Arkham Class Frigate

Arkham Class Frigate image from Planets Nu

Comments

The Arkham is heavily armed for its cost, but with its small cargo capacity and short range it will only ever be a cheap defensive ship for you. While significantly more expensive, other ships may be more useful in the long term: Missouri and Diplomacy are better fighters, the Nebula can perform a dual role defense/cargo, and even the Thor can throw out more firepower defensively. In combat, the best usage is probably to put low tech beams on it and have it lead against carriers or bases to knock off some fighters.

The area where the Arkham is best is in minesweeping. Its 6 beams on a small 150 kt of mass gives it the best sweep:PP ratio of any Fed ship in Standard. So if you are low on PP after ship limit but need to sweep, this is your optimal ship to pick. If you want a sweeper with more combat power but a relatively high sweep:PP ratio, the Diplomacy, is a good alternative, with 80% of the sweep:PP ratio of the Arkham.

Hull specs

Name	Tech	Beams	T/F	En	MC	Dur	Tri	Mol	Mass	Cargo	Fuel	Crew	Abilities	Adv
Arkham Class Frigate	8	6	3/0	2	70	12	43	67	150	90	120	328	none	0

Addons

The Arkham Class Frigate does not currently have any addon-exclusive abilities.