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Able-class heavy destroyer

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Able-class
4K source screenhsot of the Able-class heavy destroyer used in the attached Waypoint article.
A render of the Able-class heavy destroyer, modelled by Jared Harris and rendered by me.
Class attributes

Identification:

Hull classification symbol: DDG[1]

Operators:

Manufacturer:

SinoViet Heavy Machinery[1]

In service:

2490 - 2552[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Heavy destroyer[2]

Length:

648 meters (2,126 ft)[1]

Mass:

2.3 million tonnes[1]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

Slipspace drive:

Kawanishi Engineering SED-2450 (Series III CODEN)[1]

Crew:

Troops:

150 UNSC Marine Corps/CMA Marine Corps infantry[1]

Armaments:

2490 loadout:

2525 refit:[1]

Air wing:

Air facilities:

1 hangar mounted under the nose

 

The Able-class heavy destroyer is a classification of heavy destroyer in the service of the CMA Navy and UNSC Navy.[1]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The Able was designed as a compromise between the various frigate and cruiser lines of humanity, intended to take advantage of new technologies and increased budgets to push naval architects in new directions.[1] The Able's bridge is located on the dorsal surface of the ship, and is designed with a raised platform in the centre, housing a padded chair for the ship's captain to sit in. The bridge crew stations surround this platform. The ship is capable of supporting an on-board artificial intelligence.[2]

Armaments[edit]

In its original introduction, the Able-class stocked eight or more Archer missile pods, alongside a complement of Helix point-defence guns for close-in defence. Perhaps the most notable feature on the ship is the introduction of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon: while various classes of carrier had carried shipborne MACs since at least the 2470s,[3] with cruisers and corvettes employing them at least by the 2490s,[4][5] these ships were the first heavy destroyers to begin employing the weapons. UNSC Gorgon became the first heavy destroyer to mount a MAC system during the 2490s,[2] with the CMA Navy counterpart Hillsborough-class heavy destroyers later coming in 2499.[6]

The MAC on the Gorgon had an extremely limited ammunition pool, when compared to later vessels. The vessel's MAC was capable of stocking only three MAC shells, though following three days and two battles without resupply, the Gorgon's cannon had been reduced to just one round.[2]

In 2525, the Able-class destroyers were subject to an extensive armaments refit. This refit destroyer was used to fight in the Human-Covenant War, and stocks six M66 Sentry naval autocannons, twenty M58 Archer missile pods, four M96 Howler missile pods, and replaced the Helix point-defence guns with eight M870 Rampart point defense guns. By this time, the 5D8F6 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon was now standard.[1]

Ships of the line[edit]

Operational history[edit]

Insurrection[edit]

The Able-class entered service in both the CMA and UNSC navies in 2490, though was never fielded in large numbers and ultimately only ever served as a footnote in the campaigns of the Insurrection.[1] Despite this, the class did see a particularly noteworthy use in the case of UNSC Gorgon captained by