Hiigaran Destroyer

From Encyclopedia Hiigara

Hiigaran Destroyer Classification and cost Category Capital Ship Class Destroyer Cost 2,000 RUs Technical specification Max. speed 138 m/s Armament 4 x Heavy Kinetic Gun Turret 2 x Torpedo tubes Usage Role Anti-Frigate Era(s) Homeworld 2 Era Affiliation Hiigaran

The Hiigaran Destroyer was a medium-sized Capital Ship designed primarily for anti-frigate combat. The ship was designed to be balanced with the Vaygr Destroyer in firepower, although in a one-on-one engagement the Vaygr ship would usually emerge victorious due to its concentration on heavier firepower. Its Heavy Kinetic guns enabled the ship to both heavily damage frigates and destroyers and also attack strike craft much more efficiently then the Vaygr Destroyer could. Its secondary weapons were two Torpedo tubes, mounted on forward underside section of the ship, which were used only against other capital ships as a backup to the cannons.

One role the Hiigaran Destroyer excelled at was as a disruptor of resource operations. It's turrets and torpedoes allowed it to quickly dispatch lightly armored resourcers and their resource controllers with speed and ease, while still having enough flexibility to defeat or at least escape from escorts or light reinforcements sent to destroy it. Even if they were somehow pinned down they could hold their own against most ships and would at least divert ships from other duties. Furthermore, it would be suicide for any resourcing personnel to resume work in the area until the destroyer had been completely neutralized, which equated to further disruption of the enemy's resource flow.

Destroyers are also superior to their Vagyr counterparts when dealing with ships ranging from Frigate class to below. Their rapid-fire kinetic cannons can dispatch Frigates quicker than the Vagyr Destroyer's damaging but slow salvos of Heavy Missiles. Their kinetic cannons also provide a relatively accurate and damaging deterrent to Strike Craft, particularly corvettes. However, like all Capital Ships, Destroyers are vulnerable to Bombers.

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• Homeworld 2
• Homeworld Shipyards