#CHARON CLASS LIGHT FRIGATE UPGRADE#
#CHARON CLASS LIGHT FRIGATE MAC#

What the Charon truly shines in, is the ability to perform planetary bombardment, a feat found only in some capital ships other than the Charon itself. Improves a friendly planet's population recovery.Planetary Reinforcement: Ground elements are sent to the surface of friendly planets to aid their local garrisons.This makes it a somewhat cost-ineffective combat vessel for the UNSC. While taking the same time and almost the same cost to build, it has lighter hull and armor and lighter weapon damage than its sisters, and consumes more fleet supply in comparison. The Charon-class light frigate is inferior to its heavier sisters in terms of direct fleet combat. In a polar opposite UNSC Aegis Fate and Forward Unto Dawn were used at the end of the conflict during the Battle of the Lesser Ark.

Battlegroup 4 comprised of two of them, CMA Vostok and Arabia, who engaged a Covenant OSS-class Battlecarrier, though both were destroyed almost instantly. This is because of their ability as one of the largest human-built ships to enter and operate in atmosphere, providing fire support and ferrying troops, supplies and even civilians to and from the battlefield.Дespite their poor combat capabilities, Charon-class frigates served throughout the entire war from the First Battle of Harvest to the penultimate Battle of Installation 00 and saw action at many battles in between.

The Stalwart-class replaces the Mako-class corvette in all post releases after Alpha v.0.55.41.800 of SotP.One of the smallest starship classifications at only 489 meters, these frigates are mainly tasked with ferrying supplies, weapons, personnel, and are one of the most common ships used by the UNSC.

If engaging the Flood, these ships are a must, as they are very effective at bringing down the infectious pods that the parasite launches to take control of your ships. In situations where an abundance of strike craft is expected, the Stalwart should be a commander's go-to counter.

#CHARON CLASS LIGHT FRIGATE UPGRADE#

Nevertheless, it still has access to the Orpheus Warheads upgrade to debuff the enemy, and with the Phased Sensor Array upgrade, it could detect nearby cloaked ships, allowing the fleet to react upon them. However, the Stalwart has less late game potential compared with its sisters due to the lack of notable offensive upgrades available, such as the coilgun available to the Paris or the Nuclear Missiles found on the Charon. This makes the Stalwart a good alternative for the UNSC that provides extra anti-air support without hindering the fleet's overall combat capability.

#CHARON CLASS LIGHT FRIGATE MAC#

It has the same hull and armor, same MAC and missile damage, same build time, build cost and fleet cost compared with its heavier sister, the Paris-class heavy frigate, while featuring a significantly higher AA Autocannon damage which deals extra damage to strike crafts. A step up from the Gladius-class Heavy Corvette, the Stalwart does not quite sacrifice its combat capabilities than its lighter counterpart. The Stalwart is a light frigate exclusive to Fleet Admiral Hood's faction. One such Stalwart, UNSC In Amber Clad, commanded by Miranda Keyes participated in the defense of Earth from the arrival of Regret's Fleet and the battle of Installation 05. Many Stalwarts served in the Home Fleet, the UNSC's oldest fleet, tasked with guarding Humanity's most carefully kept secret: Earth. Being the lightest and smallest UNSC Frigates, they are also the fastest and, like her sisters, Stalwarts can enter atmospheric combat zones. Stalwarts are the weakest in direct combat of the three main UNSC Frigates with only 60cm of Titanium-A armor and light weapons. The Stalwart-class light frigate serves as the primary UNSC counter to opposing strike craft. She is outclassed by her sister frigates in overall armor and firepower, but no nearby friendlies will complain about the Stalwart's penchant for shooting down strike craft that would normally breach the perimeter.

Charon class light frigate