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{{Quote|Core Dynamics Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers represent the cutting edge in military technology. A single FCB 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 FCB will completely overpower all but the most well-equipped opponents.|Excerpt from a GalNet report on the completion of the FNS Nevermore<ref name="CompletesWork">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/8c57c116a6560dcdf309f1bebc9b0a2da0f7d14b GalNet: Core Dynamics Completes Work on New Capital Ship]</ref>}} | {{Quote|Core Dynamics Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers represent the cutting edge in military technology. A single FCB 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 FCB will completely overpower all but the most well-equipped opponents.|Excerpt from a GalNet report on the completion of the FNS Nevermore<ref name="CompletesWork">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/8c57c116a6560dcdf309f1bebc9b0a2da0f7d14b GalNet: Core Dynamics Completes Work on New Capital Ship]</ref>}} | ||
The '''Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser''' is a [[battlecruiser]] manufactured by [[Core Dynamics]] exclusively for the [[Federation]]. As a [[Capital Ship|capital ship]], it serves as the backbone of the [[Federal Navy]] and the core of each of its fleets. In contrast with its [[Imperial Navy]] counterpart, the [[Majestic-Class Interdictor]], the Farragut emphasises utility over style and comfort, and in a direct, one-on-one confrontation with its Imperial counterpart, the Farragut holds the advantage in terms of raw firepower and combat endurance. | The '''Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser''' is a [[battlecruiser]], manufactured by [[Core Dynamics]], exclusively for the [[Federation]]. As a [[Capital Ship|capital ship]], it serves as the backbone of the [[Federal Navy]] and the core of each of its fleets. In contrast with its [[Imperial Navy]] counterpart, the [[Majestic-Class Interdictor]], the Farragut emphasises utility over style and comfort, and in a direct, one-on-one confrontation with its Imperial counterpart, the Farragut holds the advantage in terms of raw firepower and combat endurance. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Quote|The Federation's capital ships are brutal, practical war machines inside and out. 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.|''The Art of Elite Dangerous''<ref name=":0">The Art of Elite Dangerous, August 17 2016</ref>}} | {{Quote|The Federation's capital ships are brutal, practical war machines inside and out. 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.|''The Art of Elite Dangerous''<ref name=":0">The Art of Elite Dangerous, August 17 2016</ref>}} | ||
The Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser is over two kilometers long | The Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser is over two kilometers long and heavily-armed with the following weaponry: 20 Federal Laser Turrets, 8 Federal Broadside Cannons, and 8 Capital Torpedo Launchers (inoperable). It is equipped with hangars capable of transporting multiple smaller Federal military ships, such as [[Federal Dropship|Federal Dropships]], to be launched as low orbit bombers,<ref>[https://galnetarchive.blogspot.com/2014/12/federal-warships-bomb-farms.html GalNet: Federal Warships Bomb Farms]</ref> or even larger [[Federal Corvette]]s<ref name="CompletesWork" /> as well as [[F63 Condor]] squadrons. It is equipped with a capital-class [[Frame Shift Drive]]<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/uas-barnacles-more-thread-6-the-canonn.227901/page-390#post-4088631 Frontier Forums: UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn, post #7788] </ref> with an undisclosed jump range. The [[Federal Navy]] uses the Farragut as an integral part of its Intervention Fleets, which are used to investigate and intervene in larger-scale conflicts.<ref name="EE">''[[Elite Encounters RPG]]''</ref> | ||
From 3278 to 3302, the construction of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers as well as other capital ships was restricted by the terms of the [[London Treaty]], which was created to prevent an arms race between the superpowers that was projected to occur with the introduction of the [[Frame Shift Drive]]. Imperial Senator and Fleet Admiral [[Denton Patreus]] publicly spurned the London Treaty on October 21, 3302 in a speech in which he declared he would build as many capital ships as the Empire needed for its defence, marking the Empire's withdrawal from the treaty and heralding its dissolution.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/57ada8c69657baeb6e876c6d GalNet: Galactic News: Economic Turmoil Ahead?]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5809dff79657baf8216962ee GalNet: Galactic News: Patreus Rails against London Treaty]</ref> | From 3278 to 3302, the construction of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers as well as other capital ships was restricted by the terms of the [[London Treaty]], which was created to prevent an arms race between the superpowers that was projected to occur with the introduction of the [[Frame Shift Drive]]. Imperial Senator and Fleet Admiral [[Denton Patreus]] publicly spurned the London Treaty on October 21, 3302 in a speech in which he declared he would build as many capital ships as the Empire needed for its defence, marking the Empire's withdrawal from the treaty and heralding its dissolution.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/57ada8c69657baeb6e876c6d GalNet: Galactic News: Economic Turmoil Ahead?]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5809dff79657baf8216962ee GalNet: Galactic News: Patreus Rails against London Treaty]</ref> | ||
Since the outbreak of the [[Second Thargoid War]] in 3303, multiple Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers have been destroyed by [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s | Since the outbreak of the [[Second Thargoid War]] in 3303, multiple Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers have been destroyed by [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s as a result of the former's vulnerability to [[Thargoid]] shutdown fields. Due to the fact that the anti-xeno countermeasures developed for smaller ships have proven prohibitively difficult to scale-up for capital ships, the international research and defence organisation [[Aegis]] has declared that capital ships are ineffective at protecting outposts, planets, and shipping lanes from Thargoid attacks at present. Instead, anti-Thargoid efforts have been mainly spearheaded by militias of personal-scale craft.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/59f30dd4826c1776ca623242 GalNet: Galactic News: Capital Ships Vulnerable to Thargoid Attack]</ref><ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/59fb5178adf339781710741f GalNet: Community Goal: Operation Andronicus]</ref> | ||
