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[ UNIT DOSSIER // NAV-03 ] // FLEET AIR DEFENSE / ESCORT WARSHIP

FRIGATE

Dedicated fleet air-defense escort combining anti-air damage, engagement range, radar coverage and survivability. Frigate remains a genuine multi-target warship against surface ships, submarines, missiles and airborne threats, while the late progression adds stealth-air detection utility.

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Western Research

2 / 4 / 7 / 13 / 17 / 24 / 26

Eastern Research

3 / 7 / 13 / 17 / 23 / 26 / 29

European Research

2 / 4 / 7 / 13 / 17 / 24 / 29

Primary Role

Air Defense Escort

Frigate Identity // Air Defense First

The defining upgrade is not raw damage alone. At Level 2, aircraft attack rises only from 6 to 6.5, but aircraft/drone engagement range and radar both jump from 75 to 100. That expanded defensive geometry remains through Level 7. Late levels add stealth-air detection as a separate sensor capability rather than extra damage.

Aircraft ATK

6 → 10

The Frigate’s defining damage track.

Air / Drone Range

75 → 100

Level 2 creates the major early engagement breakpoint.

Radar

75 → 100

Radar improves alongside the air-defense range upgrade.

Hit Points

28 → 38

Survivability increases throughout the supplied progression.

[ FRIGATE PROFILE CONFIGURATOR ]

Select Doctrine & Level

The combat curve is shared across the supplied doctrines, while research timing and class identity are doctrine-specific. Level selection updates air-defense damage, range, radar, surface/submarine/missile attack, speed and survivability.

Selected Research Day Day 2

Select Frigate Level

[ ACTIVE FRIGATE PROFILE ]

Western // Level 1

Garcia-Class // Aircraft ATK 6 // Air Range 75 // Radar 75

Level 1

Aircraft ATK

Primary air-defense damage track

Aircraft Range

Reaches 100 at Level 2

Radar

Reaches 100 at Level 2

Missile ATK

2.5

Explicit supplied combat category

Hit Points

Reaches 38 at Level 7

[ DOCTRINE INTELLIGENCE ]

Shared Combat Curve // Different Research Paths

[ DOC-W // WESTERN FRIGATE ]

Western Doctrine

L1–3 Garcia-Class // L4–6 Knox-Class // L7 Perry-Class

Research days: 2, 4, 7, 13, 17, 24 and 26. Western reaches the final supplied level earlier than Eastern and European.

[ DOC-E // EASTERN FRIGATE ]

Eastern Doctrine

L1–3 Krivak-Class // L4–6 Neustrashimy-Class // L7 Admiral Gorshkov-Class

Research days: 3, 7, 13, 17, 23, 26 and 29. Combat identity remains the same supplied fleet-air-defense progression.

[ DOC-EU // EUROPEAN FRIGATE ]

European Doctrine

L1–3 Duke-Class // L4–6 Bremen-Class // L7 Horizon-Class

Research days: 2, 4, 7, 13, 17, 24 and 29. A supplied European L7 terrain view shows sight 48, which conflicts with the general 40-sight curve.

[ LEVEL PROGRESSION ]

Air Defense & Naval Combat

Level	Aircraft ATK	Aircraft Range	Radar	Ship ATK	Sub ATK	Missile ATK	Open Sea SPD	Coastal SPD	HP
L1	6	75	75	6	3	2.5	3.50	1.75	28
L2	6.5	100	100	6	3.5	3.5	3.50	1.75	29
L3	7	100	100	6.5	3.5	4.5	3.50	1.75	31
L4	8	100	100	7	4	5.5	3.50	1.75	33
L5	8.5	100	100	7.5	4	6.5	4.00	2.00	35
L6	9	100	100	7.5	4.5	7	4.00	2.00	36
L7	10	100	100	8	5	8	4.00	2.00	38

[ SPECIAL CAPABILITY PROGRESSION ]

Air Screen & Detection

Air / Drone Screen

75 Range

Aircraft/drone engagement coverage reaches 100 from Level 2.

Radar

Radar is a separate detection field and rises to 100 at L2.

Stealth-Air Detection

Not Shown

Late progression includes stealth-air detection. It remains separate from combat damage.

Level	Air / Drone Coverage	Radar	Stealth Detection	Surface Combat	Submarine Combat
L1	75-range aircraft defense	75	—	Active	Active
L2	100-range aircraft / drone screen	100	—	Active	Active
L3	100-range coverage	100	—	Improved	Improved
L4	100-range coverage	100	Higher-tier sensor package	Improved	Improved
L5	100-range coverage	100	Higher-tier sensor package	Improved	Improved
L6	100-range coverage	100	Stealth-air detection present in late progression	Strong	Strong
L7	Maximum AA damage at 100 range	100	Late-game stealth detection	Maximum supplied profile	Maximum supplied profile

Detection Rule // Keep Systems Separate

Aircraft attack range controls engagement distance. Radar is a separate detection field. Stealth-air detection is another separate late-game capability. These values must not be collapsed into one generic range or treated as additional damage. The supplied source confirms the presence of late stealth-air detection but does not provide a separate numeric stealth-detection radius here.

[ NAVAL TERRAIN & SURVIVABILITY ]

Open Sea vs Coastal Waters

Level	Open Sea SPD	Coastal SPD	HP	Sight	Terrain Combat Mod
L1	3.50	1.75	28	40	None shown
L2	3.50	1.75	29	40	None shown
L3	3.50	1.75	31	40	None shown
L4	3.50	1.75	33	40	None shown
L5	4.00	2.00	35	40	None shown
L6	4.00	2.00	36	40	None shown
L7	4.00	2.00	38	40 / European source view: 48	None shown

[ UPGRADE INTELLIGENCE ]

Frigate Breakpoints

Range Is The Upgrade

Aircraft damage only rises 6 → 6.5, but air-defense engagement range and radar both jump 75 → 100.

L3–4

Multi-Target Escort

Aircraft ATK rises to 7 then 8 while ship, submarine and missile-target damage all continue increasing.

Mobility Upgrade

Movement changes from 3.50 / 1.75 to 4.00 / 2.00 while HP reaches 35.

L6–7

Late Detection

Aircraft ATK reaches 9 then 10, HP reaches 36 then 38, and late stealth-air detection becomes part of the supplied Frigate profile.

Source Conflict // European L7 Sight

The shared terrain progression lists Frigate sight as 40 through all seven levels, but the supplied European Level 7 source view shows 48. This conflict is preserved rather than silently reconciled. The configurator therefore uses 40 as the shared progression value while the European L7 exception remains explicitly visible in this dossier.

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