Nebulon-C Frigate

Built by the Kuat Drive Yards, the upgrade to the Nebulon-B Frigate, the Nebulon-C Frigate line boasts additional space, including modular labs, hanger space, and auxiliary systems. While not as sleek or flashy as their predecessors, this line of Frigate possess a superior hull and targeting systems as well as a shielded bridge and tighter shield arrays.

This vessel comes in two forms, the Nebulon-C Escort Frigate, and the Nebulon-C Medical Frigate.

Nebulon-C Escort Frigate
Originally designed for the New Republic the design became sustainable and easily modifiable so it stayed in continued use.

The escort variant possesses a larger armament and defensive platforms as well as secondary processors and targeting systems. The escort model possesses multiple platforms allowing for additional offensive systems. The Escort Frigate with the utmost weapons has been noted to have 30 Heavy turbolasers, 10 Point-Defense turrets, 4 Proton Torpedo Launchers, and 3 Tractor Beams, however usually at the cost of other systems.

Unlike its medical variant, the escort has a larger hanger bay designed to accommodate attack starfighters and bombers. This vessel on the other has a larger standard crew than the Medical Frigate, but far less space for passengers and total crew.

Nebulon-C Medical Frigate
Originally, closer in design to the normative Nebulon-C Escort Frigate, the Medical variant due to its immense modifications looks closer to the Nebulon-C frigate due to the reduction of the rear armament-stem and exposed sensor arrays.

Built with incredible defensive potential, the Medical Variant is much slower than both the Nebulon-B and Nebulon-C Escort, however, its immense shielding and hull integrity make this medical frigate near impossible to destroy in limited combat.

Since the modifications onboard the Medical Frigate are so numerous and take up most of the space that offensive systems on the Escort Frigate use, the Medical Frigate has very few offensive systems, sporting only two heavy ion cannon turrets, and a larger array (when compared to its other model) of Point Defense turrets, the Medical Frigate can hold its own against minimal fighter wings, and small-line cruisers and escorts.