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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 [[Escort]]s for many of these duties. | 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 [[Escort]]s 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. | |
− | 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 === | ||
+ | ''[[Merchant Ship]]:'' | ||
+ | # [[Type A class Free Trader]] | ||
+ | ## [[Beowulf class Free Trader]] | ||
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+ | === Ship Summary List === | ||
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+ | === Image Repository === | ||
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== Representative Types == | == Representative Types == |
Revision as of 00:58, 4 March 2019
Capital Ship Combatants | Escort Combatants | Military Smallcraft | Support Ships | |||||||
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Battleship | Cruiser | Carrier | Destroyer | Escort | Frigate | System Defense Boat | Fighter | Assault Transport | Smallcraft | Auxiliaries |
Commercial Mercantile Ships | Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships | Non-Commercial Ships | Civilian Smallcraft | Highports & Satellites | ||||||
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Merchant | Liner | Transport | Commercial Industrial | Commercial Ships | General | Research | Private | Auxiliary | Orbital Complexes |
Satellites |
A Frigate is a class of ships smaller than a Cruiser and with even lighter armament.
- It is a starship supraclass.
- The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:
- Starship User Types
- Ships by Function
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Basic Ship Classifications
- Speed of Travel
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.
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:
Supraclass Archtypes
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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.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Ship Summary List
No information yet available.
Image Repository
No information yet available.
Representative Types
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References and contributors
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science