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Line Combatants (Primary - Capital)				Escort Combatants (Secondary - Subcapital)				Military Auxiliary (Tertiary)
B- Battleship	C- Cruiser	O- Ortillery	V- Carrier	D- Destroyer	E- Escort	F- Fighter	H- Defense/Security	I- Combat Transport	Q- Combat Support	S- Scout	U- Utility	X- Commo	Z- Special

Mercantile Commercial Ships (Trade & Profit)				Non-Mercantile Commercial Ships (Industry & Profit)					Non-Commercial Ships (Nonprofit)			System Craft (Intrastellar)
A- Tramp	M- Freighter	R- Liner	T- Transport	G- Industrial	J- Prospector	K- Expedition	P- Corsair	U- Utility	L- Science	N- Medical	Y- Private	WB- Barge	WA- Satellite	WO- Space Station

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.

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

Starship User Types

Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)

Basic Ship Classifications

Ships by Function
- Bigcraft
- Boat
- Capital Ship
- Largecraft
- Non-starship
- Smallcraft
- Spaceplane
- Spaceship
- Starship
- Subcapital Ship
- Subcraft
- System Craft
- Warship

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.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

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 (EFE)
Fleet Escort (EFE)
Frigate (EF) (Namesake)
Heavy Frigate (EF)
Light Frigate (EF)
Medium Frigate (EF)
Missile Frigate (EFT)
Patrol Frigate (EFT)
Patrol Skiff (EFT)
Patrol Vessel (ECT)
Sloop (ES)
Sloop of War (ES)

Supraclass Archtypes

No information yet available.

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

Merchant Ship:

Type A class Free Trader
1. Beowulf class Free Trader

Ship Summary List

4 Representative Frigate (EF) Classes

Class	Mission Code	TL	Tons	Jump	G	Origin	Canon	Quick ship profile
Class	Mission Code	TL	Tons	Jump	G	Origin	Canon	Quick ship profile
Chaiik class Frigate	EF	11	800	2	6	Sath Alliance	No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.	TBD
Leedos class Frigate	EF	11	1,200	2	6	Yimin Jiti	No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.	FG-MS62
Musuna class Frigate	EF	11	2,000	2	2	High Senate	No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.	TBD
Taranil class Patrol Frigate	EF	10	1,600	1	1	Maujen Defense Bureau	No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design.	TBD

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T5 Core Rules
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Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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-** [[Subcraft]]
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-** [[Ship Type Code]] / [[Superclass]]
-** [[Ship Class Code]] / [[Class]]
-** Model ([[TL]])
-** Bloc (Lot)
-* [[Ship Classification|Basic Ship Classifications]]
-** [[Adventure Class Ship]]
-** [[Battle Class Ship]]
-** [[Fleet Class Ship]]
-** [[Size-Role Classification]]
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