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{{Refimprove|article's Russian version}}{{CapInfobox
| image              = Farragut Battle Cruiser FNS Agamemnon.png
| manufacturer        = Core Dynamics
| yearsproduced      = 33rd century-Present
| type                = [[Battlecruiser]]
| cost                = Classified
| faction            = Federation
| expansion          =
| dock                = [[Capital Ship Dock]]
| dimensions          = 2040m x 806m x 300m
| crew                = 7,000
| masslock            = 100
| jumprange          = Classified
| cargocapacity      =
| fuelcapacity        =
| hardpoints          = 36
| complement          = Multiple smaller Federal ships<br/>Multiple [[F63 Condor]] squadrons
}}
{{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 Battle Cruiser''' is the mainstay capital ship of the [[Federation]]. Heavily armed with classified weaponry, the Farragut stretches over two kilometres long. The backbone of the Federal Navy, it also forms the central core of the Federation Intervention fleet.
==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>}}
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>


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


== Specifications ==
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>


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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>
|-
! Name:
| Farragut
|-
! Type:
| Battlecruiser
|-
! Faction:
| Federation
|-
! Manufacturer:
| [[Core Dynamics]]
|-
! Crew:
| 7,000
|-
! Cargo Capacity:
| none
|-
! Dimensions:
| Length: 2040m, Width: 806m, Height: 300m
|-
! Hyperspace Capability:
| Yes
|}


