Heavy Frigates



Heavy frigate

Ship Classification of the United Stars of the Galaxies - Hull number designation HFR

Former and now discontinued classifications of this type of ship was Pocket Battleship (PB) and Sub-Battleship (SB)

The latest development of the Karthanians before becoming Union members was a battle ship based on stolen Terran battleship designs from before the  Uniform Design doctrine of the Union.

The Karthanians built seven of these 1400 m ships and updated the tech.

After the Karthanians joined and gained access to the most recent Union Tech, they further upgraded all systems and came up with a well designed and

useful ship. It was decided to order 25,000 with the option to extend the contract.

Several other ship manufacturers also presented ships of that size and the HFR type was made official.

The role of the HFR was somewhat less defined at first, but is now used by Fleet Command mostly in fringe region enforcement and pirate hunting.

HFRs can often be found on anti raid missions, shipping line patrols (outside of established comtinuous Union space