Strident-class heavy frigate

The Strident-class heavy frigate is a frigate class employed in the UNSC Navy in the Post-War era used for escort and quick attack duties. The carries ten ships of this class in internal docking bays.

Operational History
At least one of these vessels, the, assisted during the Battle of Draetheus V. It took out hundreds of Spirits then outmaneuvered the Covenant ships in an attempt to deploy ODSTs before it was heavily damaged and crashed on the surface of X50.

During the Second Battle of Requiem, the Infinity deployed its compliment of Strident-class frigates shortly after arriving at the shield world; at least two would survive the initial phase of combat.

Ships of the Line

 * - Status unknown
 * - Destroyed

Trivia

 * The carries ten Strident-class frigates in its sub-vessel deployment bays.
 * This is the only design of frigate with no hangar on the bottom of the ship. Instead it is replaced by a shuttle bay on the each side of the ship.
 * This is the first class of UNSC frigate known to be equipped with energy shielding.
 * This class is 575 meters long, making it the largest frigate class put into service with the UNSC Navy.