Ship Lineship AISN Chons

Chons
Chons
Type	Frigate
Combat role	Lineship
Service
Used by	Antarean Imperial Space Navy
Wars	Second Antarean War
Production
Score requirement	150 points
Specifications
Length	440m
Main armament	1x Medium ion cannon 1x Medium missile launcher 1x Dual heavy plasma turret 2x Autocannon turret
Statistics
Hull	107100 points
Armour	25150 points
System stations	5 stations
Boost time	25s
Max thrust	700

The Chons has fast become the primary frigate of the Imperial fleet due to its speed, impressive firepower, and powerful sensors and ECM equipment. First deployed in late 983 AE, commanders first utilized the Chons' startling abilities in the Battle of Arfurio, where an outnumbered Imperial division fooled a League task-force into retreating by having a squadron of Chons frigates appear to be an entire arm of an Imperial reinforcements.

The Chons carries an impressive mix of weaponry, with the typical Imperial predominance of energy based systems. While the vessel's Rail cannons give the frigate an impressive mid-range advantage over most destroyers and corvettes in service on both sides, it is the seven Leighflanger light plasbeam cannons that truly make this vessel a terror of the battle-field. Though they lack the power of capital-class plasbeams the sheer volume of fire the ship is able to produce is truly impressive to behold.

This deadly firepower comes at a price. The energy drain caused by repeated firing of its plasbeam cannons has been known to overload power-transfer systems aboard the ship. Likewise, it is difficult for the Chons to sustain repeated firing of all of its primary weapon systems for very long. However, the vessels relatively thin armor coupled with the critical shortage of munitions among Imperial forces means that for all of its firepower, the Chons' survivability drops exponentially in protracted engagements.

The Chons is best employed as a raider, slipping around concentrations of enemy units to attack staging areas and weaker ships.

Known ship:

• AISNV Kell Aset