grieve the fleet over New Harmony managed to rout Covenant forces, allowing for Razor's Edge to attach a probe to a Covenant frigate leading to OPERATION: PROMETHEUS.

Battle of Meridian
Half a dozen Llamrei battlecruisers were among the naval defense over Meridian and were obliterated by the superior Covenant forces, overwhelmed by CAS-class assault carriers and supporting craft.

Battles over Avalon
The Llamrei class battlecruisers played a major part in the defense of Avalon, making up almost 60% of the fleet. Following mass evacuation of ground elements and civilians, a mostly successful operation, four Battlegroups headed by Llamrei were ordered to evacuate the final army and marine corps elements while several ships chose to stay behind and assist Fleet Admiral Grieve in defending the planet.

Fall of Tribute
UNSC ANZAC Spirit was present during the Battle over Tribute, comandeered by Penny van Schie. The ship managed to expend it's entire stockpile of munitions against Covenant attackers and emptied it's transport bays, leaving a skeleton crew to operate as it began breaking up under heavy fire over Casbah.