Confederation Destroyer

The Confederation Destroyer is a fictional starship in the Wing Commander (franchise) series. It was deployed by the Terran Confederation and first appeared in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) and again in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996).

AbOUT

Despite being an aging design, it is still a starship not to be reckoned with. Such destroyers have three laser turrets and at least one anti-matter gun, if equipped. It can take on some of the largest starships, and is capable of launching capship missiles.

The most notable examples of the Confederation Destroyers were the TCS Sheffield'' and theTCS Coventry''. These two vessels, along with a Confederation Cruiser supported the TCS Victory in 2669 during the entire course of Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger. Both ships were part of Destroyer Squadron 67. However, TCS Coventry was hit by a mine during the activation of the TCS Behemoth in the Loki System. The mine killed six crew members and severely injured Jason Bondarevsky, who commanded the vessel at the time. However, the vessel survived. Both vessels were present at the Confed fleet in the Freya System during the Temblor Bomb attack on Kilrah in that same year.

It is unknown what became of the two destroyers after the Kilrathi War ended, but Sheffield-class Destroyers were still in service during the Black Lance Crisis of 2673. The Terran Confederation and the Union of Border Worlds used such vessels while fighting each other on the frontier.

Classification

This ship has been officially classified as Southampton class. This was clarified in the manual "Star*Soldier" for Wing Commander: Arena.