==Known ships==
==Known ships==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! Name
!Name
! Last known location
!Last known location
! Notes
! Date of sighting
!Notes
|-
|FNS Achilles
| Dhathaatrib
|Jul. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Agamemnon
|LFT 367
|Dec. 7, 3306
|One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.<ref name="CapConstruction" />
|-
|-
|FNS Ajax
|FNS Ajax
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|As of Sept. 28, 3302
|Sept. 28, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Alacrity
|FNS Alacrity
|Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
|Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
|As of Dec. 17, 3302
|Dec. 17, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Angelos
|FNS Amphion
|Procyon
|Sosong
|As of Aug. 28, 3302
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Andromeda
|FNS Andromeda
|CC Eri
|CC Eri
|As of Mar. 14, 3303
|Mar. 14, 3303
|
|-
| FNS Angelos
|Belobog
|Dec. 30, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Archer
|Canezti
|Jul. 31, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Arethusa
|FNS Arethusa
|Caraswang
|Nemehi
|As of Feb. 4, 3303
|Feb. 3, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Argonaut
|Merope
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Athenos
|FNS Argus
| Merope
|
|
|
|
|-
| FNS Athenos
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Aurora
|Bundena
|May 30, 3304
|
|-
|FDN Autolycus
|
|
|Commanding officer formerly Captain Jaiden Horne, the place of Autolycus Mutiny in 3271.<ref>''Elite Dangerous'' Knowledge Base > Individuals > [[Knowledge Base#Aden%20Tanner|Aden Tanner]]</ref>
|-
|-
|FNS Bellerophon
|FNS Bellerophon
|Merope 5C
|Merope
|As of Nov. 28, 3302
|Nov. 28, 3302  
|
|-
|FNS Boxer
|Merope
|Apr. 14, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Centaur
|Thunderbird
|July 26, 3307
|
|-
|FNS Centurion
|Regulus
|Dec. 10, 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Centaur
|FNS Constance
|Ribhniugo
|Blatrimpe
|As of Feb. 25, 3303
| Feb. 18, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Curagous
|FNS Conquerer
|Col  Sector YF-M C8-8
|LHS 215
|As of Feb. 3, 3303
|Nov 25, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Courageous
|Decima
|Mar. 13, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Damocles
|FNS Damocles
|Mu Koji
|Luluwala
|As of Sept. 11, 3302
|Aug, 4 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Dauntless
|FNS Dauntless
|CC Eri
|CC Eri  
|As of Mar. 14, 3303
|Mar. 14, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Dominion
|Fidenef
|Sept. 15, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Erebus
|Sol
|Dec. 5, 3310
|Destroyed by [[Thargoid Titan|Cocijo]] and its escort fleet upon their arrival in Sol.
|-
|-
|FNS Europa
|FNS Europa
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|As of Dec. 29, 3302
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Erebus
|FNS Euryalus
|Thunderbird
|HIP 46903
|Oct. 31, 3303
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Farragut
|FNS Farragut
|Pleiades Sector IH-V C2-16
|Segovan
|As of Sept. 22, 3302
|Jul. 15, 3309
|Class leader.
|-
|FNS Fearless
|Segovan
|Jul. 15, 3309
|
|-
|FNS Formidable
|Ross 719
| Dec. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Fortitude
|HIP 22460
|
|Destroyed in the Battle of [[HIP 22460]] on August 9th 3308.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/62fe3e16cc35fd571d4963a3 GalNet: A Day of Remembrance for HIP 22460]</ref>
|-
|FNS Furious
|Fomovithi
|Jun. 18, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Gellan
|FNS Gellan
|Mu Koji
|Merki
|As of Sept. 9, 3302;<br/>Named for Federal President [[Isaac Gellan]]
|Oct. 7,
3304
|Named for Federal President [[Isaac Gellan]].
|-
|FNS Glory
|Belobog
|Nov. 4, 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Goliath
|FNS Goliath
|19 Phi-2 Ceti AB 2
|LHS 3437
|As of Mar. 6, 3303
|Mar. 20, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Hawke
|FNS Hawke  
|Merope
|Merope
|As of Jan. 6, 3303
|Jan. 6, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Hercules
|LHS 142
|Dec. 7, 3306
|One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.<ref name="CapConstruction" />
|-
|FNS Hood
|Ross 1008
|Jan. 10, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Hunter
| Huokang
|May 27, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Implacable
|Iman Caber
|Dec. 7, 3306
|One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.<ref name="CapConstruction" />
|-
