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    AIN Barboros, Frigate 1.0

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    v0.200.334
    DISCLAIMER: Early staging of AIN. Common theme; almost all turrets are from Gmodism due to the fact they make very diverse and good-looking turrets. This includes alot of the hull mounted weapons. Later creations will have my own stuff. These ships are my first attempts at "larger" creations with the new power system so things might look wonky here and there.
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    The pirates have been on the back foot with the creation and use of the Pyrrhic, resulting in a fading need to be on the defense. High Command has made this clear and wants to begin strikes on key pirate outposts in local space. Battlegroups of Pyrrhic were sent on expeditions but it was soon discovered that they do no possess the firepower to crack the thick shielding and armor of the pirate bases. Few casualties were sustained but it was made clear the Pyrrhic would never have a role beyond lightweight pirate chasing and defensive formations within a larger fleet.

    ARD has been assigned to fix this. After redesigning the Pyrrhic hull (elongating and generally making it bigger) the corvette classification turned into a frigate classification. The Barboros was born.
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    Mounting with more guns than before, this includes 4 more double barreled cannons, 3 more anti missile arrays and a much higher velocity rail gun (cannon instead of missile), the Barboros has become the new pack leader of AIN punitive raids where the aging Bronco Cruiser once excelled.
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    AntonSokolav
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    There's a lot of room for improvement. As is she is good as a PD ship, nothing more. Maybe can fend off an Isanth or two. Definitely not a frigate, more like a very small corvette.

    Design-wise she's basically a quickly and crudely welded hull for some leftover turrets from other ships. No design put into the ship herself, no work put into making her look like a proper ship, not just some barely compatible parts put together. Actually if I were youI'd reassemble her from scratch instead of trying to improve this hull.

    Why 3 stars? She's working with new power - first and second star. She has a function (maybe not the function you chose for her - but still...) - third star.
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    ARD pumps out fresh designs relatively quickly. Yes, sometimes they literally weld fresh metal slabs onto engines and strap guns and tell the people its a ship. The Leviathan was described literally as such. As time goes on, and my skill at shipbuilding increases, ARD will also get better at producing ships of higher caliber.