47,778
edits
Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class: Difference between revisions
m
→Operational history
(→Armaments: Correcting the Scholt arsenal) |
BaconShelf (talk | contribs) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
|ew = | |ew = | ||
|armaments = 7 [[Ares missile]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}} | |armaments = 7 [[Ares missile]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}} | ||
|aircraft = | |||
|air facilities = | |air facilities = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| Line 54: | Line 55: | ||
These light destroyers were introduced into UNSC service prior to the outbreak of the [[Insurrection]], resulting in a ship design that was ill-equipped to deal with the brutality of space combat.{{Ref/Reuse|ColeMAC}} They were still in service by the early 2490s, with three examples taking part in the [[Callisto Incident]] in [[2493]]. The three ships involved, the ''Buenos Aires'', ''Jericho'', and ''Las Vegas'', were completely unblooded - with weapons that had never been fired and crews that had never seen combat.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}} | These light destroyers were introduced into UNSC service prior to the outbreak of the [[Insurrection]], resulting in a ship design that was ill-equipped to deal with the brutality of space combat.{{Ref/Reuse|ColeMAC}} They were still in service by the early 2490s, with three examples taking part in the [[Callisto Incident]] in [[2493]]. The three ships involved, the ''Buenos Aires'', ''Jericho'', and ''Las Vegas'', were completely unblooded - with weapons that had never been fired and crews that had never seen combat.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}} | ||
The light destroyer role within the UNSC Navy was succeeded by the {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}, introduced in [[2508]] with a MAC and [[Point-defense gun|point-defence network]] as standard armaments, alongside the re-classification of the much older {{Class|Diligence|light destroyer|}} vessels in [[Colonial Military Authority]] service from a [[cruiser]] to a light destroyer.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22Destroyers}} The introduction of the {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}} into CMA service in [[2499]] and a | The light destroyer role within the UNSC Navy was succeeded by the {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}, introduced in [[2508]] with a MAC and [[Point-defense gun|point-defence network]] as standard armaments, alongside the re-classification of the much older {{Class|Diligence|light destroyer|}} vessels in [[Colonial Military Authority]] service from a [[cruiser]] to a light destroyer.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22Destroyers}} The introduction of the {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}} into CMA service in [[2499]] and a refit for the {{Class|Able|heavy destroyer}}s in [[2525]] would see MACs begin to proliferate into destroyer-sized vessels at the turn of the 26th century.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22Destroyers}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole5|Evo|The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole|Section=5}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
| Line 67: | Line 68: | ||
{{Human Ships}} | {{Human Ships}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Light destroyer}} | |||
[[Category:Destroyer classes]] | [[Category:Destroyer classes]] | ||
[[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | ||
[[Category:Unidentified content]] | |||