Elthior-class IV assault frigate

The Elthior Class IV Assault Frigate was designed by Neskara Industries for the Great Hyperspace War in 5,000 BBY. Neskara Industries saw the signs leading up to the Great Hyperspace War, and realised that arms and frigate sales would rise dramatically, and they decided that they would cut themselves a hefty chunk of the market. They began construction in 4,998 BBY in the Neskara Industries shipyards on Chazwa, and went on the market in 4,999 BBY, a year before the war broke out. Before the war, sales rose, but during it, the Assault Frigate was in great demand. Neskara Industries expected profits rose by 63%, the greatest rise in Neskara Industries history. Neskara Industries played both sides, offering the Frigates to both sides, gaining hefty profits. After the war, sales sunk by 20%, as the Sith couldn't afford any more, but the Republic wished to strengthen their navy in case of another attack. In 5,001 BBY, the sales dropped another 26%, until, in 5,002 BBY, Neskara industries were producing little more than three hundred a year. By 5,003, sales were down to 2% of their original, and they were making less than 55 a year. Finally, in 5,004 BBY, production of the Elthior Class IV Assault Frigate stopped, the last one being commisioned that very year. However, the last one was sold in 5,005 BBY, and the illustrious career of the Elthior Class IV Assault Frigate was over.

Appearance:

The Elthior Class IV Assault Frigate was large and imposing, about the same size as an Imperial Star Destroyer in the Galactic Civil War. It was of a half diamond shape, but with the back cut inwards like the shape of a swallows tail. Two large, class C2 Menaro Engines came out between this ‘tail’, so that the tail could offer extra protection from enemy missiles. All of the Frigates originally sold were jet black, although their buyers often changed the colour to a design of their own.

Layout:

The Elthior Class IV Assault Frigate was laid out with the bridge at the front point, and a large corridor running down each side, with doorways going off into separate chambers, where each gun could individually be controlled from. The engine room was at the back, in direct contact with the engines themselves. The tech room was in the center of the ship.