|FNS Indefatigable
| Apala
|July 11, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Indomitable
|Potriti
|Sept. 28, 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Inflexible
|FNS Inflexible
|Jardovici
|Jardovici
|As of Oct. 28, 3302
|Oct. 28, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Invincible
|FNS Invincible
|Jardovici
|Inti
|As of Oct. 28, 3302
|Feb. 13, 3307
|
|-
|-
|FNS Iris
|FNS Iris
|Merope
|Merope
|As of Mar. 24, 3303
|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 GalNet: Galactic News: New Farragut Battle Cruiser Complete]</ref>
|-
|-
|FNS Kracer
|FNS Kracer
|Mu Koji
|Mu Koji
|As of 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>
|-
|-
|FNS Leander
|FNS Leander
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Leviathan
|FNS Leviathan
|Pleiades Sector IH-V C2-16
|Huokang
|As of Feb. 12, 3303
|May 26, 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Liberator
|FNS Liberator
|Merope
|Merope
|As of Dec. 29, 3302
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|FNS Mars
|
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Medusa
|FNS Medusa
|ETA-1 Pictoris 6
| ETA-1 Pictoris 6
|As of Oct. 15, 3302
|Oct. 15, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Neptune
|FNS Mercury
|Huokang
|May 26, 3303
|
|-
|FNS Narcissus
|Rana
|
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Neptune
|Wolf 25
|Dec. 7, 3306
|One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.<ref name="CapConstruction" />
|-
|FNS Nero
|Sol
|December 5, 3310
|Destroyed by [[Thargoid Titan|Cocijo]] and its escort fleet upon their arrival in Sol.
|-
|-
|FNS Nevermore
|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
|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>Tourist Spot 0148, "Governor Santorini's Assassination"</ref>
|-
|-
|FNS Orion
|FNS Orion
|Blatrimpe
|Cama
|Feb. 8, 3304
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Perseus
|FNS Perseus
|Maia
|Maia
|As of Mar. 11, 3303
|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
|FNS Resolution
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0
|As of Dec. 29, 3302
|Dec. 29, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Royal Oak
|FNS Royal Oak
|
|
|
|
|-
|FNS Scimitar
|Mbukuravi
| April 4, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Shannon
|Procyon
|Apr. 10, 3304
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Spartan
|FNS Spartan
|LP 790-29
|Ross 1008
|As of Jan. 10, 3303
|Jan. 9, 3304
|
|-
|-
|FNS Stalker
|FNS Stalker
|Sol
|Sol
|As of Dec. 7, 3302
|Dec. 7, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Starship One
|FNS Striker
|Sol
|Sol
|As of Oct. 29, 3302;<br/>The [[Starship One|personal ship]] of the [[President of the Federation|Federal President]]
|Oct. 29, 3302
|
|-
|-
|FNS Striker
|FNS Superb
|Sol
|Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|As of Oct. 29, 3302
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Surprise
|FNS Surprise
|Col 285 Sector YF-M CB8-8
| Antliae Sector DL-Y c4
|As of Feb. 3, 3303
|May 17, 3303
|
|-
|-
|FNS Thanatos
|FNS Thanatos
|Merope
|Solati
|Jul. 11, 3304
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Trander
|FNS Trander
|Lugh
|Sol
|Named for Federal President Loric Trander
|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>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1h9u29c/someone_on_the_fns_trander_supercharged_their/</ref>
|-
|-
|FNS Formidible
| FNS Unicorn
|Threat 4 Distress Call
| Dhathaatrib
|Jul. 10, 3304
|
|
|-
|-
|FNS Vanguard
|Pi-Fang
|Jun. 22, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Vengeance
|Atropos
|Dec. 7, 3306
|One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.<ref name="CapConstruction" />
|-
|FNS Victory
|Sol
|Dec. 5, 3310
|One of two vessels that lead the defence of Sol.
|-
|FNS Victorious
|Blatrimpe 9
| Jul. 3, 3304
|
|-
|FNS Warspite
|Luluwala
|May 20, 3304
|
|-
|Bart
|LHS 20
|Nov. 22, 3305
|Believed captured by pirates.
|-
|Darion ep Tellek
|LHS 20
| Dec. 16, 3304
|
|-
|INV Law of Achenar
|Kamitra
|Jan. 11, 3304
|Believed captured by the Imperial Navy.
|-
|Lars Porsenna
|
|Aug. 8, 3305
|
|-
| Netsuakram
|Solati
|Apr. 14, 3305
|
|-
|Nick Coates
| Pangluya
|Apr. 7, 3306
|
|-
|Solus
|Tjupa
|Jan. 6, 3307
|
|-
|Starship One
|Eta Cassiopeiae
|Dec. 5, 3310
|The [[Starship One|official transport]] of the [[President of the Federation|Federal President]]. Evacuated Sol upon Cocijo's arrival.
|-
|Vanguard
|Ross 719
|Dec. 10, 3304
| Believed captured by pirates.
|-
|Wedge Androlos
|
|Oct. 6, 3305
|
|}
|}


