| Ion Frigate | |
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| Product Information | |
| Credits | 120 |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Drive | Stellar |
| Armament | 
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| Power | 12 |
| Armor | 12 |
| Shield | 1 |
| Speed | 5 |
| Hangar | 4 |
| Shipyard | 8 |
| Research Required | |
| Armour | 8 |
| Stellar Drive | 4 |
| Shielding | 10 |
| Ion | 10 |
Good Against: Dreadnoughts, Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars.
Bad Against: Everything else.
Why use them? If someone is mad enough to attack one of your bases with just a Titan, Leviathan or Death Star possibly with a few fighters, destroy the fighters with more fighters and attack the bare ship with lots of Ion Frigates filled with fighters. You will lose far less than the enemy.
Ion frigates are actually a tiny bit cheaper per armor than heavy cruisers. Ion frigates are about twice as good as HCs at shooting down leviathans, and much better at shooting deathstars. In exchange, though, they die horribly to fighters. Since everyone has fighters and very few people have leviathan/deathstar fleets you actually need to worry about, ion frigates lose out to HCs. Since HCs are better in all but one metric, ion frigates are only useful for bit roles.
Advanced tactics Ion frigates fill the same role as ion bombers: killing super-capitals. However, they are not as efficient per credit as ion bombers, so they are not recommended. Their only use is in the speed attacker fleet, or as a part of an ion-only fleet (ion frigates/ion bombers). The ion-only fleet is the most efficient way to take down naked super-capitals, since no potential damage is wasted on the ships transporting the ion bombers. Everything in that fleet can hurt super-caps, so you just land and attack. The instances where you could use such a fleet are very rare, however.
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