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Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser

2018-11-26T10:10:28Z

76.254.27.168: Location of the FNS Conqueror as of Nov 25, 3304.

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The '''Farragut Battle Cruiser''' is the mainstay [[Capital Ships|capital ship]] of the [[Federation]]. Heavily armed with classified weaponry, the Farragut stretches over two kilometers long. The backbone of the [[Federal Navy]], it also forms the central core of Federal Navy Fleets.

The [[battlecruiser]] is capable of transporting and operating whole groups of [[Federal Corvette]]s, alongside housing multiple [[F63 Condor]] squadrons. It cannot be piloted by players.

== Design ==
The official The Art of Elite Dangerous art book describes the Farragut:

''"In contrast to the opulence of the Empire’s Majestic Class Interdictor, the Federation’s capital ships are brutal, practical war machines inside and out." <ref name=":0">Official The Art of Elite Dangerous art book, August 17 2016</ref>''

"''Airtight doors split the interior into many separate compartments. Grab-handles abound, as do access panels and all the paraphernalia of a military vessel. There would be no mistaking a Federal ship’s interior with an Imperial one."''<ref name=":0" />

According to [[David Braben]] ''"There will be no [[gravity]], you'll just float around. Things like magnetic boots will make getting around very easy. These would look like normal shoes with fancy technology that make them stick to the surface." "The Federal ship is a lot more Spartan, a lot more just practical warship essentially." "The Federal ship's central section, with design, one of the design briefs we've had is try to design ships with functions in mind. In the Federal ship it's utility that's important. The reason its got this central corridors is this is where ships come out of their hangars. It's to try and protect the hangars from outside. So the reason they face inward and the ships fly out you know they're already up to speed. That would be very heavily protected potentially with shields around it."'' <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-gyDLRMXg&t=219</ref>

== Specifications ==

Core Dynamics Farragut-Class Battlecruisers represent the cutting edge in military technology. A single FBC can carry several squadrons of Federal Fighters and multiple Federal Corvettes across hundreds of light years without any difficulty. These deep deployment capabilities, coupled with extraordinarily heavy firepower, practically guarantee that a single FBC will completely overpower all but the most well-equipped opponents.<ref>http://galnetarchive.blogspot.com/2015/05/core-dynamics-completes-work-on-new.html</ref>

{| class="article-table" border="1"
|-
! Name:
| Farragut
|-
! Type:
| [[Battlecruiser]]
|-
! Faction:
| [[Federation]]
|-
! Manufacturer:
| [[Core Dynamics]]
|-
! Crew:
| 7,000
|-
! Cargo Capacity:
| Classified
|-
!Firepower:
|Extraordinarily Heavy
|-
! Dimensions:
| Length: 2040m, Width: 806m, Height: 300m
|-
!Ships Carried:
|Several squadrons of Federal Fighters and multiple Federal Corvettes
|-
!Range:
|Deep deployment capabilities
|-
! Hyperspace Capability:
| Yes
|}

