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Science fiction of a military orientation 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. 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.
List of fictional spaceborne heavy cruisers
- Star Trek: Federation Constitution-class heavy cruiser, Klingon Vor'cha-class heavy/attack cruiser
- Star Wars: Rebel Alliance/New Republic Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (various models)
- Babylon 5: EarthForce Hyperion-class heavy cruiser, Narn G'Quon-class heavy cruiser
- Andromeda: 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
- Stargate SG-1: Earth Stargate Command Prometheus (ostensibly)
- 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
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.
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