In Kingship, Captain James Sumerville takes over the exploration cruiser Endeavor and reviews how its armament compares with his previous destroyer command. The cruiser has two additional missile tubes in each broadside and three plasma-cannon turrets of a heavier caliber. It also carries two flak cannons that were absent from the original design. Their success in the fictional war with China prompted a rapid change to new space-warship construction, allowing Endeavor to receive them before leaving the shipyard.
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Kingship: combat experience changes an exploration cruiser's armament
Endeavor enters service with flak cannons added during construction because recent fighting changed the fictional navy's armament policy.