During a period of increased tensions between the [[Federation]] and the [[Empire]] in late 3306 caused by the activities of the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]], President [[Zachary Hudson]] convinced [[Federal Congress]] to approve a funding increase for the Federal Navy in order to expand production of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fbfa6a3f502ec2bd049d15f GalNet: Empire and Federation Increase Capital Ship Production]</ref> With assistance from independent pilots, this resulted in five new Farraguts being fast-tracked for completion, with planned deployments in Atropos, Iman Caber, LHS 142, LFT 367, and Wolf 25.<ref name="CapConstruction">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fc8f4d5993bc86fbd2e6d46 GalNet: Capital Ship Construction Initiatives Conclude]</ref> | During a period of increased tensions between the [[Federation]] and the [[Empire]] in late 3306 caused by the activities of the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]], President [[Zachary Hudson]] convinced [[Federal Congress]] to approve a funding increase for the Federal Navy in order to expand production of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fbfa6a3f502ec2bd049d15f GalNet: Empire and Federation Increase Capital Ship Production]</ref> With assistance from independent pilots, this resulted in five new Farraguts being fast-tracked for completion, with planned deployments in Atropos, Iman Caber, LHS 142, LFT 367, and Wolf 25.<ref name="CapConstruction">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5fc8f4d5993bc86fbd2e6d46 GalNet: Capital Ship Construction Initiatives Conclude]</ref> | ||
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|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 GalNet: Galactic News: New Farragut Battle Cruiser Complete]</ref> | |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 GalNet: Galactic News: New Farragut Battle Cruiser Complete]</ref> | ||
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|FNS Kracer | |FNS Kracer | ||
|Mu Koji | |Mu Koji | ||
|Sept. 10, 3302 | |Sept. 10, 3302 | ||
|Named for Admiral Kracer, who led a Federation force that liberated New California from the Empire in 2854<ref>Tourist Spot 0119, "Caker Coup"</ref> | |Named for Admiral Kracer, who led a Federation force that liberated New California from the Empire in 2854.<ref>Tourist Spot 0119, "Caker Coup"</ref> | ||
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|FNS Leander | |FNS Leander | ||
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|Sol | |Sol | ||
|Dec. 5, 3310 | |Dec. 5, 3310 | ||
|Named for Federal President [[Loric Trander]]. Lead defence efforts during the Battle of Sol. Experimental Farragut-class Battlecruiser, equipped with AX weaponry.<ref | |Named for Federal President [[Loric Trander]]. Lead defence efforts during the Battle of Sol. Experimental Farragut-class Battlecruiser, equipped with AX weaponry.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1h9u29c/someone_on_the_fns_trander_supercharged_their/</ref> | ||
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| FNS Unicorn | | FNS Unicorn | ||
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|Sol | |Sol | ||
|Dec. 5, 3310 | |Dec. 5, 3310 | ||
|One of two vessels | |One of two vessels that lead the defence of Sol. | ||
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|FNS Victorious | |FNS Victorious | ||
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== | ==Trivia == | ||
*[[David Braben]] describes the Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser: ''"...there will be no [[gravity]], you'll just float around. Things like magnetic boots will make getting around very easy, and they wouldn't be great big clunky things like you might see on a diver. These would look like normal shoes but they'll have fancy technology that make them stick to the surfaces...the Federal ship is a lot more sort of Spartan, a lot more just practical warship essentially...the Federal ship's central section, and with design, one of the design briefs we've had, this is trying to design ships with their function in mind...For the Federal ship, it's utility that's important. The reason it's got this central corridor, this is where ships come out of their hangars and 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 very heavily protected and potentially with things like shields around it."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-gyDLRMXg&t=219 YouTube: Elite: Dangerous Progress Diary #6 (3:39)]</ref> | *[[David Braben]] describes the Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser: ''"...there will be no [[gravity]], you'll just float around. Things like magnetic boots will make getting around very easy, and they wouldn't be great big clunky things like you might see on a diver. These would look like normal shoes but they'll have fancy technology that make them stick to the surfaces...the Federal ship is a lot more sort of Spartan, a lot more just practical warship essentially...the Federal ship's central section, and with design, one of the design briefs we've had, this is trying to design ships with their function in mind...For the Federal ship, it's utility that's important. The reason it's got this central corridor, this is where ships come out of their hangars and 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 very heavily protected and potentially with things like shields around it."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-gyDLRMXg&t=219 YouTube: Elite: Dangerous Progress Diary #6 (3:39)]</ref> | ||
*All Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5. | *All Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5. | ||