==Known ships==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! Name
! Last known location
! Date of sighting
! Notes
|-
|FNS Achilles
|Dhathaatrib
|Jul. 10 3304
|
|-
|FNS Agamemnon
|Nemehi
|Apr. 3, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Ajax
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|Sept. 28, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Alacrity
|Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
|Dec. 17, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Andromeda
|CC Eri
|Mar. 14, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Angelos
|Belobog
|Dec. 30, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Archer
|Canezti
|Jul. 31, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Arethusa
|Nemehi
|Feb. 3, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Argonaut
|Merope
|
|
|-
|FNS Argus
|Merope
|
|
|-
|FNS Athenos
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Aurora
|Bundena
|May 30, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Bellerophon
|Merope
|Nov. 28, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Boxer
|Merope
|Apr. 14, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Centaur
|Potriti
|Sept. 27, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Centurion
|Regulus
|Dec. 10, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Constance
|Blatrimpe
|Feb. 18, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Conquerer
|LHS 215
|Nov 25, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Courageous
|Decima
|Mar. 13, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Damocles
|Luluwala
|Aug, 4 3303
|
|-
|FNS Dauntless
|CC Eri
|Mar. 14, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Erebus
|Thunderbird
|
|
|-
|FNS Europa
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Euryalus
|HIP 46903
|Oct. 31, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Farragut
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|Sept. 22, 3302
|Class leader
|-
|FNS Fearless
|Segovan
|
|
|-
|FNS Formidable
|Duloskitoke
|Aug. 31, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Furious
|Fomovithi
|Jun. 18, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Gellan
|Merki
|Oct. 7,
3304
|Named for Federal President [[Isaac Gellan]]
|-
|FNS Glory
|Belobog
|Nov. 4, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Goliath
|LHS 3437
|Mar. 20, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Hawke
|Merope
|Jan. 6, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Hercules
|HR 6067
|Aug. 15, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Hood
|Ross 1008
|Jan. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Hunter
|Huokang
|May 27, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Indefatigable
|Apala
|July 11, 2034
|
|-
|FNS Indomitable
|Potriti
|Sept. 28, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Inflexible
|Jardovici
|Oct. 28, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Invincible
|Jardovici
|Oct. 28, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Iris
|Merope
|Mar. 24, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Jupiter
|
|Jul. 9, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Khemsa
|Beta Hydri
|
|Named after CMDR Khemsa for contributing the most resources to the CG to construct the ship<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/56eac6029657bac956b3d3da Galactic News: New Farragut Battle Cruiser Complete]</ref>
|-
|FNS Kracer
|Mu Koji
|Sept. 10, 3302
|Named for Admiral Kracer, who led a Federation force that liberated New California from the Empire in 2854<ref>Data taken from Tourist Spot Beacon 0119, Alioth system</ref>
|-
|FNS Leander
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Leviathan
|Huokang
|May 26, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Liberator
|Merope
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Mars
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Medusa
|ETA-1 Pictoris 6
|Oct. 15, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Mercury
|Huokang
|May 26, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Narcissus
|Rana
|
|
|-
|FNS Neptune
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Nevermore
|BD+03 2338
|Mar. 26, 3301
|Completed at Hudson Dock, BD+03 2338 on March 11, 3301.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/8c57c116a6560dcdf309f1bebc9b0a2da0f7d14b GalNet: Core Dynamics Completes Work on New Capital Ship]</ref> Involved in an infamous friendly-fire incident with Hudson Dock on March 19, 3301.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/a0a0942769d98cbb0e410660d3d1d619241bb372 GalNet: The Nevermore Not Ready for Duty]</ref><ref>[https://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-bug-turned-into-community-event/ PCGamer: Elite: Dangerous bug becomes community event]</ref>
|-
|FNS O'Brien
|HIP 46903 3
|Oct. 31, 3303
|Named for Admiral O'Brien, who led the Federation's forces in the war against the Empire over control of Emerald in Tau Ceti in 3101<ref>Data taken from Tourist Spot Beacon 0148, Tau Ceti system</ref>
|-
|FNS Orion
|Cama
|Feb. 8, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Perseus
|Maia
|Mar. 11, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Pioneer
|Cemiess
|Jun. 7, 3304
|The personal ship of Federal Ambassador [[Jordan Rochester]], commanded by Vice Admiral Juno Rochester<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5b17daabcd6f3d101e66fe07 GalNet: Aisling Duval Hosts Federal Ambassador]</ref>
|-
|FNS Pursuer
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Renoun
|Dhathaatrib
|Jul. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Resolution
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Royal Oak
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Scimitar
|Mbukuravi
|April 4, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Shannon
|Procyon
|Apr. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Spartan
|Ross 1008
|Jan. 9, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Stalker
|Sol
|Dec. 7, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Starship One
|Sol
|June 5, 3304
|The [[Starship One|personal ship]] of the [[President of the Federation|Federal President]]
|-
|FNS Striker
|Sol
|Oct. 29, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Superb
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|
|
|-
|FNS Surprise
|Antliae Sector DL-Y c4
|May 17, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Thanatos
|Solati
|Jul. 11, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Trander
|Sol
|
|Named for Federal President [[Loric Trander]]
|-
|FNS Unicorn
|Dhathaatrib
|July 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Vanguard
|Pi-Fang
|Jun. 22, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Victorious
|Blatrimpe 9
|July 3, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Warspite
|Luluwala
|May 20, 3304
|
|-
|Implacable
|Duloskitoke
|Aug. 31, 3304
|Believed captured and operated by pirates
|-
|INV Law of Achenar
|Kamitra
|Jan. 11, 3304
|Believed captured and operated by the Imperial Navy
|}

