The Attican-class frigate is the main escort vessel of the Spartan People's Navy, a home-grown ship design symbolically replacing the Burke-class frigate that had served since 2340 in all the Terran Stellar League's protectorates. Like most (but not all!) Spartan vessels, the jump-drive technology installed in the Attican-class is only capable of Jump-1 - which makes getting out of the Van Ryan Nebula, or anywhere, a time-draining chore. However the tradeoff in speed is made up for in firepower - the Attican has twice the armor of a Burke-class vessel and carries two fusion cannons to the Burke's single particle beam bay. Even more troubling, the huge weapons disparity between the Burke and the Attican is made worse by the fact that the tradeoff in speed almost halves the price of the Attican - allowing the Spartans to field two for every Burke in the field.
| Attican-class Frigate | d-Tons | Cost (MCr) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 800 tons | Hull 16 | 80 | |
| Reinforced Structure x2 | Structure 20 | 80 | 16 | |
| Armor | Ceramol | 12 points | 120 | 48 |
| Jump Drive D | Armored Bulkheads | Jump 1 | 27.5 | 40.5 |
| Maneuver Drive G | Armored Bulkheads | Thrust 2 | 14.3 | 28.26 |
| Power Plant G | Armored Bulkheads | 24.2 | 56.44 | |
| Bridge | Hardened Bridge | 20 | 6.25 | |
| Computer | Model 3 | Rating 15 | 2 | |
| Electronics | Countermeasures Suite | +4 Jamming DM | 7 | 6 |
| Weapons | Hardpoint #1 | Fusion Cannon Bay | 100 | 16 |
| Hardpoint #2 | Fusion Cannon Bay | 100 | 16 | |
| Hardpoint #3 | Torpedo Barbette | 5 | 4 | |
| Hardpoint #4 | Torpedo Barbette | 5 | 4 | |
| Hardpoint #5 | Triple Turret (pulse laser/pulse laser/sandcaster) | 1 | 2.25 | |
| Hardpoint #6 | Triple Turret (pulse laser/pulse laser/sandcaster) | 1 | 2.25 | |
| Hardpoint #7 | Double Turret (particle beam/beam laser) | 1 | 5.5 | |
| Hardpoint #8 | Double Turret (particle beam/beam laser) | 1 | 5.5 | |
| Fuel | 136 tons | Jump-1 and 4 weeks | 136 | |
| Cargo | 37 tons | 37 | ||
| 30 Staterooms | max 60 personnel | 120 | 15 | |
| Extras | Ship's Locker | |||
| Software | Maneuver/0 | |||
| Jump Control/1 | 0.1 | |||
| Evade/2 | 2 | |||
| Fire Control/3 | 6 | |||
| Library | ||||
| Total | 800 | 362,050,000 Cr | ||
| Maintenance Cost (monthly) | 30,170 Cr | |||
| Life Support Cost (monthly) at full occupancy | 90,000 Cr | |||
