Name: Charon-class Frigate

Owner: UNSC

Manufacturer: UNSC

Development Thread: N/A

Materials: Titanium

Length: 490 Meters

Weapons: 5

Armour: 7

Shields: 5
Speed: 6
Maneuvers: 6

Notable Equipment
Mark II, Light Coil Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
Fifty M58 Archer Missile Pods
Two M870 Rampart point defense turrets
Three M4093 Hyperion silos

At 490 meters in length, the Charon is a rather small vessel. Owing to its enlarged hangar bay, the Charon-class frigate is better suited to landing forces groundside than other frigate classes. The ship's sublight power plant is a Naoto Technologies: V4/L deuterium fusion reactor. Translight power is provided by a Series IV CODEN Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine. The Charon has a maximum crew and complement of 782. It can carry several Pelican dropships as well as around two dozen ground and air vehicles.

The Charon-class frigate's primary armament is a Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. It also boasts fifty M58 Archer missile pods, each of which carries thirty missiles. Two M870 Rampart point defense turrets are mounted on the port and starboard hangar bays, one on the dorsal surface and one below; each emplacement mounts two 50mm guns. Rather than the Shiva-class nuclear missiles carried by most UNSC warships, the Charon sports three M4093 Hyperion silos.