Firestorm Class Fr

Fr-15-05 Firestorm Class
The Firestorm class was Quantum Industries first attempt to make a “fleet frigate”. Previous frigate designs were designed to be the backbone of the fleet and would often perform in roles outside the frigate role. As such they were larger with a higher focus on armour and shielding. The “fleet frigates” would move away from this role and be given the role of escort, patrol and support.

With this new role, the Firestorm class featured a heavy emphasis on anti-fighter weaponry. This resulted in the ship receiving 12x 50mm gatling mag cannon turrets (6 per side). The ship would also feature a variety of other weapons that it would be able to use against larger enemy ships. The frigate retained the hanger bay first developed on the Majestic class allowing the ship to house 1x fighter/bomber. However, the ship also featured an upper landing deck as well as a connection ports on each side for more ships to be docked. Finally, the ship was much lighter than the previous frigates allowing about 2 firestorm class frigates to be produced for 1 Sovereign/Majestic class.

The Firestorm would be seen as the jack of all trades frigate having comparable/better features than all contemporary designs. The only noticeable weakness of the ship was its inability to go into gravity wells stronger than 0.5G.