Paris-class heavy frigate

Paris-class
Class attributes
Identification:	Hull classification symbol: FFG
Operators:	UNSC Navy
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
In service:	2523-present
General characteristics Type: Frigate Length: 535 meters (1,755 ft) Width: 199 meters (652 ft) Mass: 1.3 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Fusion drive (2 primary, 6 secondary) Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Crew: Around 600 personnel (total crew and complement) Complement: D77 Pelican dropships GA-TL1 Longswords Hull: 60cm Titanium-A armor Armaments: 1 light 65P8V1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 3 M2475 Shiva nuclear missile silos 26 M58 Archer missile pods 12 M870 Rampart point defense guns 12 M2950 Harpoon nuclear missile silos Air facilities: One primary hangar bay located in the lower mast of the ship

"We're a Paris group, ma'am. All guns, no talk."

— Commander Ivan Jiron, commander of Battle Group Omega.

The Paris-class heavy frigate is a classification of fleet escort ship in service with the UNSC Navy. The ship was introduced only two years prior to the outbreak of the Human-Covenant War, but was considered extremely effective on a tonne-for-tonne basis—resulting in it rapidly becoming one of the most-constructed ships in the navy by the war's end. The Paris saw notable employment in the final battles of the war—the Fall of Reach and the Battle for Earth.

Overview

A Paris-class heavy frigate being taken apart, partially showing the ship's internal structure.

Design details

The Paris follows a design lineage established with its forebears, the Charon-class light