Paris-class heavy frigate (FLK)

The Paris-class heavy frigate (: FFG) is a model of in service with the , produced by SinoViet Heavy Machinery.
Prior to 2513, the UNSC Navy viewed the concept of heavy frigates as a waste of valuable resources with the development of newer MAC armed Frigate designs, believing that the recently authorised Stalwart-class light frigate and its follow on the Charon-class would be suitable for any perceived threats that did not warrant the deployment of a . However, following the coup d'etat on Eridanus II and the rebels' deployment of a mixture of Captured Lancer-class frigates along with older Frigate designs which had been modified to carry a single MAC gun taken from scrapped a feasibility study was undertaken to fill the need for a warship of this type. This process resulting in the Paris-class which would begin production in , with the first units entering into service in .
Due to the greater expense of the Paris ' production was initially limited to a small number due to the doctrine of the time focusing on the use of the vessels in tandem with the cheaper and more numerous Stalwart's and Charon's. However, with the advent of the Human-Covenant war in 2525 and the need for better protected and armed vessels, production of the class was greatly expanded with class becoming the dominant design of late-war frigate production.
Despite being one of the UNSC's least powerful ship types, the Paris class would give exemplarily service, becoming the primary escort vessel of the UNSC Navy by the late war period, earning a reputation as both an efficient escort craft and as an effective combat vessel when deployed in large 'wolf-pack' formations. 
The classes reputation was demonstrated by first vessel to see combat when the UNSC Commonwealth engaged the Zanar-pattern light cruiser Unrelenting during the . Despite the inequality of Human warships to their Covenant opposition, the frigate was able to inflict damage on the more powerful vessel before both vessels withdrew due to damage at the cost of the Longsword squadron that the Frigate had been transporting to the planet. In spite of being rendered combat ineffective due to the loss of its MAC gun and slipspace drive, the Commonwealth remained in action to provide cover for a boarding attempt by Spartan-II Commandos who were able to use the hole caused by a hit from the Frigates MAC gun to enter and subsequently destroy the enemy vessel at the cost of .
Post-War the surviving ships of the class remained in active service with the UNSC Navy, with the ships being progressively displaced into second line roles by late war designs such as the heavier and the shielding equipped with production of further ships being curtailed by the end of the war. However, with the rise of the Created and the increased threat of the Banished resulting in the loss of these newer vessels, the Paris-class would return to frontline service to fill the gaps in remaining UNSC formations. 
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== Overview ==
== Specifications ==
=== Propulsion and Powerplant ===
== Roles and Tactics ==
=== Weaknesses ===
=== Armament ===
=== Armour and Superstructure ===
=== Countermeasures ===
== Service History ==
=== Insurrection ===
=== Human-Covenant War ===
=== Post-War ===
== Ships of the Line ==
Name 	Hull Classification Symbol	Commissioned	Destroyed 	Notes 		
Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110. 	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.	Block I
The original pre-war production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2523 and 2527. Assigned Hull code's FFG-81/FFG-110.
Canonical ship. 	FFG-81 	2523 	 	Lead ship of the class, participated in the Battle of Earth. 		
UNSC Stuttgart Submitted by . 	FFG-82 	2523 	 	Served as part of Task Force Scourge. 		
UNSC Yorktown Submitted by . 	FFG-83 	2523 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
UNSC Tyler H. Shikaru Submitted by .	FFG-84 	2523 	2526 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. Destroyed during the Battle of Furiawa III. 		
UNSC Alamo 	FFG-85 	2523 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
UNSC Yellow Thunderer 	FFG-86 	2523 	2526 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. Destroyed during the Battle of Furiawa III. 		
UNSC Hadrian's Spear 	FFG-87 	2524 	2526 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. Destroyed during the Battle of Julianus V. 		
UNSC Concorde 	FFG-88 	2524 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
UNSC Orbital Guardian 	FFG-89 	2524 	 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. 		
UNSC Bright New Day 	FFG-90 	2524 	2552 	Slated for dismantling, reactivated following the Fall of Reach, later successfully expended in an unmanned ramming attack on a covenant cruiser during the Battle of Earth.		
UNSC Chesapeake Submitted by . 	FFG-91 	2524 	 	 		
UNSC Zodiac 	FFG-92 	2524 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
UNSC Commonwealth 	FFG-93 	2525 	2552 	Participated in the Battle of Chi Ceti IV. Decommissioned prior to 2552, partially scrapped on Reach. 		
UNSC Light of Night 	FFG-95 	2525 	2526 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. Destroyed during the Battle of Furiawa III. 		
UNSC Spear of Destiny 	FFG-96 	2525 	 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. 		
UNSC Fuciliere 	FFG-98 	2525 	 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Damaged during the Battle of NX-583. 		
UNSC Point of Aim 	FFG-100 	2526 	2526 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. 		
UNSC Red Tide 	FFG-101 	252 	 	Assigned to Twenty-First Fleet. Destroyed during the Battle of Furiawa III. 		
UNSC Zubian 	FFG-104 	2526 	 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Heavily damaged during the Battle of NX-583. 		
 	FFG-106 	2527 	2552 	Destroyed during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV 		
UNSC Stockholm 	FFG-108 	2527 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
 	FFG-110 	2527 	 	Participated in search for Kurt-051. 		
Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188. 	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.	Block II
The first wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2530 and 2538. Assigned Hull code's FFG-147/FFG-188.
 	FFG-147 	2531 	 	Participated in the Fall of Reach. 		
