Archer-class heavy cruiser

The Archer-class Heavy Cruiser is a type of heavy cruiser in service of the Astragon Navy.

Characteristics
While this ship did carry twenty-four starfighters, it was intended to be strictly a ship-killer, with starfighters for defense. To this end, two giant sets of Advanced Heavy Rocket Launchers-38 launchers in all-provided main firepower.

Originally, Heavy Rockets were not considered, since they are too slow to hit before being intercepted. Thus, by adding more propellant, the Rockets fly faster, just a tad bit slower than the standard concussion missile. 24 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries provide additional means of destroying ships. Sixteen Quad laser cannons provde decent fighter cover, but there are several blind spots. Sixteen Ion cannons knock out shields of enemy ships just before the ship fires its missiles. Eight Tractor beams enable it to slow fighters long enough for the quad guns to finish them. Six Chaff guns, which fire shards of durasteel, intercept incoming missiles aimed at the ship's only true weakness-its Rocket Launchers. When Astragon acquired this ship, they added thermal shielding to block any warheads the chaff did not hit. Yet, it packs all this, plus two fighter squadrons into a ship only 1,100 meters long.