Designed shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Imperial Lancer Frigate was designed to counter Rebel starfighters, which were growing to become a significant threat to Imperial fleets. In the largest Imperial fleets, the Lancer wields laser cannons exclusively. Modified versions with additional turbolaser armament are used in smaller task forces, where anti-capital ship power is more sought after.
* Imperial warship: Imperial starships are more heavily armoured than their Rebel counterparts.
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| - Designed shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Imperial Lancer Frigate was designed to counter Rebel starfighters, which were growing to become a significant threat to Imperial fleets. In the largest Imperial fleets, the Lancer wields laser cannons exclusively. Modified versions with additional turbolaser armament are used in smaller task forces, where anti-capital ship power is more sought after.
* Imperial warship: Imperial starships are more heavily armoured than their Rebel counterparts.
- Lancer-class frigates were warships employed by the First Order around 30 years after the Battle of Endor. Commander Poe Dameron discovered at least one of the frigates at a staging point as the Cold war heated up.
- The Lancer-class frigate was a capital ship used for anti-starfighter operations in the Imperial Navy. Imperial starships had long focused on ship-to-ship combat capabilities, relegating smaller capital ships to planetary defense rather than picket duty. As Rebel Alliance pilots learned to exploit the major weaknesses of Star Destroyers, commonly called "Trench Run Syndrome", Imperial officers grew increasingly concerned over the growing relative effectiveness of these heavily armed and shielded starfighters. After the first Death Star’s destruction at the Battle of Yavin by handful of Alliance starfighters, the need for greater starfighter defense was clear.
- The Lancer Frigate was first proposed, designed and put into service within the fleet of the Galactic Empire after suffering a number of defeats in skirmishes against enemy starfighters. It’s twenty AG-2G quad-laser cannons are finely calibrated specifically for high-speed targets, and they are placed on small towers which allow them a far greater firing arc than normal. The ship excels at its role as an anti-starfighter platform; however it suffers greatly when unsupported against ships carrying turbolasers. Imperial Navy policy originally dictated that the Lancer would remain on the outer perimeter of a fleet. This was changed when enemies began to use capital ships to target and disable the Lancers, giving fighters a chance to safely engage the ships less capable of fending them off. An
- The Lancer-class Frigate was designed and put into service after the success of Rebel starfighters in destroying the first Death Star. Built with one clear purpose, these frigates can more than hold their own against enemy starfighters. Imperial Admiral Drez was the first to envision the Lancer-class ships and proposed the creation of a ship to screen enemy starfighters, freeing up larger ships, such as Star Destroyers, to pummel enemies in ship-to-ship combat. With approval from the Imperial Naval Command, Kuat Drive Yards designed and developed the ship.
- This ship was only 250 meters long, and it was quite slow, with only a top speed of 20 MGLT. Suprisingly, they lacked capital grade shielding, and were weak against capital ships their size or larger. The only weapons a Lancer frigate had were twenty AG-2G quad laser cannons, which were extremely effective against the starfighters these ships were meant to hunt down. However, these quad laser cannons were still capable of damaging light capital ships like corvettes. When relegated to anti-piracy duties similar to this, they usually worked in pairs.
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| - Anti-starfighter frigate
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- Lancer-class frigate
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| - Gunner, starboard quad laser cannon. Firing arc is limited to front and right.
- Gunner, lower Dual Turbolaser. Firing arc is limited to front and below.
- Gunner, port quad laser cannon. Firing arc is limited to front and left.
- Driver / Gunner, topside Dual Turbolaser. Firing arc is limited to front and above.
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