Salamis-class Cruiser

The original Salamis-class cruisers saw extensive action through out many battles under the Old Earth Sphere's Federation government. After the Invasion very few remained but their production lines were still intact, and once again the ship was mass produced in obscene numbers. But unlike previous production runs, this run would see two version of the ship produced.

A Type
The A type was at the time considered a failed design at the time it was first developed. Ships of this type were mothballed or converted into the later B type. During the invasion the mothballed ships were brought back on line to fill the rapidly dwindling numbers of the defense fleets. It was during this time that the design proved to be very dangerous to the invading ships, with its assortment of missiles and rockets being able to cause considerable amount of damage to their hulls once the beam weapons finished off the shields.

Its weapon systems also found it fairly easy to screen the invaders droid fighter craft when working in tight clusters. It was because of this performance that the design was once again brought back into the Navy and its typically grouped with other A Types and/or B Types.

B Type
The B type was the last design, besides special units, of the Salamis before the Invasion. As such this ship was the most numerous when the invaders arrived. The ship functioned well in numbers and when paired with larger ships. Their ability to carry Mobile Suits gave them even greater range of capabilities that previous models did not have. This type is always grouped up with other B Types and/or A Types.

Formation
A typical formation of just these types would be 6 B Types with 4 A Types.