Tempest-class Strike Frigate

The Tempest-class Strike Frigate is a specialised frigate produced in the Calixis Sector and surrounding sectors. It trades long ranged firepower for heavy, short-ranged broadsides designed to devastate enemies at "knife-fight" distances. To get to those distances, Tempests have triple-armoured prows and boosted drives, and often carry assault boats and large complements of ratings for boarding actions. These larger quarters and hanger bays have been found very useful for other, more commercial purposes as well.

Dimensions

 * Hull - Escort
 * Class - Tempest-class
 * Dimensions - Approximately 1.5 kilometres long, 0.4 kilometres at fins.
 * Mass - Approximately 6.1 megatonnes
 * Crew - Approximately 30,5000 crew
 * Acceleration - 4.7 gravities max sustainable acceleration