Editing Hillsborough-class heavy destroyer

{{Title|''Hillsborough''-class heavy destroyer}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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*[[CMA Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}}
*[[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|class manufacturer   = [[Ceres Industrial Metals]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|class in service     = [[2499]] - late 2520s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|type            = [[UNSC destroyer|Heavy destroyer]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=125}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFMoa|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa|D=09|M=07|Y=2021}}
|length          = {{Convert|1725.7|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|mass            = 2 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power           = [[Fusion reactor]]
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|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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|hull            = {{Convert|2|m|ft}} [[Titanium-A armor]]{{Ref/Comic|Id=Genesis|HWG|Page=3}}
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*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|83B6R1 MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*4 [[Sentry autocannon|M60 Sentry autocannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*56 [[Ares missile|M48 Ares missiles]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*7 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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The '''''Hillsborough''-class heavy destroyer''' is a class of [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] originally in service with the [[Colonial Military Authority]] and then the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFMoa}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Hillsborough''-class heavy destroyer bears a blocky and angular silhouette - something that would become one of the defining symbols of the [[Colonial Military Authority]] at their height.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The ship has an overall structure similar to the standard line of [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] that would later be introduced by [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]] beginning with the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} in [[2515]] and continued with the {{Class|Charon|light frigate|}} and {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate|}} iin [[2520]] and [[2523]] respectively, with two major hulls extremely similar in appearance to the ''Paris''-class in particular. Unlike the frigates, the ''Hillsborough'' does not split up the hull booms, but instead has them connected to form one large blocky structure, coated in two metres of [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]].{{Ref/Reuse|Genesis}} The ''Hillsborough'' also lacks the "wings" characteristic of the frigate lines, and has a less extreme horizontal profile as a result.

However, the ''Hillsborough'' does outmass all Insurrection-era frigate and destroyer classes with the exception of the older {{Class|Diligence|light destroyer}}, coming in at 2 million tonnes, and out-measures all known non-[[Capital ship|capital warships]] at a length of {{Convert|1725.7|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Armaments===
At the time of its introduction in [[2499]], the ''Hillsborough'' outclassed many of its counterparts in the UNSC Navy. For example, the UNSC's [[Unidentified UNSC heavy destroyer class|heavy destroyer]] class boasted a very limited [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] system capable of only stocking three MAC rounds,{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} while the ''Hillsborough'' was built around an 83B6R1 MAC of its own. This weapon is supported by a loadout of four [[Sentry autocannon|M60 Sentry autocannons]] and fifty-six [[Ares missile|M48 Ares missiles]]. For [[Point-defense gun|point-defence]], the ''Hillsborough'' boasts seven [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Ships of the line==
*{{CMAShip|Hillsborough}} – The [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of the class{{Ref/Generic|[[Stephen Loftus]] on the [[Talk:Autumn-class heavy cruiser|''Autumn'' class' talk page]]}}
*{{CMAShip|Heracles}} – Participated in the [[First Battle of Harvest|First Battle]] of [[Harvest]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR11|HTFoR|Chapter=11}}

==Operational history==
''Hillsborough''-class destroyers were originally introduced into [[CMA Navy]] service in 2499, at the height of the [[Insurrection]]. The angular silhouette of the class was one of the defining symbols of the CMA during its tenure, and was able to outmatch its [[United Nations Space Command]] counterparts for decades. Despite this, it was radically outmatched by its [[Covenant destroyer|counterparts]] in the [[Covenant fleet]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

On [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]],{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=7 October, 2525}} a ''Hillsborough''-class destroyer of [[Battle Group 4]], {{CMAShip|Heracles}}, was dispatched to the [[Epsilon Indi system]] to investigate the loss of communications with the planet [[Harvest]], alongside [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']]. Upon exiting [[slipstream space]] in the system, the three ships were attacked by a [[Covenant]] vessel. Only the ''Heracles'' survived, albeit heavily damaged, by limping back to [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}}{{Ref/Comic|HFORBC|Issue=4}}{{Ref/Reuse|Genesis}}

The outbreak of war saw all CMA forces placed under UNSC control for the "duration of the crisis",{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=1 November, 2525}} leading to the CMA's fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class vessels being transferred into UNSC control. Over the next few years, these ships were used for internal security, or were broken up for scrap.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} By [[2547]], the CMA and all of its assets - including its fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class destroyers - were all but effectively absorbed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=52}}

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:HWG CMAHeracles.png|Another view of ''Heracles'' arriving at Epsilon Eridani, in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
File:FoR Heracles.png|The ''Heracles'' transitions from slipspace at Epsilon Eridani in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''.
File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battle Group 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction.
File:CMA Heracles.jpg|CMA ''Heracles'' over a now-glassed Harvest.
File:TFoR AS - Harvest glassed.jpg|The ''Heracles'' (''center'') and its task force in orbit above Harvest.
File:TFoR AS - Heracles damaged.jpg|The Heracles, damaged by its engagement with the Covenant ship over Harvest.
File:Enc22 SoTP Hillsborough Side.png|An unused render of the ''Hillsborough'' model created for [[Sins of the Prophets]] sent to 343 for inclusion in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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{{Human Ships}}
[[Category:Destroyer classes]]
[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]
[[Category:CMA ship classes]]