==Notes==
==Trivia ==
* All Farragut Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5.
*[[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>
* 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>
*All Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5.
* 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>
*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>
* Routing the Farragut awards the player 150,000 CR.
*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>
* 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.
**Routing the Farragut awards the player 500,000 CR.
* 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.
*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 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.
*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==
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File:Capital Ship Battle Video
</gallery>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Rough2.png
File:Farragut Ship Size Comparison.png|Farragut Ship Size Comparison
File:Newsletter52_screenshot0.jpg|Federation Fleet in Newsletter 52
File:Federation-Federal-Navy-Fleet-1.png|Federal Navy First Fleet in Newsletter 52
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_1.png|Farragut Drawing
File:Federation Federal Navy First Fleet.png|Federal Navy First Fleet
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_3.jpg|Farragut Drawing 2
File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 1.png|Farragut Drawing
File:Farragut_Fed._Battle_Cruiser_4.jpg|Farragut Drawing 3
File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 3.jpg|Farragut Drawing 2
FNS-Kracer-1.jpg
File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 4.jpg|Farragut Drawing 3
File:Elite0400.jpg |Two Farragut Battle-cruisers underneath two Federal Corvettes
File:Battle Cruiser FNS Kracer.jpg|FNS Kracer in combat
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File:Sizes.jpg|Capital ship sizes
Sizes.jpg|capital ship sizes
File:ED Ship Size Comparison.jpg|ED Ship Size Comparison [CMDR Arithon]
ED Ship Size Comparison.jpg|ED Ship Size Comparison [CMDR Arithon]
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Surface.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser near the surface
File:19541x6206.jpg |Developer blog released blueprint
File:ED-Farragut-Combat-1.png|Farragut in Combat
Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Surface.jpg|Farragut Battle Cruiser near the surface
File:Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 2.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser battle
Farragut Fed. Battle Cruiser 2.png|Farragut Battle Cruiser battle
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Alacrity.png|FNS Alacrity
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Angelos.png|FNS Angelos
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Bellerophon.png|FNS Bellerophon
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Iris.png|FNS Iris
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-FNS-Glory.png|FNS Glory
File:Farragut-Battle-Cruiser-Blueprint.png|Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser Blueprint
File:Corvette-Farragut-Scale.jpg|Corvette and Farragut scale comparison
File:F2.jpg|View from behind the bridge on top
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Template:RefimproveTemplate:CapInfobox Template:Quote The Farragut-Class Battle Cruiser is a battlecruiser, manufactured by Core Dynamics, exclusively for the Federation. As a 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

