Knight-class heavy cruiser

Knight Class Heavy Cruiser
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Class Overview
Class name:	Knight-class Heavy Cruiser
Namesake:	Combatant types from history
Builders:	Axiom Inc - Axiom Incorporated Drive Yards
General characteristics
Type:	Star Dreadnought
Weight:	89,212,156 tonnes
Length:	9,191 m
Width:	2,205 m
Height:	1,121 m (Superstructure) 37 m (Masts)
Crew:	5,231
Onboard AI:	Yes
Complement:	500,000 troops, thousands of ground vehicles
Power Generation:	2x Axiom AAR-GEN81 Antimatter Annihilation Fusion Reactor 3x Secondary Weyville Co. Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Propulsion:	6x Axiom ARA-GEN251 Antimatter Drives 5x Hurston-D'aarh Maneuvering Control Systems Axiom XLV-9 FTL Warp Drive
Sensors Systems:	Advanced Ranging - Targeting - Entanglement Mission Instrument System (ARTEMIS) Sensor Suite: - QES-99 "Providence" Quantum Sensor System - QFC-11 "Apollo" Fire Control Sensors Other Sensors: - Mk 78 Secondary Sensor Suite - 5,000x Mk 56 "Crow" Sensor Drones
Electronic Warfare Systems:	ARTEMIS Sensor Suite: EWS-72 "Blind Eye" Electronic Warfare System 5,000x Mk57 "Puck" Deception Drones
Armament :	4x RAC-5A5 Antimatter Accelerators 650x MLP-521 "Kwacha" Missile Pods 375x FLP-71 "Ruby's Glare" 3,000x MAG-543 Secondary Railguns 52x Reckoning Nuclear Missiles 145x Reaper Nuclear Mines
Shielding:	Axiom EDS-135 Energy Shielding
Armor:	Hull: 7 m of Nanocarbon Composite Citadel: 15 m Turrets: 29 m Interior Bulkheads: 1.8 m
Vehicles carried:	10x Scimitar-class Escort Frigate Thousands of Fighter/Bomber/Transport Craft 15x CX-121 "Galaxymaster V" Dropships Thousands of boarding craft Thousands of drop pods Thousands of ground and atmospheric vehicles

The Knight class Heavy Cruiser is a class of heavy cruisers in service with the Interstellar Navy.

Notable Ships

Name	Date of Launch	Status	Reason for notability
IFS Glee of Hilarity	15 March 2583	Active	Discovered over 72 different alien species across it's service time.
IFS Favours Repaid	14 December 2582	Active
IFS York	29 January 2583	Active
IFS Juuvah	12 March 2583	Active
IFS Challenger	4 April 2583	Active