Frigates are the smallest vessels rated for deep space military operations. They’re typically deployed for patrol, scouting, and commerce escort missions when heavier vessels aren’t available. When dragged into fleet actions, they’re usually used in small squadrons as screening units, or if unlucky, for flanking maneuvers.

Hex Fleet’s reliance on kinetic weapons leaves them slightly lacking in point defense compared to the near perfectly accurate lasers of other Fleets. To alleviate this problem Hex Fleet has designed several classes of dedicated fleet defense vessels. The Escort Frigate Class mounts a total of six very rapid-fire railguns capable of flooding inbound vectors with hypervelocity metal.