Magnatar - Class Cruiser
A dedicated electronic warfare cruiser of the Republic of Miasi. The magnatar class, like all miasi cruisers, is fast but lightly armoured.It can jam enemy radars, evade fire, intercept communications, hack into enemy systems and so on.
It also features a large amount of CIWS lasers to destroy incomming enemy missiles. These are effective but are the only non ewar armament of the ship. It is not as well armoured as similar ships of the same faction and size.
Powered by a large and advanced fusion drive, the magnatar class can operate for a long time and over large distances.
These are usually kept behind the armed ships because of its lack of armament and armour. They are instead used for support purposes, making it easier for the mainline ships to break the enemy formation.
They normally however use softkill methods against missiles because they operate at longer range. This class of support cruiser was designed after a doctrine change that disrupts the communication and therefore organisation of the enemy force. It was not initially going to come with jamming and missile softkill interception, but these were added in after it became apparent that the engineers building it were well under budget. Because it messes with their radar, the Alti Emperor targets these before other ships usually.
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