EAS Ironside pictured
The Tethys class Cutters, or "boats" as their crews liked to refer to them as, were good at keeping raiders from becoming too much of a problem in the shipping lines, but they lacked the jump drive and resiliance needed to take on the heavier raider vessels, like the Battlewagon or the Dragonship. Freedom class Heavy Cutters fit the bill nicely, but still lacked the firepower to take on anything like a Battlewagon. The Freedoms were Equipped with a jump drive to pursue jump capable raiders. The most common model's (Delta Model) firepower consisted of two Mk. I interceptors, one HPC, one MLC, three LPCs, and four SPBs.
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