Wildcat class

The Wildcat class was a Lyran starship class, launched in the late 23rd century and continued to serve in the Lyran fleet throughout the 24th century.

As work proceeded on the first dreadnought, the Lyrans started to work on a conversion that would not reduce the number of Lions yet still produce heavier hulls. The result was the Wildcat-class ship, designated a battlecruiser. Larger than competing cruisers but smaller than a true dreadnought, the Wildcat was an amolay resulting from the need to get as many heavy units in service as possible. The Wildcat was sometimes regarded as a dreadnought, but it was in fact a cruiser. When compared to late 23rd century cruiser production, it was then considered a dreadnought by default. ( video game: )

The Wildcat class was to the Lyrans what the was to the Klingons: a once-heavy cruiser that was downrated as technology advanced. By the 2380s the Wildcat was only a battlecruiser in name. Compared to more modern ships, the Wildcat was a medium cruiser at best, made to command squadrons of Tiger-class cruisers.

Brianna Reiss was given temporary command of the Atreides, a Wildcat-class ship, for what was supposed to be a suicide attack on a Kzinti outpost.