Category:Cruisers

A cruiser is a type of warship whose role was intentionally designed for indepedence and variety, according to ship and navy, often including fighter defense, offensive combat, commerce raiding and bombardment.

Cruier ​Type
The class is broken down into seven sub-type classes:

Battlecruisers
With an armament and size similar to the battleship, these crafts are meant ot act independent of a fleet, to be fast, powerfully-armed vessels which would be able to hunt down and mop up enemy cruisers and armored cruisers with overwhelming fire superiority was needed.

Light Cruisers
A small, fast cruiser to carry only light armor, but the speed of a destroyer with half the weapons of a battleship. These 'light armored cruisers' began to occupy the traditional cruiser role once it became clear that the battlecruiser squadrons were required to operate with the battle fleet.

Flotilla L​eaders
These light cruisers were built specifically to act as the leaders of flotillas of destroyers, with enchanced command and control systems along with the top of the line sensor suits.

Auxiliary Cruisers
These were merchant ship that could be hastily armed with small guns on the outbreak of war. Auxiliary cruisers were used to fill gaps in their long-range lines or provide escort for other cargo ships, although they generally proved to be useless in this role because of their low speed, feeble firepower and lack of armor.

Heavy Cruisers
The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser designed for long range, high speed and an armament heavy weaponry. The down-side of their speed and armaments meant heavy cruisers were not ideal for long-term deployment or independent activity.

Flak Cruisers
Cruisers armed with high-angle guns with appropriate fire-control equipment to provide larger warships with protection against fighters.

Carrier Cruisers
These cruisers were technically light cruisers with the weaponry of a destroyer, however they had the ability to launch small fighter wings. This allowed much larger carriers to remain safely with heavily armed fleets while carrier cruisers could carry fighters for raiding missions or scouting missions.