Vampire-class Frigate

The Vampire-Class Frigate is a frigate class vessel built for use by the Gardexian Navy
==History==
In the late 2550's, new pockets of Gardium were discovered on Gardiex's moons, plus planets recently terraformed after the war with the Covenant. By 2561, permanent mining camps were set up around these deposits, along with landing pads for cargo vessels to return these for processing on Gardiex's foundry city of Xaven. Along the way, many of these vessels were attacked by raiders, planning to steal and sell or use the Gardium for themselves.  The number of attacks  were so frequent, detatchments of starfighters were sent as escorts. The raiders adapted and were able to fend off or destroy the fighters during their raids. When that failed,  Capricorn-class Gunships were sent as escorts, but the same result occured.
Fed up with wasting smaller military craft, the military pushed for a frigate to be designed to escort these ships. A design disguising the frigate as a cargo vessel was chosen, but given a distinction with prongs at the front resembling Gardexian vampires from mythology, similar to the ones in Human mythology, alse inspiring a name for the class of frigate. The design proved useful as a decoy to escort cargo ships to and from the mining sites, and the raidings slowly ceased soon afterwards.
===Known Ships===
*Soe's Legacy
*Winao's Gift
*Kalvu's Resolve
*Vorkus' Honor
*Kaive's Support
*Kalvu's Gift
*Liava's Staff
*Garvus' Treasure
Category:Gardexian Starships