EA Sagittarius Missile Cruiser

Class:Sagittarius
Type:Missile Cruiser
Length:800 meters [?]
Mass:UNKNOWN
Crew:UNKNOWN
Troop:UNKNOWN
Fighter:UNKNOWN
Power:UNKNOWN
Duration:UNKNOWN
Weapon:None
Defense:UNKNOWN

Lightly shielded, long range bombardment ships, armed with high yield missiles that can deliver a pounding to even the largest battleships. Used correctly, a Sagittarius can slaughter slower vessels, but will likely not survive long in a direct confrontation. Weaponry too slow to hit fighters.

This ship was a medium ranged firepower platform. It replaced the Sagittarius-A's Type S Missile Racks with Type L's. A combination of superior launchers and missiles enables the Sagittarius-b to range to 450km, 600km with dedicated long ranged missiles. Due to a combination of factors including logistics strain, vulnerability of the stored missiles and poor performance against the Dilgar, the type was phased out of service, with the last of the type falling at the Battle of the Line. The Dilgar doctrine for dealing with this vessel was a swarm of Thorun fighters to attempt to cause a magazine explosion. This specific model was first in service in 2225 and had a 2.93G acceleration. The firepower of the ship was in missiles with only token amounts of direct fire weapons, and those are intended for defensive uses. The reactor was rated at 1300MW. The ship carries 240 standard missiles including reloads, sufficient for a half hour of fire at normal rates.

After the Earth-Minbari War EarthForce began a rebuilding program centered on the new Omega class. During the years it took to get the destroyers up and running the EA built updated versions of the prewar designs of ships such as the Hyperion, Olympus and Sagittarius. Since none of the Sagittarius class missile cruisers had survived the war, EF decides to rename the new ships as the Phoenix class Missile Cruiser. Developments in weapons technology allowed the Sagittarius hull to upgraded with the new MkII Interceptors as well as additional antifighters weapons. Some of the other perceived weaknesses in the Sagittarius where glossed over by the application of heavier armor to several critical systems.