Diligence-class destroyer
Name: Diligence-class destroyer
Craft: UNSC Diligence-class destroyer
Type: Light Destroyer
Scale: capital
Length: 485 x 242.5 x 600 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 680; skeleton: 162/+10
Passengers: 5,000 troops; 500 other
Cargo Capacity: 850 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Slip Space Drive: x6,160
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950kmh
Hull: 6D
Sensors
- Passive: 40/1D
- Scan: 80/2D
- Search: 120/3D
- Focus: 4/4D
Weapons
- 2 MAC Guns
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 5
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 1-30/70/150km
Rate of fire: 1/3
Damage: 12D
- 26 Oversized Archer Missile Pods
- Fire Arc: 14 forward, 6 port, 6 starboard
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 2-12/30/60
Atmosphere Range: 4-24/60/120km
Ammo: 60 per pod
Damage: 2D
- 8 – 50mm Point Defense Auto Cannons
- Fire Arc: 4 forward, 2 port, 2 starboard
Crew: 2
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/9/15
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/900/1,500m
Damage: 5D
- Shiva Missile Launcher
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 2
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 2-5/30/60
Atmosphere Range: 4-10/60/120km
Ammo: 3
Damage: 11D
Description: The Diligence-class destroyer was a class of destroyers in service with the UNSC Navy.
The Colonial Military Administration originally used this class of ships as peacekeeping vessels. They were obsolete before the Human-Covenant war began in 2525, but were pulled from storage and retrofitted for action against the Covenant. This retrofitting would lead the to the ships being reclassified as destroyers.
One Diligence-class ship, UNSC Kronstadt, led a successful assault on the planet Heian