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}}The '''Farragut Battle Cruiser''' is | }} | ||
{{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>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/8c57c116a6560dcdf309f1bebc9b0a2da0f7d14b GalNet: Core Dynamics Completes Work on New Capital Ship]</ref>}} | |||
The '''Farragut 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 emphasizes utility over style and comfort, and in a direct, one-on-one confrontation with the Imperial capital ship, the Farragut holds the advantage in terms of raw firepower and combat endurance. | |||
== | == Overview == | ||
The | {{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 Battle Cruiser is over two kilometers long, heavily-armed with classified weaponry, and equipped with hangars capable of transporting multiple [[Federal Corvette]]s and [[F63 Condor]] squadrons. It is equipped with a capital-class [[Frame Shift Drive]] 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> | |||
Since the outbreak of the [[Second Thargoid War]] in 3303, multiple Farragut Battle Cruisers have been destroyed by [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s due to the former's vulnerability to [[Thargoid]] shutdown fields. Since 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 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 Community Goal: Operation Andronicus]</ref> | |||
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! | ! Class | ||
| Farragut | | Farragut | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Type | ! Type | ||
| [[Battlecruiser]] | | [[Battlecruiser]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Manufacturer | ||
| [[ | | [[Core Dynamics]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Affiliation | ||
| [[ | | [[Federal Navy]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Crew | ! Crew | ||
| 7,000 | | 7,000 | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Armament | ||
| | | 16x classified weapons emplacements | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Dimensions | |||
! Dimensions | |||
| Length: 2040m, Width: 806m, Height: 300m | | Length: 2040m, Width: 806m, Height: 300m | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Carrier Capacity | ||
| | | Multiple Federal Corvettes, multiple F63 Condor squadrons | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Range | ! Jump Range | ||
| | | Classified | ||
|} | |} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* [[David Braben]] describes the Farragut Battle Cruiser: ''"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> | |||
* All Farragut Battle Cruisers appear to share the registration tag of FDN-RD5. | * 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> | * 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> | ||
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* Routing the Farragut awards the player 500,000 CR. | * Routing the Farragut awards the player 500,000 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. | * 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. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The Farragut Battle Cruiser length (2040m) is similar to 6 Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers ( | * 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. | * The names "Agamemnon" and "Ajax" are also names of Astute-Class submarines being built for the Royal Navy. | ||
* The Farragut class most likely gets its name from David G. Farragut, the first American Admiral. | * The Farragut class most likely gets its name from David G. Farragut, the first American Admiral. | ||
== Videos == | == Videos == | ||