Venger class cruiser

The “VENGER” CLASS FAST ATTACK CRUISER was Your Agency’s principle light attack space vessel at the end of the Expansion Period and was used extensively into the Fencepost Period.

The Venger was the heir to Your Agency’s Christian class cruiser which had performed so admirably during the Aphrophine Conflict against Blue Agency. The ships were manufactured almost exclusively by Adina Works, the famed shipbuilder headquartered at Barnard II.

Vengers continued to be employed during the Fencepost Period, initially for extraplanetary defense and policing. Occasionally, they were used as first-strike attack craft, deployed by larger carriers.

Though its use as a tactical war solution was effective, the Venger was not successful as a major deterrent. The technological glitches that had hindered the early Blue Agency battleships from becoming major threats had been overcome, and the bigger ships with heavier weapons were becoming the lynchpin of most sky-battle strategy by the beginning Fencepost Era.

The developing arms race between the agencies was dampened by the appearance of the Reticulan presence, whose influence tended to deter open war between the agencies.

The Venger ship, easily adapted to policing became one of the most used armed vessels of the Fencepost Period. And its manufacturer Adina Works Ltd., boasted in promotional materials that every single authority in Your Agency had at least one Venger cruiser in its fleet. The real number was never above half that – though the figure is still a testament to the Venger’s effectiveness in local defense and policing.

Over 240 Venger attack cruisers were commissioned. At least 20 are still in active use, with their original ID number, by various local security forces across all three agencies.