(EAS Abel pictured)

Abel Class History

The Abel Class Battleship was a Dilgar War era vessel designed to be able to handle the larger vessels fielded by the Dilgar singlehandedly. She was based off of the Hyperion hull, with some heavy modifications. She was armed with eight MLC's, two class-S racks, six MPlasC's, and eight SPB's, she was one of the more heavily armed vessels produced by the Earth Alliance. She also carried two squadrons of fighters.

The Abel Class only fought in one battle during the war. Of the three that made it to Omelos, two survived, though only one of them intact. Dilgar Suicide frigate destroyed the EAS Cain, while the EAS Abel was heavily damaged by OSATs. Only the EAS Apollo survived intact, though she would later be lost to a jump engine malfunction. A total of fifty-seven Abel Class ships were built in the post Dilgar War buildup, in addition to the fourteen built during the war. There were two refits done for this class. The first (beta model) replaced most of the MPlasC's with MPC's, and the second (gamma model) replaced the eight MLC's with eight HLC's, and totally removed the Class-S racks.

Of the seventy-one built, one was destroyed during the Dilgar war, six between the Dilgar war and the E-M War, and the rest during the war. At the twilight of the class, there were two alpha models, forty-five beta models, and fifteen gamma models. None survived to the Battle of the Line.