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Firestorm frigate scale and ramming limits

The Firestorm's high acceleration makes it manoeuvrable, but its six-megaton mass limits what its armoured prow can ram safely.

Notes

A Firestorm-class frigate is about 1.8 kilometres long, 0.3 kilometres across at the fins, and six megatons in mass. Its crew of roughly 25,000 and sustainable acceleration of 4.4 gravities make it a fast, manoeuvrable escort by Imperial standards. The armoured prow suggests a ramming role, but much heavier capital ships remain dangerous targets. A successful collision would require high speed, careful target selection, and a precise impact point. The example separates manoeuvrability from the ability to survive a collision with a vastly larger ship.