During the first war for the Bartle sector, Jericho sought to find an additional way to combat the emerging Empire’s scout ships and their advanced cloaking systems. Since all of Jericho’s low tonnage vessels lacked such a capability at the time, such a ship was sorely needed. However, due to the Empire’s counterattack, the project had to be suspended.

Research was resumed shortly after the meeting between the Emperor and Bartle, as even a ship without the strongest firepower in the galaxy could prove useful in a battle against the Precursor spies.

A unique missile system was developed specifically for the “Exorcist”. Within a short radius, it can disrupt the operation of cloaking systems of all known ships, as well as new developments in this area. In addition, the missile for this ship was supplemented with a non-standard system of maneuvering engines, significantly increasing its turning speed.

This frigate is mass-produced for the Raid fleet as a mainline AI-controlled combat drone, but a few families have decided to sell small exclusive batches to the UMC.