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| - After the end of Space War I the ravaged remains of the human race would start to rebuild and thanks to their desire not to let anything like the war happen again they would start to build up a large space fleet to protect not only their planet but their new colonies and colony fleets. While the UNG would produce the Oberth-II Class Destroyers for several years, they knew that they needed a dedicated ship that could assume many different roles. Therefore OTEC Shipyards the designers of the older Oberth, ARMD, and Oberth-II Class ships would introduce their brand new masterpiece in late 2020, the Northampton Class Stealth Frigate. This new warship had the firepower and defense to stand up against larger Zentradi ships; it would also sport the ability to carry a full wing of variable fighters. However what really made this new ship shine was its modular nature making it easy to create numerous dedicated variants, which is what OTEC and the UNG wanted. The new Northampton would also sport stealth features thanks to the new UN Spacy look on space fleets and could hide when it couldn’t fight. After their introduction these small ships would slowly replace the aging Oberth-II Class destroyers and eventually would become a common sight in many UN Spacy Fleets along with the UNG Colony Defense Fleets. The Northampton Class ships would be in use by every single UNG Colony Fleet protecting the colony from attack, even the older Megaroad Colony Fleets where able to get these ships thanks to the foresight in assigning dedicated factory ships to the fleets. The Northampton would also be assigned to the regular UN Spacy Fleet and would be the main ship in the six major Spacy Defense Fleets. The newly formed Galaxy Patrol Fleet would also sport their own dedicated variant of the class which uses them to patrol the space-lanes of the ever-increasing UNG Sphere of Influence. The many dedicated variants of the Northampton would fill other roles in the UN Spacy Fleets making it a very cheap choice. Some of the more major variants would be the Independence Class Light Carriers, the firepower enhanced Dreadnaught Class, the dedicated recon Pathfinder Class, the Zentradi built Tou Redir Class and the AI-controlled Caspar Class. The Independence Class replaces all of its missile launchers and its secondary particle cannons for a larger hanger allowing it to carry about twice the amount of fighters of a normal Northampton Class. While the Dreadnaught Class sports larger and more powerful particle cannons along with more long-range missile launchers. The Pathfinder class on the other hand sports dedicated recon equipment and such replacing much its weapons. The Caspar Class is an entirely AI controlled ship with barely if any crew and are usually used as automated long-range exploration ships. However after the “Sharon Apple” Incident many of these ships would remove from service. All in all the Northampton Class would serve the UN Spacy and its successor New UN Spacy for many years. Like the Oberth Class before it, the Northampton Class would be well-loved by their crews and there are few Frigates in Colony Fleets that have legacy crews basically after a crew retires or is promoted off the ship the off-spring of the original crew takes their places. Thanks to the rugged nature of the ship it will most likely be in use for many years ahead.
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