Warrior class

The Warrior class Armored Cruiser is a type of protected heavy cruiser employed by the Interstellar Union Navy. The class serves as Cruiser squadron Flagships and line warships. They were developed as an inexpensive alternative to larger Battlecruisers, packing heavier firepower and armoring than a Heavy Cruiser and better agility than a Battlecruiser or Battleship, at almost half the cost of the larger vessels.

The Warrior class is reletivly new. IUN R&D began planning for the vessel, originally a scaled up version of the existing Paladin class Fleet Cruiser, in 2584. When the Admiralty called for the class to be developed into a larger vessel bridging the gap between Cruisers and Battlecruisers all of the original development was implamented in the Paladin II class Heavy Cruiser retrofit and a new spaceframe was designed.

The prototype, IUNS Warrior was put into service in 2594 and the class went into full mass production in 2595

Known Warrior Class Ships

 * IUNS Warrior ACR-71
 * IUNS Hammer ACR-82