====== Battle Class Frigate ======

This interstellar warship is designed for interstellar patrol,
strike, and convoy escort operations. Built with a 3,000-ton
(SM +9) streamlined hull, it offers a well-balanced design
whose drive drive provides enough thrust to take
off or land on an Earth-sized planet. 

The standard imperial light warship, the backbone of the ability to protect lesser systems.

Front Hull System
   * [1-2] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 80).
   * [3] Habitat (1 luxury cabin, 4 cabins, 7 bunkrooms, four-bed sickbay, Minifac fabricator, gym,shooting range).
   * [4] Medium Battery (with three fixed mount 32cm missile launchers).
   * [5] Hangar bay(100 ton capacity)
   * [6] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 10).
   * [core] Control Room (C8 computer, comm/sensor 8, six control stations).*
Central Hull System
   * [1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 40).
   * [2!] Major Battery (1 GJ UV laser turret).
   * [3-4!] Stardrive Engines (FTL-1 each).
   * [5!] Major Battery (1 GJ UV laser turret).
   * [6] Engine Room (two workspaces).
Rear Hull System
   * [1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 40).
   * [2-4!] Hot reactionless Engines (2G acceleration each).
   * [5] Defensive ECM.
   * [6,core] Fusion Power Plant (two Power Points each).

The usual complement manning
the vessel are six bridge crew (captain, pilot, navigator/sensor operator,
two missile gunners/sensor operators, chief engineer), a medic, two
turret gunners, and two technicians.
A second shift are often carried, and
the ship is usually also be assigned a
squad-sized marine boarding party

===== Battle(S) =====
About 25 000 Battle-class frigates have been upgraded with a basic shield and new drives. This conversion removes the Hot reactionless Engines and add one Super Reactionless Engine, a force screen and a 150 ton hold.

^TL^ Spacecraft ^dHP ^Hnd/SR^ HT ^Move ^LWt.^ Load^ SM^ Occ^ dDR^Spd^ Cost^Prod/Inv^
|10|[[Battle-class]] |100(70) |-1/5 |13 |6G/c| 3,000  |100| +9 |38ASV |60/30/30| 2x |$387M|0/201k|
|10/11|[[Battle-class#Battle(S)]] |100(70) |-1/5 |13 |10G/c| 3,000  |250| +9 |38ASV |60/30/30 +1000| 2x |$437M|5k/25k|