of both the Turgran and Human Empires. By the 2640s both were prepared to embard on a full AG warship. The
Human Empire managed to steal a rare lead on the Turgran Imperium , launching the destroyer HMS Avenger in 2649.
Avenger was a revolution in warship design. No rotational hull, the pressure hull was a simple six deck "brick".
In place of the spherical fuel tanks used by the Humans or the toroidal tanks used by the Turgrans, the Avenger had
four large "plug and go" tanks. The tank structure equalled the rest of the ship, making them highly damage resistant.
Avenger's drive systems were evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The repellor was a six spine model capable
of accelerating the ship at 75 standard gees, while the sextuple sail allowed an FTL speed of 300 x c.
The ship had 78 heavy missile tubes, carrying the Alvan-1 missile. twelve 90 GW gamma ray laser cannon were mounted,
while point defence was provided by eight octuple launchers.
