Tabac Orbital Shipyards: Installation of the Main Battery, Frigate 3AA

 Contrary to the previously posted schematic, this recently obtained photo clearly shows the 3AA variant is armed with twin Frontier Systems 5” Repeater Cannon in an armored turret with independent Fire Control Sensors. The GE Cyclic Laser is retained and has now been mounted at the base of the outboard mast. 

In the docking cradle is a Swiftsure Interface Boat, as opposed to the Imperial Mark 4 Assault boat shown earlier. These design modifications are clearly in process as the new placement of the sensor mast is still unknown.  The implication is not only that the 3AA is trading hull space, ditching the larger Assault boat for more firepower, but since the Swiftsure is lighter and has a much smaller support footprint than the originally planned, there could possibly be enough room to hangar a second Swiftsure.

If this is so, the Colores Frigate 3AA could be much more effective than previously hypothesized.