List of fictional spaceborne heavy cruisers
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Military science fiction is rife with huge fleets of combat starships plying the galaxy, engaging each other in titanic exchanges of missile and laser fire. While there are many different types of these vessels, a commonly seen class is the heavy cruiser. In some universes, heavy cruisers seem to represent the pinnacle of naval shipbuilding, serving as the heavy hitters and centerpieces of battle fleets (being thus more analogous to battleships). In others, they are commonly deployed as patrol and fleet support ships, or as escorts for still heavier classes of warship. In all universes, heavy cruisers are presented as large, powerful starships.
[edit] List of fictional space-borne heavy cruisers
- Marathon Class cruisers from the Halo Universe
- Star Trek: Federation Constitution-class and Sovereign-class heavy cruisers, Klingon Vor'cha-class heavy/attack cruiser
- Star Wars: Rebel Alliance/New Republic Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (various models), Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers, some texts claim Imperial Star Destroyers as heavy cruisers
- Babylon 5: EarthForce Hyperion-class heavy cruiser, Narn G'Quon-class heavy cruiser, Minbari Sharlin-class war cruiser/heavy cruiser
- Halogen-Class Behemoths from the USR Series, the Incubus, Succubus, and Anubis
- Andromeda: Systems Commonwealth Glorious Heritage-class heavy cruiser
- Wing Commander: Confederation Waterloo-class, Tallahassee-class, and Plunkett-class heavy cruisers, Kilrathi Fralthra- and Fralthi II-class heavy cruisers
- Gundam: Federation Salamis- and Alexandria-class heavy cruisers, Zeon Chivvay- and Tivvay-class heavy cruisers
- Stargate SG-1: Earth Stargate Command Prometheus (USAF 303) & Daedalus class battlecruiser (USAF 304); there are four Daedalus-class ships: the Daedalus, the Odyssey, the Korolev, and the Apollo.
- BattleTech: Star League Aegis-, Avatar-, Luxor-, and Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruisers, Free Worlds League Agamemnon-class heavy cruiser, Draconis Combine Kirishima-class heavy cruiser
- Homeworld: Both the Kushan and Taiidani races field Heavy Cruisers as the final word in offensive firepower (respectively: the Avatar and Qwaar-Jet ship classes)
- Honorverse: Star Kingdom of Manticore Prince Consort-, Crusader-, Star Knight-, Edward Saganami-, Edward Saganami-B-, and Edward Saganami-C-class heavy cruisers; People's Republic of Haven/Republic of Haven Sword- and Mars-class heavy cruisers; Protectorate of Grayson Jason Alvarez-class heavy cruiser
- Starfire: Terran Federation Majestic-, Iowa-, Bulwark-, Swiftsure-, Goeben-, and Pommern-class heavy cruisers
- Warhammer 40,000: Terminus Est, Plagueclaw, Lord Solar Macharius, Flame of Purity, Duke Lurstophan, Abridal's Glory, Merciless Death, Fortress of Agony etc. (Note that, in Warhammer 40,000, the "Heavy Cruisers" fielded by Chaos fleets are roughly equivalent to the "Battlecruisers" fielded by Imperial fleets. Also, unlike other science fiction genres, the "Heavy" and "Battle-" designation means a "Cruiser" with a heavier armament; Warhammer 40,000 does have a "Battleship" class which are all much more powerful and heavily-armed/armoured than cruisers.)
This is only a partial listing. There are many other vessels in science fiction which, while not specifically designated as heavy cruisers, are of a tonnage and armament to fall within that category, and many others that are classified as such but are given no class name.
