- Game version
- V0.203.115
Stats:
Reactor Blocks: 1499
Thrust Ratio: 5 / Max Speed: 607.9 (when inherit thrust is active)
Shield Cap: 330,275
Recharge after upkeep: 1789
Weapons:
Sniper Cannon (2 groups) Total Blocks: 855
Lock one Missile Turret (light)
Specials Features:
- Anti-lock
- Automatic Thruster reconfiguration based on ship speed
- Before use, set thrusters to inherent thrusts, and ensure thrust priority is set behind shields, cannons and FTL. Ship reactor will run hot while firing and under thrust by deign.
Lore:
The Magnum Class Frigate was developed by Utopia co. secretly under the direct guidance of Peace Corps Admiral Mino Mathdra in the year 9983. The secret project had taken 4 years and was meant to further capitalize on the effective hit and run strategy of the Titan Class Cruisers. After countless sorties against the Vanguard the Peace corps knew that speed and focusing to avoid damage was far more effective than absorbing it. The Titan Class did this very well, which allowed the ship to devote more resources towards weapons.
Admiral Mino felt that the Peace Corps could develop and ever more effective platform for this tactic if they included anti-lock stealth, high speed, and Maximum range weapons. Mino offered a contract to both Utopia and Artemis Inc, promising to purchase from the company that produced the best design. Artemis Inc produced the Falcon Class Corvette, a ship that failed miserably in the categories of firepower and shielding and armoring. The Falcon class did however have full cloak, and impressive GBU-01 Thruster modules. The Peace Corps however ended up picking the more powerful, and more reliable Magnum Class Frigate produced by Utopia inc. Artemis inc ended up filing a grievance with the Terran colony high court, saying that the Magnum Class designs included identical thruster designs as those owned by Artimis inc.
Artemis Inc case was dismissed and only a few prototype Falcon Class corvettes were ever produced. In comparison hundreds of Mangum Class Frigates were produced and were used as very effective long-range ambush support from the Guild wars to present. During it's time in service it developed a reputation of being very difficult to destroy. Capt Dire Wolf of the Wolf Pack pirate faction famously said that the only time a Magnum Class frigate could be destroyed in battle was if it were flown by an incompetent pilot.
Less than a year after the Peace Corp fielded the Magnum Class, The Wolf Pack faction became the first faction to develop and use cloaking tech, which was the most effective counter to the magnum class.
