The Munificent-class star frigate or the Banking Clan Frigate, or commonly known as the Separatist Frigate is a warship used for the New Confederacy during the The Last of the Droids era.
Characteristics[]
Weapons[]
The Munificent-class star frigate is very powerful by weapons but weak in shielding. The Munificent has 10 Flak Guns which made it very hard to destroy at some parts. Flak Guns would be manned by Driver Battle Droids during battles. As the most common of the Separatist Warships, Munificent-class star frigates would come in large numbers against Venator-class Star Destroyers and Imperial-class Star Destroyers. 4-6 of these could overpower a Venator-class or Imperial-class.
Control Tower[]
The Control Bridge of the Munificent-class.
The Munificent's bridge is located in the front of the warship which made the ship an easy target. The bridge contained 8 Driver Battle Droids and 1 OOM Commander Battle Droid, Super Tactical Droid, or T-series tactical droid. In some cases, the Munificent-class star frigate would carry biological officers such as Zan Radek. On the ceiling of the Munificent-class star frigate's bridge were clips for Magna Guards just in case if someone tried to destroy the command center.
Complement[]
The Munificent carried 150,000 deactivated Battle Droids and also 10,000 Battle Droids prepared to fight and protect the warship. The Munificent-class could carry droid starfighters to battle. Vulture Droids and Hyena Bombers are usually inside the ship's hangar or standing on top of it. Droid Tri-Fighters would be in the hangars sometimes, but not occasionally.
The Munificent-class star frigate's cross-section.
Usage[]
The Munificent-class star frigate is used as a Frigate, Communications Ship, Destroyer, Command Ship, and a Cruiser. This made the Munificent-class have different roles during the Clone Wars and The Last of the Droids eras.
History[]
Mustafar[]
24 Separatist Frigates were first seen on Mustafar with no energy. They carried 5 Vulture Droids inside of them for the 2nd Battle of Coruscant. Once they were powered up, they flew with the 18 Providence-class carrier/destroyers to the Battle of Mustafar.
Battle of Mustafar[]
In the Battle of Mustafar, Separatist Frigates fired at Starblazer while the Vulture Droids attacked their bridge deflectors.
2nd Battle of Coruscant[]
24 Separatist Frigates participated in the 2nd Battle of Coruscant. When they got there, the Munificents launched several Vulture Droids and other fighters they had. They had engaged the 24 Imperial-I class Star Destroyers by ship-to-ship combat using their flak guns. Later on, Death Squadron showed up and Vader took off in his TIE Fighter. The Munificent-class star frigates tried to hold off Death Squadron as long as they could, but they had already lost 1 Munificent. The Separatist Frigates continued to hold off the waves of TIEs with their point-defense laser cannons and hit some more Star Destroyers. Later on, Crusher had found the Vulture Droid Commander and the Hyena Bomber Commander. They left their fighters to handle off the other TIE Fighters. They passed a Munificent during this time and it was firing at a Imperial-I Star Destroyer of Death Squadron. When the Separatists were in retreat, another Munificent-class star frigate was destroyed as Crusher tried to leave.