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Diligence-class light destroyer

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Diligence-class light destroyer
An illustration of the Diligence-class light destroyer.
Production information

Manufacturer:

SinoViet Heavy Machinery[1]

Class:

Destroyer[1]

Technical specifications

Length:

550 metres (1,800 ft)[1]

Mass:

2.2 million tonnes[1]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

Titanium-A armor

Armament:

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Insurrection[1]
Human-Covenant War[2]

Introduced:

2433[1]

Affiliation:

 

The Diligence-class light destroyer[1] was a class of destroyer in service with the UNSC Navy and the Colonial Military Authority.[2]

Operational history

The Diligence-class light destroyer entered service in 2433. Originally classified as a cruiser, the Diligence-class was eventually reclassified as a destroyer as ships grew in firepower and mass. Starting in 2496, the class was fitted with two powerful outrigger MAC systems—one on each side of its main fuselage.[1]

Some Diligence-class destroyers were operated by the Colonial Military Authority as peacekeeping ships. By 2525, the class had been retired for decades. However, with the dawn of the Human-Covenant War, some were brought back into service with the UNSC Navy and were retrofitted for combat against the Covenant.[2]

During or after 2540, a Diligence-class destroyer, the UNSC Kronstadt, deployed a squad of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and a SPARTAN-II commando, Cal-141, via SOEIV to the Covenant-occupied planet Heian. The commando team infiltrated a former alien settlement, where they engaged several Unggoy and a Jiralhanae chieftain before assassinating a Covenant Prophet. After the mission, which resulted in the deaths of the Spartan and one ODST, the vessel retrieved the survivors.[3]

Ships of the line

Gallery

  • A compilation of the panning shot of the Kronstadt, showing the destroyer's full form.

    A compilation of the panning shot of the Kronstadt, showing the destroyer's full form.

  • Legends ship 1.png

    The front mast of the UNSC Krondstadt.

  • Legends ship2.png

    The toward section of the UNSC Kronstadt

  • HL Babysitter 993-DD.JPG

    A portside view of the Kronstadt

  • The mess hall of the Kronstadt

    The mess hall of the Kronstadt

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 124
  2. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Clarity & Grace
  3. ^ Halo Legends, The Babysitter
  4. ^ Stephen Loftus on the Autumn class' talk page

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Human ship classifications
Stealth craft
Heavy frigates Paris-class • Strident-class
Light frigates Anlace-class • Charon-class • Mulsanne-class • Stalwart-class
Heavy destroyers Able-class • Hillsborough-class
Light destroyers Diligence-class • Halberd-class • Unidentified
Heavy cruisers Autumn-class • Marathon-class • Valiant-class
Light cruisers Halcyon-class
Unclassified
By human faction: UEG (UNSC • CAA) • Insurrectionist
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