Assault Frigate (Taiidan)

This is the article on the Taiidan frigate. For the Kushan adaptation, see Assault Frigate. For other uses, see Assault Frigate

Assault Frigate
Ship Information
Classification	Capital Ship
Purpose	Anti-Strike Craft
Ship Type	Frigate
RU Cost	575 RUs
Technical Information
Mass	15,000 tons
Length	86.7 metres
Acceleration	75 m/s2
Speed	325 m/s
Armaments	4 Large Mass Drivers 2 Plasma Bomb Launchers
Usage
Eras	Homeworld Era Cataclysm Era
Affiliation	Taiidan Empire Taiidan Imperialist Faction Taiidan Republic

The Assault Frigate is the mainstray frigate of the Taiidan Empire.

Background

It serves as the workhorse of the Taiidan Imperial Fleet and is used to destroy strike craft wings. They are wherever the Taiidan Empire is, serving often as law-enforcement patrols. Formidable, armed with four mass driver turrets and two plasma bomb launchers, the Kudaark can take on almost any strike craft patrol and several Capital Ship types, though it is often escorted by a few fighters to ensure its safety.

The Kudaark was named by Fleet Intelligence after a desert burrower on the desert world Kharak. The burrower, which possesses several spines along its nose as well as tough claws, bears an obvious similarity to the Taiidan frigate who in groups of three are often deployed to burst through enemy formations using their forward turrets. When an enemy charges straight on towards a Kudaark, whether beast or ship, they are not likely to live to regret it.

Like most frigates the Kudaark possesses a sizeable crew and can act for weeks on end by itself without losing any of its battle-readiness or combat efficiency.

Trivia

• In the Homeworld: Cataclysm manual, it is referred to as a Kudaark-class Assault Frigate.

Appearances

• Homeworld
• Homeworld: Cataclysm

References

Taiidan Ships
Fighters	Scout	Interceptor	Attack Bomber	Defender	Defense Fighter		Cruise Missile
Corvettes	Light Corvette	Heavy Corvette	Salvage Corvette	Repair Corvette	Multi-Gun Corvette	Minelayer Corvette	Ambassador Corvette
Frigates	Assault Frigate		Support Frigate		Ion Cannon Frigate		Field Frigate
Super Capital Ships	Destroyer		Missile Destroyer		Carrier		Heavy Cruiser
Space Stations	Research Station				Nomad Moon
Non-Combat Ships	Resource Collector		Resource Controller		Colony Ship		Probe
	Research Ship		Gravity Generator		Cloak Generator		Sensors Array
Superweapons	Low Orbit Atmosphere Deprivation Weapon