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Bussie · 10-19-2025, 10:45 AM,

Grendel tech report.
Greetings, Mac Donagan! Francuasa Martz online.
Me and some crew members decided to check how ship, class-Frigate "Grendel", can handle Omicrons systems environment, if it's useable for combat tasks as different role ship, if it's possible to use it in exploration missions, and, of course, how it's dealing with transporting goods.

During our multiple flights across Omicrons systems we have found next things about combat abilities of this Frigate and it's vitality:
Thesis: "Grendel" it's good example how in one ship could be combined role of transport, explorer ship and gunboat in same time. However, it's more take gunboat part, what make this Frigate more orientired in combat usage, as covering allies for example.
Explanation:
Analiz of combat and vitality aspect: This frigate have four weapon plants for standart gunboat turrets, two for gunboat heavy turrets, and one plant for forward gun, more than that, this ship also can use gunboat mines what make this ship very dangerous in battle, as almost every frigate in general. But more noticeable thing in beginning it's that frigate "Grendel" have only seven weapon plants, while other frigates like "Peregrine" have eight weapon plants. Such disadvantage can be compensated by it's maneuvrability and compact size. On this ship also can be mounted shields for gunboats, as on other frigates, but stock of it's batteries is only 585 shield batteries and if we will compare it to other frigates, we can notice that "Peregrine" and other have more capacity of shield batteries. More over than it, Powercore of "Grendel", have advantage if we will compare it with other frigates like: Hogosha Frigate "Raba", Gallic Frigate "Taureau".

But from all frigates I could admit Civilian Frigate "Peregrine" have better statistics than "Grendel" by powercore, batteries of shields (720 units), cargohold size and maneuvrability. However, "Grendel" still have good characteristics due to more adapted weapon and defensive systems with compact size and hull armor. Hull armor of "Grendel" not so hard and big as on "Taureau" but it's still better than on "Raba" and "Peregrine". According all what have said above we can agree with it and confirm that ship is good for combat aspect and cargo carry is more background aspect, what can become good additional for cover our ships and also bring more goods. This frigate can hold high radiation in such system like Omega-41 and fly through very tight spots in asteroid fields, what also can be counted as plus for fuch frigate.

Rheinland engineering school, for sure, can be admitted in high quality construction and reliability of their machines. But due to more standart and adapted decisions of their engineers for Rheinlands, we meet some difficulties in beginning to taught crew how to do maintenance of this ship, but it's not impossible, just take some more time. Construction in general simple, but as for everything new it's requires time to understand how it's work.

As for explorer purposes it's have by default "Munnin scanner aray" what looks like good decision for exploration part of this ship. This frigate can handle high radiation level, hard pressure from enemy guns and wild environment of Omicrons systems and this scanner is perfect addition for that characteristics what will allow us to explore more dangerous spots where before we didn't step. For now this scanner is doing good to searching wrecks and cargo on very far distance from ship, but it's not limit of it's possibilities and with some construction and mechanic adaptation could be used for analyze asteroid for minerals, planets and etc. In general, this scanner can be upgraded, and must be, to allow us surveying systems in general. For example we can use some components from scanners which using on ship "Corvo", to adapt this scanner aray and increase it's range and power for long range scanning tasks and more over than it.

As summary all of that we can came up to next results:
"Grendel" is compact ship which is fast enough to escape from enemy, can be used for surveying systems, and can be used for combat assistance. Not so big cargo hold and missing one weapon plant was compensated by scanner aray, which possibilities can play in our work good role. This frigate will become good additional for our fleet, and on my opinion we need to buy more of them.

Also important to mention about our talk with one Zoner captain who shared his knowledges about piloting and commanding "Grendel" frigate. In general he admitting positive sides of this ship, like good powercore, maneuvrability and etc. But in same time he said that more prefer to use "Peregrine" for transporting good and other purposes due to more advanced Canarians ship decisions. However, in result we came up to opinion that "Grendel" is good frigate by large number of plusses of this ship. I will attach logs from blackbox and some photos that I have made during our little research.

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Blackbox

With best regards,
Francuasa Martz.

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