Havana Destroyer

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The Havana is the earliest type of destroyer that still sees service with the UCMF, having first seen combat during humanity's skirmishes with the Shaltari in pre-Scourge times. Created in an age when torpedoes were used as a ship's primary weapon, the Havana has since fallen out of favor with the UCM's admiralty - mass drivers were seen as a more reliable weapon, especially when considering the tendency of torpedoes to overkill their targets. To compound matters, the UCM also deemed that torpedoes should be reserved only for the largest of vessels in the years leading to the Reconquest, essentially causing construction of the Havana to cease.

The few specimens that remain, however, are highly prized by modern UCM commanders. The Havana is capable of punching far above its weight class, making it a cost-efficient threat that cannot be ignored by enemy ships. Some well-publicised success stories of Havanas in action have even led the UCM to commission a torpedo-focused battlecruiser, the Rome, though it's unclear if this will lead to the aging destroyer being brought back into production.