Stalwart-class light frigate: Difference between revisions

The '''''Stalwart''-class light frigate''' is an [[Frigate|escort ship]] type in service with the [[UNSC Navy]]. Manufactured by [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]], these frigates are designated with the [[Hull classification symbol|hull code]] '''FFG'''.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} The ''Stalwart'' class are used primarily in [[fleet]] escort duties, providing screens for larger [[capital ship]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|evg76}} Designed with planetary defense in mind, ''Stalwart'' frigates have proven successful due to their superb balance between fleet support and troop transportation.{{Ref/Reuse|universe frigate}}

===Hull and propulsion===

The ''Stalwart''-class light frigate is one of the smaller classes of [[frigate]] in service with the [[UNSC Navy]], at 478 meters in length with a mass of 0.93 million metric tons.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} ''Stalwart''-class frigates are protected by a sixty centimeter-thick hull of [[titanium-A armor]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} These [[warship]]s are equipped with an active phased sensor array built into the ship's hull. The [[bridge]] of the ''Stalwart'' frigate has its own life support that will function even if the rest of the ship is crippled.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} Extremely mobile,{{Ref/Reuse|evg76}} the ''Stalwart'' class is outfitted with two [[Fusion drive|OKB Karman 56K fusion drives]] for sublight travel. The ''Stalwart'' is equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Starwerx FTL-290C]], a slipspace drive featuring a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#CODEN series|Series IV CODEN]] field generator.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}