The battlecruiser (BC) was a type of warship employed by most major space forces of the Post Diaspora era. They were the largest warships not to be part of the so-called "ships of the wall", but were classified as capital ships.

Contents 1 History 2 Pod-layer 3 Known BC classes 4 Known BC(P) classes 5 References

History Edit

The battlecruiser was a warship type used in first and second rate national navies. Battlecruisers were designed to straddle the line between medium combatants and heavier combatants, being both fast and well armed and armored. Their design featured some internal compartmentalization and redundancy to help protect against battle damage, but not as much as ships of the wall.

Battlecruisers' roles centered primarily on raiding and serving as a heavy screening unit for other capital ships. Battlecruisers were ideal for commerce raiding since it compeled the enemy to deploy a disproportionate number of battlecruisers to defend against the raids. Similarly, BCs were used in raiding a system since their speed allowed them to run away from any ship larger than a BC. Battlecruisers also served as the heavy combat element and flagship for light task groups.

PNS Saladin, a People's Navy Sultan-class vessel, was an example of a battlecruiser. (HH1)

Pod-layer Edit

The pod-laying variant (called battlecruiser pod-layer, BC(P), or pod-laying battlecruiser) was a battlecruiser hull that had been modified to have a hollow core where it could store racks of missile pods, thus protecting them from proximity or "soft" kills, same as with the pod-laying superdreadnought. The Agamemnon class was an early example of Manticoran BC(P)s. (HH11)

Known BC classes Edit

Andermani Empire

• Mendelssohn class
• Thor class

Protectorate of Grayson

• Raoul Courvosier class

Republic of Haven

• Lion class
• Sultan class
• Tiger class
• Warlord class
• Warrior class

Star Kingdom / Star Empire of Manticore

• Nike class
• Reliant class
• Homer class
• Redoubtable class

Silesian Confederacy

• Silesia class

Solarian Leage

• Indefatigable class
• Nevada class

Known BC(P) classes Edit

Andermani Empire

• Blücher class

Protectorate of Grayson

• Raoul Courvosier II class

Star Kingdom / Star Empire of Manticore

• Agamemnon class

References Edit

Warship Classification
Destroyer • Light Cruiser • Heavy Cruiser • Battlecruiser • Battleship • LAC Carrier • Dreadnought • Superdreadnought [ LAC • Frigate • Q-ship ]