*The Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser cannot be destroyed by reducing its hull to 0%.<ref>[http://www.twitch.tv/mercenarythorrn/b/602359547?t=270m Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's broadcast (04:30:00)]</ref> | *The Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser cannot be destroyed by reducing its hull to 0%.<ref>[http://www.twitch.tv/mercenarythorrn/b/602359547?t=270m Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's 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 Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's broadcast (04:46:00)]</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 Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's broadcast (04:46:00)]</ref> | ||
*Routing the Farragut awards the player 500,000 CR. | **Routing the Farragut awards the player 500,000 CR. | ||
*Most Capital Ships have an exclusion zone, and flying too close to one can provoke it into attacking even if the player is on friendly terms with its controlling faction. In these cases, the Capital Ship will issue warning messages to ships that invade its exclusion zone. | *Most Capital Ships have an exclusion zone, and flying too close to one can provoke it into attacking even if the player is on friendly terms with its controlling faction. In these cases, the Capital Ship will issue warning messages to ships that invade its exclusion zone. | ||
**The exclusion zone is substantially smaller for capital ships inside of conflict zones, up to the point where the ship is almost touching the battle cruiser. | |||
*The length of the Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser (2,040 meters) is roughly the same as six [[wikipedia:Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier|''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carriers]] (337 meters) lined up end to end.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDYYYqrhp4 YouTube: Elite ship scale 3.0]</ref> | *The length of the Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser (2,040 meters) is roughly the same as six [[wikipedia:Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier|''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carriers]] (337 meters) lined up end to end.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nDYYYqrhp4 YouTube: Elite ship scale 3.0]</ref> | ||
*The majority of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers are named after past and present warships of the British Royal Navy. | *The majority of Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers are named after past and present warships of the British Royal Navy. | ||
*The Farragut most likely gets its name from [[wikipedia:David Farragut|David G. Farragut]], the first American Admiral, for whom two U.S Navy destroyer classes have also been named. | *The Farragut most likely gets its name from [[wikipedia:David Farragut|David G. Farragut]], the first American Admiral, for whom two U.S Navy destroyer classes have also been named. | ||
*Despite their massive size, battlecruisers are surprisingly weak for their weapon complement. | |||
**After a substantial nerf to prevent farming kills and combat bonds, the [[Engineers|Engineering]] update massively boosted single-pilot vessels, leaving capital ship weapons behind in terms of capability. | |||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
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File:Elite_Dangerous_Combat_Zone_Capital_Ship_Battle_2.3_Camera | File:Elite_Dangerous_Combat_Zone_Capital_Ship_Battle_2.3_Camera | ||
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_The_Arrow_of_Time | File:Elite_Dangerous_-_The_Arrow_of_Time | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File: | File:Farragut Ship Size Comparison.png|Farragut Ship Size Comparison | ||
File:Federation-Federal-Navy-Fleet-1.png|Federal Navy First Fleet in Newsletter 52 | File:Federation-Federal-Navy-Fleet-1.png|Federal Navy First Fleet in Newsletter 52 | ||
File: | File:Federation Federal Navy First Fleet.png|Federal Navy First Fleet | ||
File: | File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 1.png|Farragut Drawing | ||
File: | File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 3.jpg|Farragut Drawing 2 | ||
File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 4.jpg|Farragut Drawing 3 | |||
File:Battle Cruiser FNS Kracer.jpg|FNS Kracer in combat | File:Battle Cruiser FNS Kracer.jpg|FNS Kracer in combat | ||
Sizes.jpg|Capital ship sizes | File:Sizes.jpg|Capital ship sizes | ||
ED Ship Size Comparison.jpg|ED Ship Size Comparison [CMDR Arithon] | File:ED Ship Size Comparison.jpg|ED Ship Size Comparison [CMDR Arithon] | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Surface.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser near the surface | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Surface.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser near the surface | ||
ED-Farragut-Combat-1.png|Farragut in Combat | File:ED-Farragut-Combat-1.png|Farragut in Combat | ||
Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 2.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser battle | File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 2.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser battle | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Alacrity.png|FNS Alacrity | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Alacrity.png|FNS Alacrity | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Angelos.png|FNS Angelos | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Angelos.png|FNS Angelos | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Bellerophon.png|FNS Bellerophon | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Bellerophon.png|FNS Bellerophon | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Iris.png|FNS Iris | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Iris.png|FNS Iris | ||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Glory.png|FNS Glory | File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Glory.png|FNS Glory | ||
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Blueprint.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser Blueprint | |||
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Blueprint.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser Blueprint | File:Corvette-Farragut-Scale.jpg|Corvette and Farragut scale comparison | ||
Corvette-Farragut-Scale.jpg|Corvette and Farragut scale comparison | File:F2.jpg|View from behind the bridge on top | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[ru:Линейный крейсер класса «Farragut»]] | [[ru:Линейный крейсер класса «Farragut»]] | ||