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It is designed to engage enemies in short-range fights; it is designed with less ranged firepower than other frigates and equipped instead with short-range broadsides, [[assault boat]]s and complements of troops for boardingsboarding actions. In order to get near to the enemy ships without suffering much damage, its prow is triple-armoured and its [[plasma drives drive]]s are boosted.{{Fn|1}}

Since all those features require a lot of space, it a ''Tempest'' is larger than a [[Sword Class Frigate|''Sword'' Class Frigate]] and its components can be rearranged to suit commercial purposes.{{Fn|1}}

Compared to a ''Sword Class Frigates''-class, they ''Tempests'' are less manoeuvrable and they do not match their turret rating, nor their detection systems. However , they benefit from a stronger hull integrity and armour.{{Fn|1}}