A EF-class Frigates are a class of ships smaller than a Cruiser and with even lighter armament.
Library Data Referral Tree[edit]
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
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.
Image Repository[edit]
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Escort Combatants (Secondary) - The Lightcraft Hierarchy[edit]
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)
- Brig (EB) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Close Escort (EC) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Frigate (EF) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Corvette (EG) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Sloop (ES) (100 to 2,499 tons)
- Destroyer (D) (2,500 or larger tons)
Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)[edit]
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[edit]
- Smallcraft
- Corvette
- Close Escort
- Frigate
- Escort
- Destroyer
Supraclass Roles[edit]
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[edit]
EF-class Frigate Supraclass Archetypes
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
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.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
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Ship Summary List[edit]
Some of the most commonly used vessels in this role or these roles include:
43 Representative Frigate (EF) Classes
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Class | Superclass | Tons | Category | TL | Origin | Jump | G | Image | Canon |
Class | Superclass | Tons | Category | TL | Origin | Jump | G | Image | Canon |
Accel class Light Frigate | EF | 1,500 | ACS | 13 | Darrian Confederation | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Callus Heart class Fleet Escort | EFE | 6,800 | BCS | 12 | Federation of Alsas | 3 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Chaiik class Frigate | EF | 800 | ACS | 11 | Sath Alliance | 2 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Delta Max class Fleet Escort | EFE | 20,000 | ACS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Draper class Frigate | EF | 700 | ACS | 11 | Saldazar Security Squadron | 2 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Dredlezhdr class Fleet Escort | EFE | 10,000 | BCS | 14 | Zhodani Consulate | 3 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Ejdle class Fleet Escort | EFE | 10,000 | | 14 | Zhodani | 2 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Ghost class Frigate | EF | 1,000 | ACS | 14 | Katowice Conquest | 4 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Gvurrnakhth class Fleet Escort | EFE | 5,000 | BCS | 12 | Vargr Extents | 2 | 3 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Idris class Frigate | EF | 239 | ACS | 10 | Bain Defense Squadron | 1 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Ietlzhdrzhdrkre class Fleet Escort | EFE | 8,000 | ACS | 14 | Zhodani Consulate | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Iron Boot class Fleet Escort | EFE | 9,000 | BCS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | KE10 Rapacious class Fleet Escort | EFE | 1,000 | ACS | 10 | Korsumug Empire | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | KE11 Ancestor class Frigate | EF | 1,100 | ACS | 10 | Korsumug Empire | 1 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Kinunir class Vanguard Cruiser | EF | 1,200 | ACS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | Yes | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Last Armada class Fast Escort | EF | 1,200 | ACS | 11 | Last Armada | 2 | 5 | No | Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Leedos class Frigate | EF | 1200 | ACS | 11 | Yimin Jiti | 2 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Mangle class Frigate | EF | 1,000 | | 12 | Old Worlds Navy | 3 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Maurus class Frigate | EF | 6,000 | | 13 | Council of Leh Perash | 4 | 5 | {{{illustration}}} | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Montgomery class Frigate | EF | 2,800 | BCS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Musuna class Frigate | EF | 2,000 | ACS | 11 | High Senate | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Naga class Frigate | EF | 600 | ACS | 12 | Sudi Verisian Navy | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Nevato class Frigate | EF | 2,400 | | 15 | Solomani Confederation | 4 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Nonsuch class Patrol Frigate | EF | 2,500 | | 11 | Lon Mardos Defense Forces | 2 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Nowa Sol class Frigate | EF | 1,100 | | 9 | Third Imperium | 1 | 1 | {{{illustration}}} | | Oorlog Jacht class Frigate | EF | 2,500 | | 12 | Anubian Trade Coalition | 3 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Pilum class Frigate | EF | 1,200 | | 11 | Third Imperium | 2 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Plasma Storm class Frigate | EF | 6,000 | | 12 | The Protectorate | 3 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Revenge War Sloop class Corvette | EF | 400 | | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | {{{illustration}}} | | Rr'xighik'ker class Frigate | EF | 5,000 | BCS | 13 | Two Thousand Worlds | 1 | 3 | No | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | S-17r class Frigate | EF | 6,300 | | 13 | Talokan Armed Forces | 4 | 2 | {{{illustration}}} | | Sardis class Frigate | EF | 9,000 | | 14 | Federation of Heron | 2 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Se Koez class Frigate | EFV | 800 | ACS | X | Vargr Extents | X | X | No | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Surprise class Light Frigate | EF | 1,910 | | 13 | Darrian Confederation | 4 | 5 | {{{illustration}}} | | Taranil class Patrol Frigate | EF | 1,600 | ACS | 10 | Maujen Defense Bureau | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | TC10 Kalsop class Frigate | EF | 1,000 | | 11 | Trooles Confederation | 2 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Type 053H Xiamen class Frigate | EF | 4,000 | ACS | 13 | Sindalian Empire | 4 | 5 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Type EF class Fleet Escort | EFE | X | | X | Third Imperium | X | X | No | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Type G class Frigate | EF | 1,000 | ACS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 6 | Yes | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Type VF class Frigate | EFV | 800 | ACS | X | Vargr Extents | X | X | No | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Uxkoong class Frigate | EF | 7,500 | | 13 | K'kree | 3 | 1 | {{{illustration}}} | | Yubari class Frigate | EF | 2,000 | | 9 | Third Imperium | 1 | 6 | {{{illustration}}} | | Zuugalish class Fleet Escort | EFE | 3,300 | | 13 | Zuugabish Tripartite | 4 | 3 | {{{illustration}}} | |
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10 Representative Fleet Escort (EFE) Classes
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Class | Superclass | Tons | Category | TL | Origin | Jump | G | Image | Canon |
Class | Superclass | Tons | Category | TL | Origin | Jump | G | Image | Canon |
Callus Heart class Fleet Escort | EFE | 6,800 | BCS | 12 | Federation of Alsas | 3 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Delta Max class Fleet Escort | EFE | 20,000 | ACS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Dredlezhdr class Fleet Escort | EFE | 10,000 | BCS | 14 | Zhodani Consulate | 3 | 6 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Ejdle class Fleet Escort | EFE | 10,000 | | 14 | Zhodani | 2 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Gvurrnakhth class Fleet Escort | EFE | 5,000 | BCS | 12 | Vargr Extents | 2 | 3 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Ietlzhdrzhdrkre class Fleet Escort | EFE | 8,000 | ACS | 14 | Zhodani Consulate | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Iron Boot class Fleet Escort | EFE | 9,000 | BCS | 15 | Third Imperium | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | KE10 Rapacious class Fleet Escort | EFE | 1,000 | ACS | 10 | Korsumug Empire | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Type EF class Fleet Escort | EFE | X | | X | Third Imperium | X | X | No | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Zuugalish class Fleet Escort | EFE | 3,300 | | 13 | Zuugabish Tripartite | 4 | 3 | {{{illustration}}} | |
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