A month after the release of the original Lancer Frigate, Admiral Drez commissioned the designed of a faster, more powerful version for the Fleet under his command. Many lesser Admirals that supported the addition of the Lancer Mark I to regular duty followed suite. The sublight engines have been upgraded from the four original KDY Excel-1s to one Cygnus Spaceworks Gemon-4 Ion Engine originally used in groups of four as backup engines for Imperial Star-Destroyers.
Twenty more towers have been added for additional quad laser cannons, the towers had additional maneuvering jets installed in them for an increase in the agility of the frigate. The original Corellian AG-2G quad laser cannons were replaced by Corellian AG-3G quad laser cannons increasing the damage by almost half again as much. To defend itself from smaller capital vessels, two Heavy Turbolasers were added to the design as well.
Unfortunately for the Lancer Mark II design, and for the Empire as a whole (but fortunately for the Rebel Alliance), Admiral Drez was killed in combat before the prototypes were halfway to completion. KDY was ordered to complete the first five and convert the rest to the original Lancer design. Years later the design was bought by the Nova Corporation and are being built at a rate of four per year at their main construction yards.
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| Stats: | Ben Lundberg |