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Escorts (also known as Frigates or Destroyers) are a classification of combat space vessel. Escorts are the smallest craft in use but come in the largest numbers, providing support in defence of larger ships. The most common duties of Escort-class vessels are patrol, reconnaissance, convoy protection, raiding, and picketing. In combat Escorts have a short life expediency but will swarm larger vessels.[6]
Types
Imperial
Imperial Escort-class ships are generally 1-2km in length.[6]
- Turbulent Class Heavy Frigate[5]
- Invictor Class Heavy Frigate
- Sword Class Frigate
- Firestorm Class Frigate
- Tempest Class Frigate[1]
- Havoc Class Frigate
- Cobra Class Destroyer
- Falchion Class Escort
- Claymore Class Corvette[5]
- Viper Class Support Sloop[7]
Other
Space Marines
- Nova Frigate
- Gladius Frigate
- Azkaellon Class Frigate
- Hunter Destroyer
- Rapid Strike vessel[2]
- Wrath Hammer Class Escort
- Tiamat Class Destroyer
Chaos
Eldar
Dark Eldar
- Corsair Escort
- Talon Cyriix Class Frigate
- Venom Blade Class Frigate
- Immortality Denied Class Destroyer
- Sigil Class Destroyer
Orks
Necrons
Tyranids
Tau
Allies
General
These are ships that are used by many races in one form or another
Sources
- 1: Rogue Trader Rulebook, pg. 195
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2010.11.20)
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign:
- 4: Battlefleet Gothic Armada:
- 5: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 27
- 6: The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination, pg. 15
- 7: War Zone Nachmund: Rift War, pg. 31 - Forces of the Imperium
