Light Cruisers

Introduction
An upgrade of the Destroyer.

Advantages
Light Cruisers are notable for their increased firepower when compared to Destroyers, dealing more than double the damage of a destroyer while only requiring 7 leadership points. This makes them very good as fire support platforms which deal out large amounts of damage. Their medium jump speed also allows for faster system jumps which would give enemy players less time to react when mass jumping into a system as part of an alliance attack. They also have high health and have 9 base armor, meaning that should they come under attack, they should not melt when attacked by an enemy of equal force. Their large number of weapon and component slots allow for a lot of customization.

Disadvantages
Light Cruisers are expensive and take a long time to build. They also are quite slow and make movement of fleets inside a system very boring/time consuming.

"Rupturer" Light Cruiser

The Rupturer is the Kraken version of the Light Cruiser. With a good amount of strength, it is a good idea to have one or two in your fleet. These do not have customizable templates and are only obtained by the Kraken event, Boosts that let you build Kraken ships and fixing your station.

"Poseidon" Light Cruiser"

The Poseidon light cruiser is another Kraken ship, an upgraded version of the Rupturer. It currently is the best gold ship in the game.