Kushiel/Aeshma Class Frigate [Legacy] 0.199.535

The Kushiel/Aeshma evolved out of a refit program for the Malakhim/Luvart class of light frigates. The result was a ship that no longer fitted into it's cost, mass and to a lesser extent, role. This necessitated a new name and refocusing of it's purpose.



Like it's predecessor it's a speedy, lightly armored and well armed ship designed with pack hunting, skirmishing and escort work in mind. Unlike the Malakhim/Luvart it's weapons are 100% direct fire (no missiles) and utilize a wide variety of cannon and beam systems to achieve strong block and shield damage. Along with it's main DPS turret, it sports 4 ventral/dorsal mounted single axis alpha beam turrets which perform equally well against shields as well as blocks. It can tear apart opponents significantly larger than itself so long as it's not the main focus of an enemy's attacks or their weapons fail to adequately track it (a frequent occurence).



It's thrust to mass ratio and top speed is slightly inferior to it's predecessor though the loss is minimal for the gains in damage achieved. Full overdrive passives have been added. Shields have also been slightly improved over the Malakhim/Luvart.



Equipped with Atheu's VFS-VoidDrive