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The '''Niteroi class''' of [[Cruiser|Light Cruisers]] are slightly larger and older than the [[Prince of Wales-class|Prince of Wales class]]. They do not carry any [[Fusion Cannon]]s, but make up for it by mounting two [[Particle Beam]] cannons, a system normally found only on larger warships. In terms of numbers of weapons, the Niteroi is lightly armed (fox example, carrying only four [[Lance Torpedo]] launch tubes), but each individual weapon is generally slightly larger and more powerful than usual for a ship of this size, including two squadrons of [[:Category:Small Craft#starfighersStarfighters|starfighersstarfighters]], two 1<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">½</span>-meter [[Chemlaser]]s and a 2<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">½</span>-meter [[Grav Laser]], a weapon usually mounted only on warshpis [[Battlecruiser|battlecruiser]]-sized or larger. Many observers feel these ships should have been classified by size and armament as Heavy Cruisers, and were only called Light Cruisers to get the funding for them pushed through the [[Earth Federation|Earth Federation's]] Senate during the economic downturn following the [[2nd Civil War|Second Civil War]]. These ships are unofficially known as the "suburb class."
==Known Ships==
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