==Notes==
* All Farragut Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5.
* The Farragut Battle Cruiser cannot be destroyed by reducing its hull to 0%.<ref>[http://www.twitch.tv/mercenarythorrn/b/602359547?t=270m MercenaryThorrn's twitch broadcast @04:30:00]</ref>
* After destroying all of the Faragut's Heat Relays the ship will escape from battle by activating its [[Frame Shift Drive]].<ref>[http://www.twitch.tv/mercenarythorrn/b/602359547?t=286m MercenaryThorrn's twitch broadcast @04:46:00]</ref>
* Routing the Farragut awards the player 150,000 CR.
* Capital Ships have an exclusion zone. Flying too close to a Capital Ship is considered a threat and will make you a target, even if you are friendly. The Capital Ship will often inform you when you are getting close, telling you to back off.
* A Farragut is stationed above [[Sol/Earth|Earth]] in the [[Sol]] system, perhaps as a permanent post. It does not maintain an exclusion zone for friendlies.
* They can also be found at [[Capital Ship Dock]]s

== Trivia ==
* The Farragut Battle Cruiser length (2040m) is similar to 6 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers (337 m).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDYYYqrhp4 Elite ship scale 3.0]</ref>
* The names "Agamemnon" and "Ajax" are also names of Astute-Class submarines being built for the Royal Navy.

== Videos ==
<gallery>
File:Elite_Dangerous_%E2%80%93_Capital_ships_battle
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Rough2.png
File:Federation-Federal-Navy-Fleet-1.png|Federal Navy First Fleet in Newsletter 52
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_1.png|Farragut Drawing
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_3.jpg|Farragut Drawing 2
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_4.jpg|Farragut Drawing 3
FNS-Kracer-1.jpg
File:Elite0400.jpg |Two Farragut Battle-cruisers underneath two Federal Corvettes
File:HighResScreenShot_2015-03-20_15-20-01.jpg
Sizes.jpg|capital ship sizes
ED Ship Size Comparison.jpg|ED Ship Size Comparison [CMDR Arithon]
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Surface.png|Farragut Battle Cruiser near the surface
Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 2.png|Farragut Battle Cruiser battle
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Alacrity.png|Farragut Battle Cruiser FNS Alacrity
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Angelos.png|FNS Angelos
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Bellerophon.png|FNS Bellerophon
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Iris.png|FNS Iris
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Glory.png|FNS Glory
Federation-Federal-Navy-Fleet-2.png|Federal Navy Second Fleet
FNS Pioneer.jpg|FNS Pioneer from inside an Anaconda
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Blueprint.png|Farragut Battle Cruiser Blueprint
20180111104707_1.jpg|INV Law of Achenar at a Conflict Zone
Corvette-Farragut-Scale.jpg|Corvette and Farragut scale comparison
f0.jpg|View from inside the front super-structure.
f2.jpg|View from behind the Bridge on top.
inside_a_farragut_4.jpg|Side-view and inside the Farragut
</gallery>
[[File:FNS Pioneer.jpg|thumb|1x1px]]

==References==
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Alliance Challenger

2018-06-27T06:47:50Z

76.254.27.91: Deleted sentence stating that the Challenger is the first upgraded ship to be more maneuverable than the original as the Federal Assault Ship is more maneuverable than the Federal Dropship.

