History[]
The Roanoke class Destroyer was a warship designed by the Earth during the Second Earth Alliance Civil War The Roanoke class was the result of a crash development project launched after the opening battles of the Second Earth Alliance Civil War resulted in the destruction or crippling of the bulk of their Prometheus class predecessors. Early models were rushed into service due to the deployment of the Titan class Destroyer by rebel ISA loyal colonies, and suffered heavy losses in the first year of service due to lack of proper shakedown exercises. As part of the government's anti-ISA propaganda efforts this class, like many developed in this period, was named after a loyalist warship destroyed by forces under the command of John Sheridan in the First Earth Alliance Civil War. It went on to become one of the most common destroyer models in the Human Worlds Alliance fleet in the decades after the war's end though some were also part of the Human Colonial League Navy
Characteristics[]
The Roanoke class was 2345 meters long, and carried a crew of 1700 with 15 shuttles and 64 Starfuries. It was armed with 24 Heavy fusion beams and 12 Heavy Pulse Particle cannons for anti-ship combat, and 16 dual purpose Light fusion beam/Light Neutron Pulse cannon turrets for point defense in addition to 35 heavy multi-role missile launchers.