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The Shot platform was a sucessful debris-clearing vehicle, and found success in a tactical anti-fighter role during various assaults from strike craft. After the development of the assault frigate (and the subsequent frigate line), plans were drawn up to transplant the Shot weapon on to the now-standard frigate platform.

Though the shot platforms continued to serve with Kuun-Lan and Faal-Corum during the ensuing crisis in the core, more "Shot Frigates" were produced to shore up Somtaaw anti-fighter defenses.

Following the war however, Shot weapons of this caliber were cited as "weapons of mass destruction", after noting their gruesome physical and morale damage when used against enemy pilots. Somtaaw was forced to retire all shot frigates or face their explorer-class ships being impounded by interstellar law. Although the International Mining committee wants to regulate the use of Shot platforms (which were not under the Galactic council citation of WMDs), Somtaaw, with the backing of the Taiidan and Kushan races, has blocked such legal restriction and allowed the contued use of shot platforms in mining and mine-clearing efforts. Several frigates also found their way into the hands of the Interstellar Peace Corps, which use them for mine clearing.

(In terms of a game, Somtaaw would start with two "mining platforms", but the shot frigate would be what the explorers build.)

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:icontorislacroix:
I think all Somataaw's ships would able to mine resources, because they are miners. I wish someone would do a RTS with Freelancer+Discovery ships. It would be nice to take command on the IMG or Kruger vessels :D
:iconsaadu:
Very nice. Love the reverse thrusters.
:iconcsp499:
Like what you've done with the thrusters. Gives it a bit of a "harder sci-fi" look, which I love.

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:iconjack07:
i do love this design
the thrusters are cool like the other guys said
and a rather interesting weapon for space combat

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:icontekanako-the-first:
I love the ship, You are very talented at using a tablet and I like the way you use your gray pallete.

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:iconscha11enkrieger:
i like this ship. but, their is one problem, it schuld be against fighters but... fighters are fast, and when they are in the back of this frigatte, the frigate looses^^

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