An older class of battleship, designed by the British in the early 24th Century, with only ten units left and used as training vessels or in museums. Its six triple-turrets use old 500mm mass drivers and the Vnaguard also sports bow and aft mounted laser cannons. As the ship was designed before the creation of energy deflector technology, its only protection is its tough durasteel armor plate coated with anti-laser reflective material. Twelve Ion Thrust Engines provide 60 Gs of thrust.

Notable Vanguard Class Ships

CSV Victory
The flagship of Athene Leonidis in the Battle of Canaan, and prior to this the flagship of Sir Reginald Winston during the end of the Second Saurian War. Its command bridge was destroyed by enemy fire during the Battle of Canaan and General Leonidis was among the dead. Removed from active service, it now resides in orbit over Canaan as a War Memorial.