Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Andromeda's glass-cannon destroyers and fleet balance

Andromeda's missile destroyers expose a gap between the firepower a fleet depends on and the protection available to deliver it.

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Question

Are the ship classes in Andromeda Ascendant balanced?

Short answer

Not fully; the cruisers and frigates work, but missile destroyers are too fragile for a doctrine that relies on them delivering massed stand-off fire.

Notes

Andromeda's cruisers and frigates receive a favourable assessment, but its missile destroyers are considered too vulnerable for their central place in fleet doctrine. The plan depends on those destroyers standing off and firing large missile salvos. More Glorious Heritage-class ships could close with the enemy and hold its attention, giving the destroyers cover. Alternatively, the destroyers would need to fight more effectively themselves. The Nietzschean fleet is judged a more balanced force.