The Saladin was the Destroyer version of the Hermes class scout. The
class was 50% more powerful than the similarly sized Larson class. The
Saladin was often deployed in Destroyer groups to hunt down enemy shipping.
These groups were frequently led by a Cygnus class command ship.
A number of vessels of this class were refitted to an experimental
configuration with a neck mounted deflector dish, instead of the original
that was mounted below the primary hull. This modification improved
reliability of the deflector system, but did not affect combat performance.
This modification was also made to some Hermes class Scouts, and the
remaining Cygnus class Couriers.
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