M7M

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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[edit]

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

Commonwealth Missiles[edit]

Commonwealth ships mount:

Terran Missiles[edit]

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

Boarding Pods[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]


Ships by Class
Capital  M1M2 / M2+M7 / M7M / M7C
Escort  M6 / M6+M8
Fighter  M3 / M3+M4 / M4+M5
Transport  TLTS / TS+TPTM
M7M Ships
Argon  Minotaur
ATF  Skirnir
Boron  Kraken
Goner  none
Kha'ak  none
OTAS  AquiloSirokos
Paranid  Ares
Pirate  none
Split  Cobra
Teladi  Gannet
Terran  none
Xenon  none
Yaki  Senshi