Editing Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class

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This '''unnamed light destroyer''' is a type of [[UNSC destroyer|light destroyer]], formerly in service within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}} The class predates the introduction of the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] and even [[Titanium-A armor]] plating.{{Ref/Reuse|ColeMAC}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ships internally have at least fourteen decks, and at least five cargo bays. The [[bridge]] of the light destroyer is shaped akin to a narrow oval, with stations for navigation, ops, engineering, weapons, and communications officers. The ship's [[captain]] has their own seat, with their first mate stood by them. The bridge is likely external-facing, with emergency bulkheads available in the event of an explosive decompression event.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}}

===Armaments===
The light destroyer class is, retroactively, considered woefully unequipped to deal with the rigours of [[space warfare]], and features none of the armaments considered standard on [[UNSC starship]]s in the 26th century, such as the now-ubiquitous [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=ColeMAC|Evo|The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole|Section=4|Detail=Analysis|Quote=The UNSC was not prepared for brutal ship-to-ship combat in the early years of the insurgency. The light destroyer class, for example, had none of the armament one recognizes as standard today. The titanium-A armor and magnetic accelerator cannons, however, would soon be developed as industrial priorities shifted from building... to killing.}}{{Ref/Note|When the Callisto nuclear detonation is described in ''The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', a reference is made to the destroyers' MAC sensors being crippled. This is assumed to be an error of inconsistency, as the ships are later explicitly described as ''predating'' the introduction of the MAC.}} The ships are outfitted with just seven [[Ares missile]] silos.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole4}}

With just seven missile silos, the light destroyer class is outgunned by its 25th century [[CMA Navy]] counterparts including the {{Class|Diligence|cruiser}} (stocking 40 M35 Ares launchers),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22Destroyers|Enc22|Page=124-125}} though has a higher payload than the {{Class|Scholte|frigate}} (stocking 2 Ares pods and 2 [[Archer missile|Archer pods]]).{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFoundations|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-foundations|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Foundations|D=12|M=01|Y=2022}}

==Ships of the line==
*{{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}}
*{{UNSCShip|Jericho}}
*{{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}

==Operational history==
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 counterpart [[Unidentified UNSC heavy destroyer class|UNSC heavy destroyer]] class in around the same time 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==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}

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