Tristar-class cruiser

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The Tristar-class cruiser was a common medium fleet starship in the fictional Robotech universe, one of the few classes of vessel that was shared between both the Robotech Expeditionary Force and the Army of the Southern Cross. The class leader, UES Tristar, was Major General Rolf Emerson's flagship during the Second Robotech War, and was destroyed when she rammed a Robotech Masters' Mothership.

The class was phased out of the REF's space fleets by the early 2040s, replaced by the Garfish-class light cruisers and Shimakaze-class battlecruisers.

Tristar, like most capital ships of its era, resembled a large submarine and was designed to be based on a planet, so its size is only a little greater than that of an oceanic aircraft carrier. Its primary weapons are retracted into the hull to minimize drag on ascent, and to lower the risk of catastrophic damage on descent.