Torpedo Storage: 78 in launchers, 280 in storageĬredit to Joggsy for giving my Halcyon some TLC love. However, the class did survive to fight in Operation: TREBUCHET.
Though its longevity was thrown into question early on. Main article: Insurrection 2493 saw the creation of the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser. Turret slots: 1-4.5x4.5 Coaxial, 8-2x2's, 20-1x1's Posted: (3 days ago) The UNSC cruiser is a type of starship in service with the UNSC Navy. As a result, they were pulled out of the dockyards and refitted up to modern standards, and proved to be one of the most powerful ships at the UNSC's disposal. They would be saved from certain scrapping with the arrival of the Covenant, with their complicated superstructure actually allowing them to survive far longer than their replacements against their quarry's exotic weaponry.
Notable only for its unusually-strong honeycomb superstructure, the Halcyon's advantages would prove too limiting and it would be quickly replaced by its successor, the Marathon-class heavy cruiser. Originally shot down by the UNSC on the grounds for its lack of tactical viability, the Halcyon would be mocked for being the slowest, most underarmed and underpowered cruiser developed in the twenty-sixth century. The Halcyon-class light cruiser was a distinguished class of light cruisers which saw service in the Insurrection and later the Human-Covenant War.
