Steiner-class

The Steiner-class was a class of relatively sturdy light patrol corvettes employed by the Thryn Monarchy prior to it's disbandment. Jake Lancia resurrected the vessel for Trident Foundries in 2317.
== Description ==
A relatively dumpy vessel in comparison to equivalent corvettes, Steiner-class vessels were Thryn's answer to Trident Industries' Hyperion patrol corvettes and as such had similar armour plating, shielding and manueverability. The Steiner was designed to be a modular corvette, with different weapon and defence system loadouts to suit particular missions, and was meant to be operated by a crew of four.
The variant as used by Trident Foundries is operated as a fast scout vessel with a high capacity chain drive.
== History ==
=== 2315 ===
During combat against Atlas Alliance corvettes in the Ares Galaxies in mid November 2315, using a Trident Hyperion V9, Azereiah of Thryn realised that she needed her own design of light corvettes to better counter the AA vessels she was up against. She quickly produced a hull of similar size to a Hyperion and began system fitting. 
A couple of days later, she test fought Jake Lancia, flying a Hyperion V12, in the NFD Galaxies. Not having the over two-year experience with corvettes that Jake had, Azer quickly realised she couldn't match up to Trident's latest corvettes and Jake's experience with them, and so it was back to the drawing board for the Steiner.
A day later, Azer had fitted a long-range jump drive into yet another variant of the Steiner, which was to become a light scout and patrol ship.
=== 2317 ===
Jake Lancia of the resurrected Trident Foundries expressed interest in refitting the vessel to Trident standards in March, and had been hunting for a complete blueprint schematic of it. In early April, Lancia had found an old blueprint and had refitted the vessel to Trident standards, and has since commissioned the class to the fleet.
== Usage ==
The Steiner-class has, in addition to its standard role as light corvette, been used in the following roles:
* Light attack
* Patrol
* Long-range scout
* Pathfinder
* Testbed
Category:Ships
Category:Corvettes
Category:Thryn Monarchy