Battlecruiser
From Encyclopedia Hiigara
The Battlecruiser was a heavy Super Capital Ship designed specifically for combat with other Capital or Super Capital Ships. They were armed to face many threats ranging from Strike Crafts to other Super Capitals. Battlecruisers were the ultimate answer to enemy warships. Their heavy long range weapons were able to intercept enemy units long before any other ship could aim at them. In the Homeworld universe Battlecruisers were heavy and slow ships. Their armour made them out of reach of any frigates, and only groups of Destroyers could be any threat to them. The only class of warship heavier were Dreadnaughts, however none of them were known to be built during the Homeworld 2 Era when Battlecruisers were present.
First Battlecruisers were built in the Homeworld 2 Era, when war broke out between the Vaygr and Hiigarans. Both ships - Vaygr and Hiigaran - were designed with modularity in mind, each of them capable of building up to two subsystems making them one of most versatile units ever known. Additionally both of them had Hangar Bays thanks to which they could repair and rearm their strikecraft escorts, which helped remedy their greatest disadvantage - weak point defenses. There was very little that could threaten Battlecruiser, what make them able to act in a variety of roles from task force flagship to ship-of-the-line.
