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|manufacturer = [[UNSC]] | |manufacturer = [[UNSC]] | ||
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|length = Varies between classes<br/> c.{{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref name="class">Size of unknown Destroyer class before 2552<br/>''What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 over-sized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.''<br />--''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' page 139</ref> | |length = Varies between classes<br/> c.{{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref name="class">Size of unknown Destroyer class before 2552<br/>''What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 over-sized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.''<br />--''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' page 139</ref><ref name="waypoint"/> | ||
|weight = 7,900 Metric Tons<ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]'''</ref> | |||
|classes = | |classes = | ||
|engine = Deuterium nuclear fusion reactor | |engine = Deuterium nuclear fusion reactor | ||
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|hull = 1.5 - 2 meters [[Titanium-A]] battleplate <ref>[[Halo Encyclopedia]] page 248</ref> | |hull = 1.5 - 2 meters [[Titanium-A]] battleplate <ref>[[Halo Encyclopedia]] page 248</ref> | ||
|countermeasures = | |countermeasures = | ||
|armament = *[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s (2)<ref name="class"/> | |armament = *[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s (2)<ref name="class"/><ref name="waypoint"> | ||
*[[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile]]s (3) | *[[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile]]s (3) | ||
*[[Archer missile|Over-sized Archer Missile]] pods (26) <ref name="class"/> | *[[Archer missile|Over-sized Archer Missile]] pods (26) <ref name="class"/><ref name="waypoint"> | ||
*8x 50mm Point-Defense Autocannons (Dual-Barreled) | *8x 50mm Point-Defense Autocannons (Dual-Barreled) | ||
|complement = HEVs | |complement = HEVs | ||
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{{Infobox Ship Class
|name = Destroyer
|image = File:Heart of Midlothian.jpg
|manufacturer = UNSC
|model =
|length = Varies between classes
c.485 metres (1,590 ft)[1][2]
|weight = 7,900 Metric Tons[2]
|classes =
|engine = Deuterium nuclear fusion reactor
|slipspace drive = Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
|shield gen = None
|hull = 1.5 - 2 meters Titanium-A battleplate [3]
|countermeasures =
|armament = *Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2)[1]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
The Destroyer's armament comes in the form of two Magnetic Accelerator Cannons, twenty-six oversized Archer Missile pods, and three Shiva-class Nuclear Missiles. For defense against starfighters, the Destroyer carries eight point-defense autocannons.
Class History
In 2497, the Gorgon-class was introduced into service, what was then a Heavy Destroyer class with a single MAC.[4] Later ships classed would include two MAC's as they became standard armament on UNSC warships. These warships were used to put down the Eridanus Rebels during Operation: TREBUCHET, with the loss of several vessels. The destroyer Heracles was the command ship of Battlegroup D during the disastrous first contact with the Covenant.[5][6]
During the Human-Covenant War, Destroyers were looked down upon by many in the Navy. The Destroyer class was initially considered too ineffective against the superior Covenant ships, but in reality, it could receive and dish out a considerable amount of damage for its size, and in groups could prove a match for the larger CCS-class Battlecruisers used by the Covenant. Senior Naval Commanders estimated that, on average, seven UNSC Destroyers were generally a match for four Covenant Frigates. As a result, many were destroyed in the war.[7]
Jacob Keyes commanded a destroyer, the UNSC Iroquois during a short skirmish over Sigma Octanus IV, where he devised the Keyes Loop as an act of desperation. The Iroquois managed to single-handedly destroy two Covenant Frigates and a Covenant Destroyer.[8]
Trivia
- In the first pages of Halo Wars: Genesis, a picture of a UNSC Destroyer leaving slipspace is shown, this being the first canon appearance of a UNSC Destroyer. It was previously only described in the novels. After this, different incarnations of the UNSC destroyer have appeared in The Babysitter and the animated version of Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian.
Gallery
- Legends ship 1.png
The Destroyer, Heart of Midlothian.
- UNSC Heracles.png
Destroyer Heracles transitioning from Slipspace.
A schematic of the UNSC Heart of Midlothian.
Sources
- ^ a b Size of unknown Destroyer class before 2552
What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 over-sized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.
--Halo: The Fall of Reach page 139 - ^ a b Halo Waypoint
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia page 248
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole.
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
