Generation 3 Initiative (TRI)

The Generation 3 Initiative was the result of months of starship development work at the secretive Omega Colonies.
== Description ==
The Generation 3 Initiative was originally a document issued to Trident Foundries' many designers and shipyard companies, intending to create a fierce competition where only the best ships would prevail. Instead, several shipyards came together into a single large design teams and came up with one singular design.
== History ==
=== 2317 ===
In early March, Jake Lancia issued the preliminary document which outlined the requirements of the new Generation 3 frigate test ship; it was specified to be at least 10% smaller than the then-modern Brawler-class frigate, have equal or greater firepower, better manueverability, and use the latest technological developments. All of Trident's shipyards agreed to the design document, and began researching into possible hull shapes at the Omega V Starship Research Complex.
As the Aesthetican Crisis threatened to boil over into armed conflict in early April, Plaz rallied the design teams of every major Trident shipyard and subsidiary together to help design the new fleet together, partially disregarding the previous document, and submitting a new one. The hull was to be made of darkened Fertikeen-alloy armour plating in addition to glowing Insanium-laced sections in critical areas. The projected size of the vessel was approximately 15,000 standard mass units.
PlazWorks and Pegakitty Shipyards initially worked together on a somewhat less smooth frigate-sized hull that closely resembled a Generation 2 ship, but when Angel Works and Infinite FleetWorks took a more active interest in the project, they changed the hull to be a lot smoother, and darkened many aspects of the hull even further.
In mid-April, work was completed on prototype hull G3-XV-0333, unofficially nicknamed 'Avenger' due to it's more militaristic role. Systems were fitted immediately, and the vessel began combat trials in the Cake Galaxies. The small vessel weighed in at just over 14,000 standard mass units. Test results against Brawler- and Eris-class vessels were better than expected, and after several refinements, the ship was moulded into what has now become the Avenger-class Frigate. It was decided that these new ships would supplant the current Generation 2 vessels for approximately a year before complete replacement of the fleet with Generation 3-derived vessels happens.
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