Starlit Court Navy: Difference between revisions

===Destroyer===

Destroyers are fast, maneuverable ships designed to escort cruisers and battleships, or to act as the backbone of smaller lighter battle groups of corvettes and frigates. Destroyers carefully balance firepower, and speed while maintaining their size category to be able to screen and escort larger vessels while in larger battlegroups, while being able to act as raiders and harassers during independent operations. Destroyer crews typically number under a hundred individuals, and when acting as a carrier can support up to three lances or the equivalent in strike craft.

Sometimes referred to as standard cruisers, these medium warcraft typically act as supports for battleships and heavy escorts for dedicated carriers. Most Cruisers are equipped for flexibility, carefully balancing firepower, speed, and armor within their hull size. Many knightly orders in the starlit court call a cruiser their flagship, as cruisers are the smallest capital class warships that the starlit court deploys. However if any ship in a fleet would be given over to a specific battlefield specialization, it will likely be a cruiser. A cruiser is typically crewed between a hundred and two hundred men at arms, and when acting as a carrier can house between five to ten lances of mechs with support and strike craft escorts. Additionally, Cruisers often fall into one of three sub-categories based on size and intended battlefield role, consisting of light, heavy and assault cruisers.