Frigate
A EF-class Frigates are a class of ships smaller than a Cruiser and with even lighter armament.
- The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
- It is a starship supraclass.
Library Data Referral Tree
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- FTL
- Light Speed (c)
- Light-week (lw)
- Light-year (ly)
- NAFAL (STL)
- Parsec (pc)
Description (Specifications)
Frigates are smaller than 10,000 tons, with most in the 1,000 to 2,000 ton range. Frigates mount only turret weapons, no spinal or bay mounted weapons. Frigates also lack the drive (acceleration and jump) capabilities of true warships.
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Escort Combatants (Secondary) - The Lightcraft Hierarchy
A number of smallcraft and ACS combatants exist:
- Smallcraft (F or U) (0 to 99 tons)
- Bigcraft (W or Other) (100 or larger tons)
- Escort (E) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Destroyer (D) (2,500 or larger tons)
Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)
A Frigate's primary mission is a defensive role. Providing extra security for merchant ships against pirates and light raiders. The frigate generally mounts enough firepower to defeat most armed merchants, but not enough to threaten a Cruiser or similar warship. Unlike an Escort, which is expected to be able to at least assist in combat with larger warships, most frigates are not.
The lack of firepower, drive capability, and generally armor, makes the frigates less expensive to build and maintain than warships, so they can be built and maintained in large numbers. Their ubiquity lends them to being applied to other missions, including piracy suppression, raiding, and ground support missions.
Lightcraft Hierarchy
Supraclass Roles
Frigates typically serve the following roles:
- Ambush Frigate (EFA)
- Commerce Protection Vessel (H)
- Corvette (EC)
- Escort Frigate (EF)
- Fast Escort (EFF)
- Fast Frigate (EFF)
- Fleet Escort (EFE)
- Frigate (EF) (Namesake)
- Heavy Frigate (EF)
- Light Frigate (EF)
- Medium Frigate (EF)
- Missile Frigate (EFT)
- Multipurpose Frigate (EFE)
- Patrol Frigate (EFT)
- Patrol Skiff (EFT)
- Patrol Vessel (ECT)
- Sloop (ES)
- Sloop of War (ES)
Supraclass Archetypes
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History & Background (Dossier)
Many interstellar polities outside of the Imperium use Frigates for internal security missions, feeling that full warships are not needed for policing duties. The Imperial Navy uses Escorts for many of these duties.
Major Frigate Classes: A Frigate in the Royal Caledonian Navy is the equivalent of a "Cruiser" in Imperial parlance, and fills the Cruiser role. They are listed under Cruisers.
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Ship Summary List
Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science