The Imperial Avenger-class Grand Cruiser is a very old class of warship, a gun boat designed as a line-breaker during a time when the Imperial Navy's tactics were much different from what they are today. This class was used in a fairly simple way: squadrons of Avenger-class Grand Cruisers would deploy behind a screen of Escorts or Light Cruisers while closing with the enemy fleet, then accelerate to maximum speed and race into the heart of the enemy fleet. Once there, it would sit in place and use its massive number of heavy broadside weapons batteries to trade barrages at point-blank range. The Avenger would also take severe damage from its foes in the process, but its big batteries could out-shoot most enemies at close quarters. When using Avengers, an Imperial battlefleet's tactical pla