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Valiant-Class
Class overview,
Identification: CB/CBC.
Operators: UNSC Navy.
Manufacturer: Halifax Spacewerx (Designer, original manufacturer.) Reyes-McLees Corporation (Primary manufacturer after 2508.)
In Service: 2493-present
Role(s): Ship-to-ship combat, Command,
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Technical Specifications:
Type: Battlecruiser.
Length: 1,518 meters (4,980 ft)
Width: 373 meters (1,220 ft)
Height 495 meters (1,625 ft)
Mass: 17 million tonnes
Power Plant: XM-981 Heavy deuterium fusion reactor.
Engine(s): 2 Boglin Fields' Apex-I 482A fusion drives, 6 Secondary Mark-III GENESIS fusion drives
Slipspace Drive: Starwerx K8ME SFTE featuring a Series IV CODEN field generator,
Slipspace Velocity: 1.9 lightyears/day
Navigation Systems: UNA-uplinked navigation computer.
Hull: 254 cm of Titanium-A armor plating.
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Armament: 2 Series-5, 73G1R4 Heavy Magnetic Accelerator Cannons, 50 M910 Rampart point defense network guns, 8 twin M66 Sentry 279mm/36 cal autocannons, 50 pods of M58 Archer missiles, 24 M810 Helix 35mm/99 cal point defense guns, 6 tubes of VE-3 nuclear missiles,
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Complement: 150 UNSC Marines, 50 ODSTs, 4 D77-TC pelicans, 4 GA-TL1 Longswords, 50 M8900 SOIEVs,
Crew: 1,460 Sailors and 1 "smart" Artificial Intelligence
Minimum Crew: 67 Sailors and 1 "smart" Artificial Intelligence
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The Valiant-class large cruiser, incorrectly dubbed as a super-heavy cruiser and battleship by many, it is the heaviest model of battlecruiser utilized by the United Nations Space Command's Navy during the ongoing 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 group of opponents at once, they became a favorite 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 favorite 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.
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