Glacier-class heavy cruiser

The Glacier-class heavy cruiser is a heavy cruiser designed by for the Ectanus Command. Utilising the same hull as the UNSC's Autumn-class heavy cruiser, the Glacier-class is an improvement over the Autumn's base systems, although its high production cost and tedious construction methods have limited the amount of hulls ordered for the Ectanus Naval Command. Ordered due to rising tensions in the Outer Colonies between the Glasslands Defence Initiative and the Free Systems Pact, they are still undergoing fabrication at SinoViet and Sentinel Systems orbital yards across the territory of the Ectanus Command.
==Layout==
The Glacier-class began life as a planned refit for the Ectanus Military Forces' numerous Autumn-class cruisers. However, several years of development and a rapidly-expanding frontline against Covenant remnant forces attempting to enter the Glasslands would spurn the creation of a completely new design, meant to incorporate new technological advancements and equipment. As such, the actual refit conducted on the Autumns would be on a smaller scale, with the planned modifications turned into an entirely new vessel based on the hull of the Autumn-class.
The main changes would be the complete removal of the bridge, the expansion of the Autumn's small cyber-ops centre to accommodate the bridge crew, the installation of a second MAC system, and the complete overhaul of all avionics and sensor systems on board. These upgrades, whilst significantly increasing the capabilities of the vessel, would render any planned refit of the Ectanus Military Forces' multiple Autumn-class heavy cruisers impracticable - it would also skyrocket the price for a single unit to such an extent that of the original build plan of thirty-six, only twelve would be ordered.
==Roles and Tactics==
==Specifications==
===Propulsion and Powerplant===
===Armament ===
===Armour and Superstructure===
===Sensors and Countermeasures===
===Ground and Space Complement===
== Operational History ==
=== Development ===
==Ships of the Line ==
Name 	Hull Classification Symbol	Laid Down	Status 	Notes
Block I
The first block of the Glacier-class heavy cruisers, currently under construction. Assigned hull codes CA-34-CA-45.	Block I
The first block of the Glacier-class heavy cruisers, currently under construction. Assigned hull codes CA-34-CA-45.	Block I
The first block of the Glacier-class heavy cruisers, currently under construction. Assigned hull codes CA-34-CA-45.	Block I
The first block of the Glacier-class heavy cruisers, currently under construction. Assigned hull codes CA-34-CA-45.	Block I
The first block of the Glacier-class heavy cruisers, currently under construction. Assigned hull codes CA-34-CA-45.
Glacier 	CA-34 	2567 	Fitting out 	Under construction at SinoViet's New Palermo Slipway #3.
Avalanche 	CA-35 	2567 	Fitting out 	Under construction at SinoViet's New Palermo Slipway #4.
Nathan Andrea 	CA-36 	2567 	Under construction	Under construction at SinoViet's New Palermo Slipway #5.
Buccaneer 	CA-37 	2568 	Under construction	Under construction at SinoViet's Gateway Slipway #1.
Bay of Sapphires	CA-38 	2568 	Under construction	Under construction at SinoViet's Franconia Slipway #4.
Teenage Dirtbag 	CA-39 	2568 	Under construction	Under construction at Sentinel Systems' Hugh Evans Slipway.
Devonport 	CA-40 	2569 	Under construction	Under construction at Sentinel Systems' Gillian Kaufmann Slipway.
Eminent Domain 	CA-41 	2569 	Under construction	Under construction at SinoViet's Daytona Slipway #1.
Resolution 	CA-42 	2569 	Under construction	Under construction at SinoViet's Daytona Slipway #2.
Wizard of Oz 	CA-43 	N/A 	Ordered 	Scheduled for SinoViet's Gateway Slipway #2.
Oldenburg 	CA-44 	N/A 	Ordered 	Scheduled for Sentinel Systems' Albert Rousseau Slipway.
Walls of Troy 	CA-45 	N/A 	Ordered 	Scheduled for SinoViet's New Palermo Slipway #3.