{{Upcoming}}
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| armour = 540
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{{Quote|A modified version of the Alliance Chieftain, the Alliance Challenger has been envisaged as a frontline combat vessel. With a generous complement of hardpoints, the Challenger can more than hold its own in a fight, and although it weighs more than its sister ship, it has retained the Chieftain's characteristic agility. It also has stronger armour than the Chieftain, allowing it to soak up a significant amount of punishment.|In-Game Description}}
The '''Alliance Challenger''' is a variant of the [[Alliance Chieftain]] manufactured by [[Lakon Spaceways]] for the [[Alliance]] in response to the [[Thargoid]] threat.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/429972-Elite-Dangerous-Beyond-Chapter-Two-Release-Date?p=6747248 Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Two Release Date]</ref> Capitalizing on the Chieftain's strengths, the Challenger boasts enhanced specifications in the form of additional weapon hardpoints, more durable armour, and slightly increased manoeuvrability.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/8pt1h0/lavecon_panel_beyond_q4_sneak_peeks_qa_quick_notes/?st=ji7t4g64&sh=077c937e /r/EliteDangerous: Lavecon Panel: Beyond Q4 Sneak Peeks + Q&A ~ Quick Notes]</ref>

== Overview ==
For owners of the [[Alliance Chieftain]] looking for a similar ship with added firepower and durability, the Alliance Challenger delivers. The Challenger trades one large hardpoint for two additional medium hardpoints, increasing its overall damage output in combat. The Challenger also boasts reconfigured internal compartments, including one additional Class 6 slot, increasing its cargo capacity to 152t over the Chieftain's 120t. Although the Challenger's upgrades come with a higher purchase price than the Chieftain, it is still substantially cheaper than a number of other medium vessels, such as the [[Federal Gunship]], [[Krait MkII]], [[Python]], and [[Fer-de-Lance]].


==Outfitting==
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All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Alliance Challenger.

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! style="text-align: center;" | Category
! style="text-align: center;" | Default System
! style="text-align: center;" | Default Rating
! style="text-align: center;" | Default Class
! style="text-align: center;" | Max Class
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| rowspan="3" | [[Hardpoint|Small Hardpoint]]
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 1
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 1
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Hardpoint|Medium Hardpoint]]
| [[Pulse Laser]] (L) || F || 1 || 2
|-
| [[Pulse Laser]] (L) || F || 1 || 2
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 2
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Hardpoint|Large Hardpoint]]
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 3
|-
| rowspan="4" | Utility Mount
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 0
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 0
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 0
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 0
|-
| [[Bulkheads]]
| [[Lightweight Alloys]] || C || 1 || 8
|-
| Reactor Bay
| [[Power Plant]] || E || 6 || 6
|-
| Thrusters Mounting
| [[Thrusters]] || E || 6 || 6
|-
| Frame Shift Drive Housing
| [[Frame Shift Drive]] || E || 5 || 5
|-
| Environment Control
| [[Life Support]] || E || 5 || 5
|-
| Power Coupling
| [[Power Distributor]] || E || 6 || 6
|-
| Sensor Suite
| [[Sensors]] || E || 4 || 4
|-
| Fuel Store
| [[Fuel Tank]] [x16] || C || 4 || 4
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Internal Compartment]]s
| [[Cargo Rack]] [x32] || E || 5 || 6
|-
| [[Shield Generator]] || E || 6 || 6
|-
| [[Cargo Rack]] [x4] || E || 2 || 3
|-
| [[Cargo Rack]] [x4] || E || 2 || 3
|-
| [[Discovery Scanner|BDS]] || E || 1 || 2
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 2
|-
| rowspan="3" | Military Compartments
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 4
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 4
|-
| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 4
|}
*''(L) = Loaned''
*''[x#] = Capacity''
*''BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner''

==Notes==
*The Alliance Challenger was released with the Chapter Two (3.1) update of ''[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]'' on June 28, 2018.

== Trivia ==
* The Challenger is the third ship to be manufactured by Lakon for the Alliance, after the [[Alliance Chieftain]] and [[Type-10 Defender]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Alliance Challenger.png|Alliance Challenger
File:Alliance-Challenger-2.png|Alliance Challenger docked
File:Alliance-Challenger-3.png|Alliance Challenger firing weapons
</gallery>

== References ==
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