Credit to Dllama4 for the Mk 15 Phalanx guns, Mk 44 single-cell VLS tubes, and the Mk 45 Mod 4 5/62 cal guns.

VTOL + Trim for Mk 45. Throttle + Yaw to steer. Pitch + Yaw to aim Mk 15 Phalanx and Mk 46 autocannons. VTOL to aim Mk 32 torpedo tubes. (1) for Mk 45, (2-3) for Mk 15, (4-5) for Mk 46 autocannons, and (6-7) for Mk 32.

The Endurance-class DDG is a Paternian multimission destroyer, with extensive anti-ship, anti-aircraft, and anti-submarine capabilities. While the Paternian Navy was satisfied with the Kamehameha-class CG, they were less so with the California-class DDG. Simply put, they believed she was too big to be a destroyer. While the California is considered a potent and cost-effective multi-mission warship, the Paternian Navy wanted something more cost effective.

The solution came in the form of the Endurance-class DDG, a warship with much of the capabilities of the California, but with much reduced size and thus cost. Fast, agile, and powerfully-armed, the Endurance-class DDG promises to provide the Paternian Navy with unparalleled naval authority.

Her main armament is the 70 VLS tubes in two 35-tube magazines in the bow and amidships. These tubes can either be the single-cell Mk 44 VLS tube or the quad-cell Mk 56 VLS tube. The Mk 44 is capable of hosting large munitions such as the RIM-156A Standard (SM-2), RIM-161 Standard-3 (SM-3), and RIM-174 ERAM (SM-6) anti-aircraft missiles with secondary anti-ship capabilities, the RUM-139 VL-ASROC anti-submarine ballistic missiles, and the potent RGM-290C HSLAM, RGM-290D HSLAM-II, and RGM-335 HSLAM-III multi-mission surface strike missiles.

The Mk 56 is capable of hosting a respectable amount of munitions, such as the RIM-162 ESSM, RUM-168 VL-ATROC anti-torpedo ballistic missile, and the RGM-114O VL-Hellfire missile.

The warship also has a potent array of other ordnance, such as the Mk 32 triple torpedo launcher, capable of firing 3 Mk 46, Mk 50, or Mk 54 fire and forget anti-submarine torpedoes, the Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, the Mk 46 pedestal-mounted 30mm revolver cannon for close-in defense against small craft, M2 Browning Machine Guns (not fitted to save on part count), and the 5-inch/62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 dual-purpose cannon.

Firepower is not her only attribute; she features the Aegis Combat System, whose electronics include the SPY-1 Radar, three AN/SPG-63 targeting radars, and the standard host of navigation and gun fire control radars. She also is fitted with a powerful active sonar array and a sensitive passive sonar system capable of picking up submerged diesel-electric submarines running on battery power. She is also fitted with various decoys to counter anti-ship missiles and torpedoes.

Her reach is furthered by the presence of hangar facilities for two SH-90A Lynx ASW helicopters and a helipad. The helicopters are capable of employing light anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons in addition to surface and air radar, magnetic anomaly detectors, and dipping sonar.

With a crew of 270 and a displacement of 9,000 tons, their size is modest for the firepower and capabilities she brings. And at the lean price of $715M per ship, they are certainly worthwhile investments, and a must-have for any naval power that wants to be relevant in both today's battlefield, and that of the future.