UNSC Criffel 	FFG-153 	2531 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
UNSC Witte de With 	FFG-154 	2532 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
UNSC Carpenter 	FFG-161 	2533 	 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. 		
UNSC Mogador 	FFG-163 	2533 	 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. 		
UNSC Yellowstone 	FFG-181 	2536 	 	 		
UNSC Port Royal 	FFG-182 	2536 	2537 	Assigned to Battlegroup Churchill. Destroyed during the Battle of NX-583. 		
Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280. 	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.	Block III
The second wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2538 and 2548. Assigned Hull code's FFG-261/FFG-280.
UNSC Axiom 	FFG-261 	N/a 	2537 	Expected Commissioning: 2538. Wrecked during construction during the 2537 Mamore insurrection. 		
UNSC Zagreb 	FFG-264 	N/a 	2537 	Expected Commissioning: 2538. Wrecked during construction during the 2537 Mamore insurrection. 		
UNSC Euryale 	FFG-267 	2538 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
 	FFG-273 	2539 	 	Participated in the containment of the Flood Outbreak at Site 22. Carried a copy of Fransico Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son in the ships ready room. 		
Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330. 	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.	Block IV
The third wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2540 and 2544. Assigned Hull code's FFG-311/FFG-330.
UNSC Magna Carta 	FFG-317 	2541 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
 	FFG-318 	2541 	2552 	Participated and destroyed in the Fall of Reach. 		
UNSC Mymidon 	FFG-319 	2542 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
 	FFG-327 	2544 	 	Heavily damaged during the Fall of Reach, salvaged and returned to Earth. 		
 	FFG-330 	2544 	 	Fought during the Battle of Earth. 		
Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380. 	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.	Block V
The fourth wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2545 and 2551. Assigned Hull code's FFG-341/FFG-380.
UNSC Bullrush 	FFG-345 	2545 	N/a 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
UNSC Albumasar 	FFG-352 	2546 	N/a 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
UNSC Fields of Verdun 	FFG-353 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
UNSC Oscarsborg 	FFG-354 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
UNSC Icebreaker 	FFG-355 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
UNSC Sledgehammer 	FFG-356 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
UNSC Action 	FFG-357 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
UNSC View to a Kill 	FFG-358 	N/a 	2546 	Expected Commissioning: 2547. Lost whilst under construction during the Battle of Camber. 		
 	FFG-359 	2547 	2553 	Went missing after the Fall of Reach. Found and destroyed in 2553, on Sephune III. 		
 	FFG-371 	2550 	August 14, 2552	Assigned to the prior to ships construction. Destroyed by during . 		
UNSC Black Prince 	FFG-373 	2550 	 	Participated in the Fall of Reach and the Battle of Earth. First Command of Kieran Blair. 		
 	FFG-375 	2550 	 	Participated in a search-and-rescue mission on Cleyell in 2556. 		
UNSC Morose Submitted by . 	FFG-377 	2551 	2558 	Participated in the Battle of Earth. Shot down by a Forerunner Planetary cannon during a reconnaissance mission above Utopia. 		
UNSC Tigris 	FFG-378 	2551 	2558 	Assigned to Battlegroup Eclipse in 2552. Destroyed by a unidentified forerunner supercarrier during the Utopia conflict. 		
UNSC Tunguska 	FFG-379 	2551 	2559 	Assigned to Battlegroup Eclipse in 2552. Crashed and lost due to the concussive blast of a forerunner planetary cannon's destruction. 		
 	FFG-380 	2551 	 	Participated in the Battle of Earth and the Battle of Installation 05. 		
Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522. 	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.	Block VI
The final wartime production batch of Paris-class frigates commissioned between 2553 and 2554. Assigned Hull code's FFG-507/FFG-522.
UNSC Point Lookout 	FFG-507 	2553 	 	Assigned to the Sixth Fleet. Participated in the Imperial War. 		
UNSC Insult to Injury 	FFG-511 	N/a 	2552 	Expected Commissioning: 2553. Lost whilst under construction at Anchor 9 during the Fall of Reach. 		
UNSC Perfect Storm 	FFG-512 	N/a 	2552 	Expected Commissioning: 2553. Lost whilst under construction at Anchor 9 during the Fall of Reach. 		
UNSC Silver Lining 	FFG-513 	N/a 	2552 	Expected Commissioning: 2553. Lost whilst under construction at Anchor 9 during the Fall of Reach. 		
UNSC Goose Chase 	FFG-514 	N/a 	2552 	Expected Commissioning: 2553. Lost whilst under construction at Anchor 9 during the Fall of Reach. 		
== UNSC Remarks ==
== Gallery ==
===Ship pictures===
===Ship Badges===
FFG-81 UNSC Paris.png|Badge for the UNSC Paris.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Paris
FFG-93 UNSC Commonwealth.png|Badge for the UNSC Commonwealth.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/Commonwealth
FFG-147 UNSC Saratoga.png|Badge for the UNSC Saratoga.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Saratoga
FFG-273 UNSC Saturn.png|Badge for the UNSC Saturn.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Saturn
FFG-318 UNSC Grafton.png|Badge for the UNSC Grafton.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Grafton
FFG-327 UNSC Gettysburg.png|Badge for the UNSC Gettysburg.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Gettysburg
FFG-373 UNSC Black Prince.png|Badge for the UNSC Black Prince.
FFG-375 UNSC Cascadia.png|Badge for the UNSC Cascadia.|link=https://www.halopedia.org/UNSC_Cascadia
== Notes ==