Valiant-class large cruiser

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Class overview Name: Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser Builders Halifax Spacewerx (Designer, original manufacturer.) Reyes-McLees Corporation (Primary manufacturer after 2508.) Operators UNSC Navy In service 2493 - present General characteristics Type Cruiser Length 1,518 metres (4,980 ft) Width 373 metres (1,220 ft) Height/depth 496 metres Mass 14.8 million metric tons Engine unit(s) Boglin Fields' Apex-I 482A fusion drives Secondary Mark-III GENESIS fusion drives Slipspace Drive K8ME Beagle SFTE Slipspace velocity 1.9 lightyears/day Power plant XM-981 heavy Deuterium fusion reactor Hull 254 centimetres of Titanium-A1 battleplate Navigation system UNA-uplinked navigation computer Armament Series-5, heavy coil - 73G1R4/MACs (2) M810 "Helix" 25mm point defence guns (8) M910 "Rampart" 105mm point defence guns (12) M66 "Sentry" 711mm autocannons (12) Mark 33 "Spitfire" 1193mm naval coilguns (7) (Optional) M58 "Archer" missile pods (80-128 pods of 30 missiles each) M4020 "Bident" missile pods (12 pods of 20 missiles each) VE-3 nuclear missiles (6 silos of up to 10 missiles each) Complement UNSC Marines (~150 men) ODSTs (~180 men) D77-TC pelicans (4) GA-TL1 Longswords (4 C709 bombers, 4 C711 interceptors) F-41C Broadswords (6) (optional) Crew 1,460 sailors Minimum crew 67 sailors "Smart" AI Consumables Fully stocked: seven months Emergency supplies: one week Additional information Era(s) Insurrection Human-Covenant War Role(s) Assault Command

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"We are assembled on the bridge of one of the most powerful warships in the fleet, one which has proven with blood and sacrifice that it can take down multiple Covenant warships at once before being disabled. Her crew are all veterans in one form or another, each of which have more than enough reasons for revenge. Anyone who says that all this is not enough to make a difference is lying and deserves to be thrown out the airlock."

―Vice Admiral Roi Olimpia, on the UNSC Chevalier.

The Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser (hull classification symbol: CB/CBC), incorrectly called the Valiant-class battleship, is the heaviest model of cruiser utilised by the United Nations Space Command's Navy during the Human-Covenant War. Introduced as a compromise between a Cruiser and a Battleship, it is equipped with incredible amounts of lighter-tier weapons such as missiles rather than battleship-scale guns. Heavily armed, versatile and capable of engaging a large fleet at once, they became a favourite of admirals and frequently served as flagships for prestigious fleets.

The Valiant was originally launched in 2493, however, excessive production costs and issues with incorporating its next-generation fusion drives meant that only those currently under construction were allowed to be produced. However, a lack of feasibility would see all Valiant-class cruisers stricken from the UNSC Navy rolls and partially scrapped in 2497; however, they would be saved as the Insurrection rapidly increased in escalation. Augmenting battle groups and task forces, a small but famous handful would be converted into fleet command ships, becoming a favourite of admirals who disliked the larger supercarriers but felt existing command ships were too lightly-armed. They would be deployed above the most well-fortified rebel worlds as well as strongholds of the Colonial Military Administration as the UNSC usurped its authority.

Operational History

Development

The origins for the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser lay in the 2450s, more than three decades before the first ships of the class would even be built. Despite the emerging signs of unrest and political tension that would later bring about the Insurrection, for the most part, human space had settled into a wave of peace, and prosperity. The UNSC, continuing to use stagnating equipment and ships even despite some advances being brought out by the Inner Colony Wars some fifty years before, had expanded their dominion to encompass the Inner Colonies. This was against the whims of the Colonial Military Administration (CMA), who were growing increasingly discontent with the UNSC's efforts to usurp them and took to thoroughly modernising their military to oppose future pushes from their rival. Disregarding this, the UNSC saw no need to update their navy or most of their military forces, believing that they could quickly crush the CMA if push came to shove.

Regardless, the need for a small number of heavily-armed modern ships was a necessity they couldn't afford to ignore. After witnessing the success of their Victoria-class armoured cruiser being undercut by the CMA's newly-adopted Mercury-class light cruiser, they decided to unveil the "Special Prototype, hEavy Assault and Rearmament (SPEAR)" program. This project encouraged the Core's shipwrights to work together to create a heavy capital ship that could beat several smaller cruisers. They requested for cutting-edge technology to be used, with the design still be capable of being upgraded over a century to top-of-the-line specifications. Nominations had to be entered by July 4, 2469; unfortunately, this was pushed back 2472 due to the lack of interest from private entities.

Ships of the Line

Name	Hull Classification Symbol	Commissioned	Destroyed	Notes
UNSC Valiant	CB/CBC-1	November 19, 2493	August 30, 2552	Lead ship of the class, destroyed during the Fall of Reach.
UNSC Terra Firma	CB/CBC-2			Flagship of Rear Admiral Jeriah Colt. Participated in the Battle of New Tyre.
UNSC Gog	CB-3			Participated in the Battle of Rhododendron. Frequently paired up with its twin sister-ship the UNSC Magog.
UNSC Magog	CB-4			Participated in the Battle of Rhododendron. Frequently paired up with its twin sister-ship the UNSC Gog.
UNSC Chevalier	CB/CBCC-5			Flagship of Vice Admiral Roi Olimpia, participated in the Siege of Sol.
UNSC Everest	CB/CBC-6	May 4, 2494	April 18, 2543	Flagship of Vice Admiral Preston Cole, earned the highest kills for its class, went missing during the Battle of Psi Serpentis.
UNSC Kilimanjaro	CB/CBC-7	January 19, 2495	2542	Flagship of Vice Admiral Jean Mawikizi, captained by Captain Ashok Raymond, led Strike Group Killamanjaro during the Fall of Alluvion.
UNSC Kosciusko	CB-8
UNSC Elbrus	CB-10
UNSC Denali	CB-11
UNSC Olympus	CB/CBC-12		2535	Flagship of Vice Admiral Tera McBay. Destroyed during the Battle of Scorpion Nebula.
UNSC Aconcagua	CB-15
UNSC Blood of Kings	CB/CBC-16	June 25, 2498		Flagship of Vice Admiral Richard 'Basher' Hooker, completed to a heavily modified design.
UNSC Caspian				Flagship of Lin Zhi, participated in the Imperial War.
UNSC Vinson Massif	N/A	2498 (projected)		Cancelled and scrapped before being completed.
UNSC Tempest	N/A	2498 (projected)		Cancelled and scrapped before being completed.

Gallery

Different views of the Valiant.

A Valiant leading a small but powerful battle group.

The layout of the Valiant.

A Valiant attacking a Covenant staging area.

An artist's recreation of Preston Cole's Last Stand.

The UNSC Valiant and escorts orbiting Reach.