Protector-class Cruisers of the most common configuration are, as standard, armed and equipped with a set of prow, port and starboard Railgun batteries, a prow-mounted Gravitic Launcher and Deflector Shield, a prow launch bay capable of holding up to two squadrons of Barracudas and Mantas, three defensive turrets mounted around their hulls, and standard Tau ship gravitic shielding.