Autumn-class cruiser

The Autumn-class (C98H) of heavy cruisers is the UNSC Navy's first class of cruisers designed for the post-war environment. Autumn and her sister ships are manufactured by to specifications of the retrofitted -class light cruiser , of which the lead ship is named after.
Slated to replace the aging -class beginning in 2555 on a 3:1 basis to bolster the Navy's cruiser strength, these multi-role warships wield their power to conduct fleet command-and-control, anti-air defense, and independent long-range scouting. Highly mobile Carrier Strike Groups place Autumn-class cruisers as the nucleus of their escort force. The colonial flagship, Infinity (ASVK-1), is rarely seen without a complement of a half dozen or more of these ships. Autumn (CA-221), the lead ship in her class, was commissioned on November 9th, 2554. 33 completed ships have since been delivered to the UNSC Navy over 39 months in the largest Navy shipbuilding project since the war. Production continues on 12 hulls to Flight IIB specifications, and 2 hulls of the upcoming Flight IIIA. The UNSC plans to acquire a minimum 65 ships of the Autumn-class until 2563.
These cruisers introduced the layered defense scheme in the Navy, with new ships equipped with advanced Titanium battle plating (armored) and/or energy shielding (protected); the Autumn-class is hardened with a dual armored-protected system.
==Characteristics==
===Roles===
Per the 2507 Fleet Ships Role Alignment and Reclassification project (FSRAR), cruisers are defined as follows:
The Autumn-class was built from the keel-up to accommodate a wide array of air defense weaponry to cover a formation's core ships with complete coverage against enemy fighters, boarding vessels, and other small craft. In the air defense role, Autumn and her sister ships are able to position themselves with considerable range from the core ship, typically a carrier, large cruiser, or arsenal ship, and with their complement of missiles, cover the formation against incoming fire in a stand-off capacity without risk befalling her or accompanying vessels. Close-in defense procedures highlight the class's layered defense scheme of gun and missile defense batteries and its armored-protection system. Positioning itself anywhere from 1.5 to 3 kilometers from the core ship, the Autumn-class dispatches incoming aircraft and munitions with direct fire from its close-in weapon systems (CIWS) mounts, large-caliber dual-purpose guns, and point defense missiles. As most of the Fleet is still susceptible to energy weapons, these cruisers may place themselves before other ships allowing its energy shielding to disperse the effects of , , and weaponry commonplace on warships of the and .
===Design and construction===
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==Ships in class==
UC — Under construction
PCU — Undergoing trials; Pre-commissioning Unit
===Autumn group (Flight IA)===
*UNSC Autumn (CA-221) — Cruiser Division 11, Fast Carrier Battle Force
*UNSC Leviathan (CA-222)
*UNSC Incheon (CA-223)
*UNSC Mawikizi (CA-224)
*UNSC Euclid's Anvil (CA-225) — Carrier Strike Group 29
===Haikou group (Flight IB)===
*UNSC Haikou (CA-226)
*UNSC Song of the East (CA-227) — Cruiser Division 3, Fast Carrier Battle Force
*UNSC Bourgeois (CA-228) — Carrier Strike Group 76
*UNSC Dawn Under Heaven (CA-229)
*UNSC Into The New World (CA-230) — Cruiser Division 3, Fast Carrier Battle Force
*UNSC Solar Sailor (CA-231)
*UNSC Bellerophon (CA-232)
*UNSC Queen Anne's Revenge (CA-233)
*UNSC Long Beach (CA-234) — Cruiser Division 11, Fast Carrier Battle Force
===Stanforth group (Flight IC)===
*UNSC Stanforth (CA-235)
*UNSC Potemkin (CA-236)
*UNSC Run Devil Run (CA-237) — Cruiser Division 11, Fast Carrier Battle Force
*UNSC Mikuma (CA-238) — Cruiser Division 11, Fast Carrier Battle Force
*UNSC Immigrant Song (CA-239)
*UNSC Jeanne d'Arc (CA-240)
*UNSC Princess of Sargasso (CA-241)
*UNSC Yorktown (CA-242)
*UNSC Renown (CA-243)
===Singapore group (Flight IIA)===
*UNSC Singapore (CA-244)
*PCU — UNSC Long Night Moon (CA-245)
===Whitcomb group (Flight IIB)===
*UNSC Whitcomb (CA-246)
*UNSC Marathon (CA-247)
*UNSC Canberra (CA-248)
*UNSC Sophrosyne (CA-249)
*PCU — UNSC Stone (CA-250)
*PCU — UNSC Decatur (CA-251)
*UNSC Wyv Auh Chu (CA-252)
*PCU — UNSC Sunsin (CA-253)
*UC — UNSC Agathos (CA-254)
*UC — UNSC Saraswati (CA-255)
*UC — UNSC Rilakkuma (CA-256)
*UC — UNSC Karila (CA-257)
*UC — UNSC Norfolk (CA-258)
*UC — UNSC Prinz Eugen (CA-259)
*UC — UNSC Chervona Ukrayina (CA-260)
*UC — UNSC Sibuyan (CA-261)
*UC — UNSC Mare Erythraeum (CA-262)
*UC — UNSC Tiananmen (CA-263)
*UC — UNSC De Zeven Provinciën (CA-264)
*UC — UNSC Skopje (CA-265)
===Flight IIIA===
*UC — UNSC Shenzhou (CA-266)
*UC — UNSC Immortalité (CA-267)
Category:Canon Expansions
Category:Cruiser classes
Category:UNSC Ship Classes