The first Destroyers were not the craft they are today. When first constructed, the Avion Class Destroyer was a ship smaller in size to the (then) light cruisers, and indeed, was probably the smallest Colonial Warship in actual combat duty, probably just beating the patrol ships in size.
Unfortunately, the Xerxes Class light cruisers had more advantages than their smaller brethren as well, and as far as commanders were concerned, if they could use the lighter cruisers instead of the Destroyers, then good. For the Destroyers were simply not that. They were as fast as the Cruisers, but had less weaponry, less armour and less ability to absorb damage. To add injury to insult, the Cruisers were not too more expensive either. In fleet actions, they skirted the edge of the combat, staying out of harms way while trying to gather intelligence or take on lightly armed supply vessels in the enemies rear. Or else they were used as escorts for merchant shipping and used in safe areas.
With the Great War, the class was doomed. It was not even big enough to hold fighters without gutting the entire ship.
The Early Destroyers were designed by Steve Stiever.
Early Destroyers have one shuttle bays, and not designed to take onboard fighters.
The bay is not large enough to accept yachts.
The Destroyer has a hyperspeed multiplier of x1.5.
This is an Early Years ship.
| A | B | C |
| 3 F.Hull 2 Ph.3 |
2 C.Hull 1 Battery 1 Shuttle 1 Ph.2 2 Ph.3 |
2 APR 6 Warp |
| GIF file | |
|---|---|
| Avion Class Destroyer SSD | 20k |
| Ship | Crew Units | Brdg Parties | BPV | Move Cost | Size Class | Turn Mode | Explos. Str | F&E Cmd | Ftr Flights | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avion Class Destroyer | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0.33 | 4 | B | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6000 |
This ship may land on a planet via Powered landings (P2.434).
| Ship | Type | Ftrs | Admin | Bays | Store | DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avion Class Destroyer | YDD | 0 | 1 | 0/0/1 | - | 1 |