Template:Quote 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 Dropships, to be launched as low orbit bombers,[1] or even larger Federal Corvettes[2] as well as F63 Condor squadrons. It is equipped with a capital-class Frame Shift Drive[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

Since the outbreak of the Second Thargoid War in 3303, multiple Farragut-Class Battle Cruisers have been destroyed by Thargoid Interceptors 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.[7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Known ships

Name Last known location Date of sighting Notes
FNS Achilles Dhathaatrib Jul. 10, 3304
FNS Agamemnon LFT 367 Dec. 7, 3306 One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.[10]
FNS Ajax Pleiades Sector RO-Q b5-0 Sept. 28, 3302
FNS Alacrity Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 Dec. 17, 3302
FNS Amphion Sosong
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
FDN Autolycus Commanding officer formerly Captain Jaiden Horne, the place of Autolycus Mutiny in 3271.[11]
FNS Bellerophon Merope Nov. 28, 3302
FNS Boxer Merope Apr. 14, 3303
FNS Centaur Thunderbird July 26, 3307
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 Dominion Fidenef Sept. 15, 3304
FNS Erebus Sol Dec. 5, 3310 Destroyed by Cocijo and its escort fleet upon their arrival in Sol.
FNS Europa Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16 Dec. 29, 3302
FNS Euryalus HIP 46903 Oct. 31, 3303
FNS Farragut Segovan Jul. 15, 3309 Class leader.
FNS Fearless Segovan Jul. 15, 3309
FNS Formidable Ross 719 Dec. 10, 3304
FNS Fortitude HIP 22460 Destroyed in the Battle of HIP 22460 on August 9th 3308.[12]
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 LHS 142 Dec. 7, 3306 One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.[10]
FNS Hood Ross 1008 Jan. 10, 3304
FNS Hunter Huokang May 27, 3303
FNS Implacable Iman Caber Dec. 7, 3306 One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.[10]
FNS Indefatigable Apala July 11, 3304
FNS Indomitable Potriti Sept. 28, 3303
FNS Inflexible Jardovici Oct. 28, 3302
FNS Invincible Inti Feb. 13, 3307
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.[13]
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.[14]
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 Wolf 25 Dec. 7, 3306 One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.[10]
FNS Nero Sol December 5, 3310 Destroyed by Cocijo and its escort fleet upon their arrival in Sol.
FNS Nevermore BD+03 2338 Mar. 26, 3301 Completed at Hudson Dock, BD+03 2338 on March 11, 3301.[15] Involved in an infamous friendly-fire incident with Hudson Dock on March 19, 3301.[16][17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
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 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 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.[20]
FNS Unicorn Dhathaatrib Jul. 10, 3304
FNS Vanguard Pi-Fang Jun. 22, 3304
FNS Vengeance Atropos Dec. 7, 3306 One of five vessels constructed by a Federal Navy production initiative.[10]
FNS Victory Sol Dec. 5, 3310 One of two vessels that lead the defence of Sol.
FNS Victorious Blatrimpe 9 Jul. 3, 3304
FNS Warspite Luluwala May 20, 3304
Bart LHS 20 Nov. 22, 3305 Believed captured by pirates.
Darion ep Tellek LHS 20 Dec. 16, 3304
INV Law of Achenar Kamitra Jan. 11, 3304 Believed captured by the Imperial Navy.
Lars Porsenna Aug. 8, 3305
Netsuakram Solati Apr. 14, 3305
Nick Coates Pangluya Apr. 7, 3306
Solus Tjupa Jan. 6, 3307
Starship One Eta Cassiopeiae Dec. 5, 3310 The official transport of the Federal President. Evacuated Sol upon Cocijo's arrival.
Vanguard Ross 719 Dec. 10, 3304 Believed captured by pirates.
Wedge Androlos Oct. 6, 3305

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."[21]
  • 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%.[22]
  • After destroying all of the Faragut's Heat Relays, the ship will escape from battle by activating its Frame Shift Drive.[23]
    • 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.
    • 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 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers (337 meters) lined up end to end.[24]
  • 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 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 Engineering update massively boosted single-pilot vessels, leaving capital ship weapons behind in terms of capability.

Videos

References

  1. ↑ GalNet: Federal Warships Bomb Farms
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CompletesWork
  3. ↑ Frontier Forums: UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn, post #7788
  4. ↑ Elite Encounters RPG
  5. ↑ GalNet: Galactic News: Economic Turmoil Ahead?
  6. ↑ GalNet: Galactic News: Patreus Rails against London Treaty
  7. ↑ GalNet: Galactic News: Capital Ships Vulnerable to Thargoid Attack
  8. ↑ GalNet: Community Goal: Operation Andronicus
  9. ↑ GalNet: Empire and Federation Increase Capital Ship Production
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 GalNet: Capital Ship Construction Initiatives Conclude
  11. ↑ Elite Dangerous Knowledge Base > Individuals > Aden Tanner
  12. ↑ GalNet: A Day of Remembrance for HIP 22460
  13. ↑ GalNet: Galactic News: New Farragut Battle Cruiser Complete
  14. ↑ Tourist Spot 0119, "Caker Coup"
  15. ↑ GalNet: Core Dynamics Completes Work on New Capital Ship
  16. ↑ GalNet: The Nevermore Not Ready for Duty
  17. ↑ PCGamer: Elite: Dangerous bug becomes community event
  18. ↑ Tourist Spot 0148, "Governor Santorini's Assassination"
  19. ↑ GalNet: Aisling Duval Hosts Federal Ambassador
  20. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1h9u29c/someone_on_the_fns_trander_supercharged_their/
  21. ↑ YouTube: Elite: Dangerous Progress Diary #6 (3:39)
  22. ↑ Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's broadcast (04:30:00)
  23. ↑ Twitch: MercenaryThorrn's broadcast (04:46:00)
  24. ↑ YouTube: Elite ship scale 3.0

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