Krearallach - Class Destroyer

A small, very low tech class of destroyer of one nation of the Iraran Harkas. 

The Krearallach - class is one of the most produced military ships in the system. Though relatively lightly armoured, it is fast (relatively speaking) and with powerful armament. They are about 150m long, which the HF would not classify as a starship. Some nations are upgrading some of their Krearallachs with radar technology which would allow them to fire at very distant targets outside of visual range for the first time in their history. Though it has a respectable Δv, it needs to return to it's home base frequently to refuel as the inefficient chemical propulsion rockets require a lot of chemical fuel. 

The ship has proven its value in combat many times, although it is an ageing design. It has a number of torpedo launchers to engage larger ships like battleships. Its primary armament consists of 4 rows of 20mm cannons designed to have a high fire rate and create many small holes in enemy starships to depressurize them. However, as some subspecies of harkas can survive vacuum conditions, a secondary ammo type is a form of armour piercing fragmentation warhead that can shower a crew compartment with fragments. These often ricochet as well, but this ammo type is less effective in creating holes (they pierce less armour than dedicated AP rounds). Some nations target the ship instead of the crew, making use of a high explosive round. These nations often fire these types of rounds at enemy weapon systems, causing a chain reaction of unfired ammunition stowed within the weapon itself. This is likely to cripple the ship, or most of its firepower ability. These nations usually capture the crew after the battle.

However, the Krearallach - Class is notably poor at frontal battle, and largely prefers to broadside an enemy force.