Kugalth-class battlecruiser
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Production information
Manufacturer:	Bregfess Ucacress Shipyards
Model:	Kugalth
Class:	Cruiser
Operator(s):	Hegemony Navy Hegemony Slaver Corps Joint Crusader Navy
Preceded by:	Ka'hairal-class
Technical information
Length:	800m
Width:	100m
Height/depth:	191m
Max acceleration:	14 kilometers per second
Engine unit(s):	Element Zero Drive Core
Power plant:	3 Element Zero drive cores
Shielding:	Kinetic Barrier
Hull:	1200cm of Arma'kef Ablative Heavy Armor
Sensor systems:	LIDAR Radar Spectroscope
Targetting system:	Shipwide VI
Armament:	10 GARDIAN 1500 cruise missile 750 port side 750 starboard side 30 defense guns 15 port side 15 starboard side 2 bow Generation IIF MAC
Crew:	6,000
Skeleton crew:	3,000
Usage
Commissioned:	September 17, 2047 CE
Decommissioned:	February 20, 2198 CE (in the Hegemony Navy) September 5, 2203 CE (in the Covenant Navy)
Role(s):	Engage larger capital ships
Era:	Asari Cycle Pax Galactica Era Human Cycle Reformation Era
Engagements:	Adek slave revolt Enael conflict Camala slave revolt Aratoht uprisings War for Cholis Skyllian Blitz Skyllian Cold War Pelaan raids Reaper War Hegemony slave wars Second Skyllian Cold War Border War
Affiliation:	Hegemony Navy (2047 CE - 2198 CE) Joint Crusader Navy (2198 CE - 2203 CE)

The Kugalth-class battlecruiser was a classification of cruiser that served in the Hegemony Navy from 2047 CE to 2198 CE, and was the successor to the Ka'hairal-class. A habit of the batarian hegemony is often to allow its vessels to continue serving even if they're obsolete to save on costs, which was the case of the Kugalth-class, the class which was already rendered obsolete by the turian Trifecta-class heavy cruiser. Whilst the class possessed a considerable arsenal of weaponry, its armor was easily penetrated by GARDIAN batteries, and its effectiveness against heavy cruisers was nill when mobility on most heavy cruisers was far superior to battlecruisers. Also, by 2047 CE, every major Council military had phased battlecruisers out of service due to this lack of mobility. Despite this, the Kugalth-class was quickly utilized as a symbol of the Hegemony Navy's might, with the government often deploying them to pacify rebellious Hegemony colonies or revolting slave worlds, and thus became the staple of the batarian navy, and the most numerous capital ship in their fleets. Most of them were destroyed during the Reaper War, but the batarians were able to build up a significant portion of them before the Border War broke out. After the war, and as per the Treaty of Elysium, the new batarian navy was significantly downsized, with the Systems Coalition forcibly decommissioning the Kugalth-class, restricting the new defense fleet to ships no more higher in weight than frigates. The Kugalth-class continued to serve in the Holy Covenant Navy after the end of the Border War, but was eventually replaced by the newer Ocrolya-class heavy cruiser.

The ship is named after the Battle of Kugalth, a battle of dubious historical authenticity that is detailed in the Epic of Kugalth and Braknor, an extremely popular batarian epic dating back to the 30th Century BCE.