Firestorm Frigate

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Firestorm Class Frigate^[1]

The Firestorm Class Frigate is a Imperial ship design used by the Imperial Navy and Basilikon Astra.^[6]

Overview

The Firestorm is a variant of the Sword Class Frigate, designed to link the speed and manoeuvrability of an escort, with the bite of a lance vessel. The systems utilized to power the Sword's laser weapons battery have been reconfigured to power the single prow-mounted lance of the Firestorm.^[1]

A Firestorm Frigate^[5]

It is not uncommon to see a squadron of Firestorms supporting independent squadrons of Swords and Cobra Class Destroyers. In situations like these, it falls to the Firestorms to deal damage to capital ships, and rival escorts once the other two classes have lowered the enemy's shields. Firestorm Class Frigates are often seen fighting alongside Space Marine formations.^[1] Pirate fleets are known to operate Firestorm Frigates as well.^[3]

Technical Specifications

• Dimensions: 1.8 km long, 0.3 km abeam at fins (approx)^[7]
• Mass: 6 megatonnes (approx)^[7]
• Crew: 25,000 crew (approx)^[7]
• Acceleration: 4.4 gravities maximum sustainable acceleration^[7]

Notable Firestorm Squadrons

• Costa Barbarus Patrol^[1]
• Gold Squadron
• Lexus Squadron^[1]
• Novem Squadron^[2]
• Patrol Group Erinyes^[1]

Notable individual ships include the Celaeno, the Sabre^[4], the Mourningstar, and Cape Wrath.

Images

Space Fleet Firestorm Cruiser^[8]

Sources

This article or article section is based on information from a Fanatic Press publication such as Fanatic Magazine or one of its predecessors (e.g. The Citadel Journal, Necromunda Magazine, etc.). These publications regularly featured articles submitted by hobbyists, and as such, their content may or may not be in contradiction to established background lore.

• 1: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pg. 113
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign, pg. 39
• 3: Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 7, pgs. 18–23 ^{Fanatic Press}
• 4: Rogue Trader Core Rulebook, pg. 202
• 5: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game)
• 6: Fanatic Online #92 - Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus, by Nate Montes, Robert Henderson, and Ray Bell.
• 7: Rogue Trader: Into the Storm, pg. 152
• 8: Space Fleet - Imperial Fleet Index