DOSSIER ENTRY SHIP: AP-430 "Thresher" Core Destroyer CLASS: Cruiser (Destroyer) STRENGTHS: ---- Greatly efficient as anti-battleship unit. WEAKNESSES: ---- Poor performance against heavier vessels of the same class. COMPLEMENT: 120 DESCRIPTION
When the Core first started to operate in the Edge Worlds, they encountered unexpected hardships - even the most advanced Hammerheads were unable to survive in such a hostile environment. Because of the enormous potential profits, they invested into developing a new Destroyer-class ship. The first capital ships of the Core, the Thresher class destroyers were first constructed under contract by Deep Space Engineering in their Liberty shipyards. However, once the Core established their own construction facilities, production of these ships became exclusive to Core shipyards, hidden deep within the Omega and Omicron systems and produced by AP Manufacturing. With their new destroyers, the Core felt much more confident among their Nomad, Corsair and Order enemies, being able to hunt Nomads and even fulfil bounty contracts (as BHG Core) against the Corsairs in the most remote parts of known space.
Though the Thresher class destroyers have undergone numerous refits and modifications since they were first produced, they remain in service as agile and flexible support ships, a role at which they excel.