M7M

The M7M Missile Frigates are dedicated missile platforms, and in practice are used largely differently from M7 ships except for similarities in size and shielding. These ships carry few laser turrets, if any, and only for point defense purposes. Their primary form of attack is Missile Barrages, a capability unique to the class, where the ship can launch as many as 16 missiles simultaneously. This ability easily overwhelms the point defenses of their targets, allowing the M7M Frigates to have tremendous anti-capital power. They are also a major threat to fighters as well due to their ability to launch deadly fast-moving swarm missiles. Generally speaking they are the deadliest ships in the game since they can overwhelm anything with the size of their barrages, though their reliance on missiles makes them expensive and supply intensive. They are slow for their size, but have good carrying capacity.

Armament

The missiles used by M7Ms are unique to the class. Commonwealth and Terran weapons vary, as show below:

Commonwealth Missiles

Commonwealth ships mount:

• Hammer Heavy Torpedo, a heavy anti-capital missile.
• Flail Barrage Missile, a swarm anti-fighter missile.

Terran Missiles

The ATF Skirnir, as with other Terran ships, is incompatible with Commonwealth weaponry. Instead, they fire:

• Shadow Missile, the counterpart to the Hammer.
• Ghoul Missile, the counterpart to the Flail.

Boarding Pods

In addition, most Commonwealth M7Ms can fire Boarding pods for Marine boarding operations. Using Boarding Pods makes delivering marines to the target significantly easier, and once they are there, using the pods significantly reduces the Mechanical skill required to cut through the hull.

The OTAS Aquilo and the ATF Skirnir are incapable of firing boarding pods.

The OTAS Sirokos is a special M7M intended for boarding, and can mount boarding pods, but not any offensive missiles. It can also carry 30 marines to the others' 20.

Sortable List

M7M Missile Frigates

Name	Race	Class	Speed	Accel	Steering	Hull	Shields	Shield Reactor	Turrets	Laser Cap	Laser Rchg.	Cargo	Cargo Class	Hangar	Price
Minotaur	Argon	M7M	69.9	8	0.9	1,400,000	3 x 1GJ	14,400	16MT	50,500	1,262	8,000	XL	0	50,333,548
Skirnir	ATF	M7M	91	13	1	280,000	4 x 2GJ	12,500	16MT	71,900	1,617	9,500	XL	0	51,426,360
Kraken	Boron	M7M	83.9	12	0.8	1,260,000	3 x 1GJ	14,200	16MT	50,500	1,262	8,500	XL	0	51,019,915
Aquilo	OTAS	M7M	91.8	13	0.8	280,000	3 x 2GJ	5,900	16MT	50,500	1,262	8,000	XL	0	38,206,712
Sirokos	OTAS	M7M	111.2	11.6	3.4	90,000	3 x 1GJ	5,900	16MT	50,500	1,262	4,750	XL	0	38,206,712
Ares	Paranid	M7M	77	9	0.9	350,000	2 x 2GJ	12,400	12MT	50,500	1,262	7,500	XL	0	50,675,750
Cobra	Split	M7M	97.9	16	0.8	280,000	3 x 1GJ	14,400	16MT	50,500	1,262	7,000	XL	0	50,774,081
Gannet	Teladi	M7M	55.9	7	0.7	420,000	3 x 2GJ	8,000	16MT	50,500	1,262	9,000	XL	0	50,272,580
Senshi	Yaki	M7M	69.9	8	0.9	360,000	3 x 1GJ	14,400	16MT	50,500	1262	8,000	XL	0	29,969,691

See Also

Ships by Class

M7M Ships

Argon	Minotaur
ATF	Skirnir
Boron	Kraken
Goner	none
Kha'ak	none
OTAS	Aquilo • Sirokos
Paranid	Ares
Pirate	none
Split	Cobra
Teladi	Gannet
Terran	none
Xenon	none
Yaki	Senshi