Falchion Escort
The Falchion Class Escort is loosely based on the Endeavour, Endurance, and Defiant classes of light cruiser. The vessel itself is a product of the Voss Forgeworld and was designed to fulfil a similar role as the Sword Class Frigate. It is an escort ship and as such is individually weak and therefore operates paired with 3 or 4 ships; sometimes up to six ships are grouped together in a single squadron.1 The patterns operational successes have tended to be in a defensive, rather than offensive, role where it is used to clear ordinance threats to the more ponderous capital ships, however in a stand up fight it simply cannot compete with the damage potential of the much more widespread Sword Class Frigate that is found in most fleets.
The Falchion has a small weapons battery and a single torpedo tube. It also has a shield generator and turret array for protection.1
Notable Falchion Class squadrons include:
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