Styxx-Class Assault Cruiser

The Styxx-Class Assault Cruiser is the primary fighting vessel of the the Singulus Navy. The ship is noted for having an "All-Missile" armament.

Creation and Function
The ISA 's surprise counter attack on the Singulus navy during the Invasion came as shock to Singulus planners who were not aware the humans could rally an effective response so quickly. Singulus battlegroups were severely damaged or outright destroyed by the more heavily armed Forge-class crusiers employed by the colonial fleets. Learning from this mistake, the Singulus comitted to a dedicated attack cruiser, despite internal objections from some Singulus leaders who still believed in the Singulus Mothership.

After a year of development, Singulus engineers designed a cruiser capable of holding their own in combat. The Styxx Assault Cruiser was a 5 mile long, 1 mile wide ship exclusively armed with Cripple Shock missiles. The entire top section of the ship is fitted with over two thousand missile launch cells, with missiles stacked four high in each launcher. The entire ship can launch all missiles at once, or decide to launch any number of missiles it deems necessary. Aside from this awesome arsenal, the ship is fitted with heavy armor, shields, and top of the line ion engines, allowing these ships shoot-and-scoot capability.

Weakness
While a devastating missile ship, the Styxx cruiser suffers from an array of weakness, primarily in ship-to-ship combat and antifighter defense. Despite the label "cruiser",the ship was designed to serve in a support role, firing volley after volley of missiles in support of other ships. Styxx cruisers caught in the open, or lacking suffcient support, are easy prey to bomber squadrons and destroyer groups. Usually, a Styxx cruiser is escorted by an Singulus Mothership for support. The Styxx also suffers from slow tune-out and tune-in start up as well making coordinated assaults difficult with fleets that feature these cruisers at their center.