Vengeance (Lancer-class)


Vengeance
Production information
Manufacturer:	Kuat Drive Yards
Model:	Lancer-class frigate
Class:	Frigate
Cost:	Approx. 4,760,000 ICs
Technical specifications
Length:	250 meters
Beam:	57 meters
Height:	60 meters
Max acceleration:	4 MGLTs
Max speed (space):	20 MGLT
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 1 Backup Class 15
Shielding:	576 SBD
Hull:	304 RU
Navigation system:	Navigation computer equipped
Armament:	AG-2G quad laser cannons (20)
Complement:	Shuttles (2)
Crew:	810
Passengers:	40 troops
Cargo capacity:	300 metric tons
Consumables:	1 week
Usage
Role(s):	Anti-starfighter frigate
Era(s):	Rebellion Era New Republic Era New Jedi Order Era Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era
Affiliation:	Clan Taldryan
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Vessel Info

A Lancer-class Frigate at its core is an anti-starfighter warship. While capital ships such as Imperial Star Destroyers were unmatched in firepower against other capital ships, they were often victim to a Rebel Alliance tactic called "Trench Run Disease" - a tactic involving snubfighters flying close to capital ships and delivering payloads to sensitive equipment. With the vast majority of a capital ship's weapons being dedicated to fighting other capital ships, there were scant few weapons available to deal with enemy starfighters. The 250 meter long Lancer Frigate is equipped with twenty quad laser turrets and fast engines making it excellent for starfighter hunting, but cannot go head-to-head with capital ships.

Lancers were considered to be too expensive during the Rebellion times, but made a resurgence in the Imperial Remnant to follow and even the New Republic Defense Fleet. In the Yuuzhan Vong War, the New Republic put many of the Lancer-class frigates into use against enemy coralskippers.

History

The need for more specific anti-starfighter ships was apparent to Taldryan for some time, and following the Fleet Modernization Acts we made sure to fix that. The Fury and Vengeance stand in Battlegroup Vanguard as a line between incoming attackers and the leading capital ships. While we have a large enough fighter and bomber contingent to do the same, these ships allow us to send out more offensive forces against opposing capital ships.