Talbot Class Frigate

The Talbot Class Frigate is a class of Aegis Guided Missile Frigate commissioned by the Democratic Republic Navy. The class is named for Commander Ashlynn Talbot.

The 40 to 65 Frigates will be broken down into three different Flights, with Flight II having the most.

Originally a General Dynamics Naval Systems Design, it was outsourced to three other Defense Contractors as GDNS handles ships typically of Battleship and Carrier Size.

Background
The Talbot Class Guided Missile Frigate came at request, after the Fletcher Class Frigate was becoming outdated and this showed during the 10 Year War when it couldn't detect submarines. The Fletcher Class's production was cancelled after 30 of the Frigates had been built out of the original 86 ordered, only the first 30 ships had been numbered and the rest of the cancelled ships had not been numbered. Funding for the FFG(X) which would become the Talbot Class Frigate was set aside in FY 2046 and various designs started coming in, however this was halted when the Democratic Republic was drawn into a 10 year war with the neighboring nation of Herzgovnia. After the war ended in 2058, the competition was restarted and a General Dynamics Naval Systems Design came out on top, it was then outsourced to three companies in 2059 with each company building 3-5 ships each.

Subclass
One of the major differences between the DR Navy Talbot Class Frigate and the Duchy of Yohanes Navy Danzig class Frigate is the primary and secondary armaments, they are armed with the OTO-Melara Mark-116 Mod3 127mm 64 Caliber Lightweight Dual Purpose Gun and the Rhienmetall MLG 27 27mm Cannon, there was plans for the Oerlikon 35mm/1000 Millenium Gun, but it was decided that the 30mm Phalanx 2B (Basically just a enlarged Phalanx similar to the 30mm Goalkeeper) would be kept. The propulsion is provided by two MTU V20 Diesel Engines and one General Electric LM2500-G8 Gas Turbine in a CODAG (Combined Diesel and Gas) Arrangement. These are the only major differences between the Talbot Class and Danzig Class, early Danzig Classes were identical to the Talbot Class.