Vindication-class light battleship

Name: Vindication-class light battleship
Craft: UNSC Vindication-class light battleship
Type: light battleship
Scale: capital
Length: 1,580 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 4,758; skeleton: 243/+10
Passengers: 6,750
Cargo Capacity: 135,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Slip Space Drive: x6.16
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950kmh
Hull: 9D
Shields: 4D
Sensors

• Passive: 80/1D+2
• Scan: 160/2D+2
• Search: 240/3D+2
• Focus: 8/4D+2

Weapons

• Point-defense guns

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 0; Automated
Scale: starfighter
Skill: Automated: Starship Gunnery: 4D
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-12/24/48
Damage: 2D+2

Description: The Vindication-class light battleship is a heavy warship employed by the UNSC Navy in the post-war era.

Operational History

Several ships of this class were part of Battlegroup Dakota and attacked Mantle's Approach during the Ur-Didact's attack on Earth in 2557.

Source:

• Halo Wiki: Vindication-class light battleship
• thedemonapostle

Author's Note:

• It seems very out of the ordinary for the UNSC to create a ship of this size and only arm it with Point-defense guns. It is possible that this ship has the standard heavier weapon associated with its size: MAC Guns, Archer Missiles, Shiva Nuclear Missiles, etc.