[[Image:Dump0009.png|thumb|left|Trident with turrets]]
The Trident Light Frigate is the second smallest of the capital class vessels. They are fairly slow-moving [[Ships|ships]] with heavy armour for their size. NPC Tridents are typically found in two configurations. In [[Hunting the Hive|Hive]] and [[Border Combat|Border Skirmish]] missions they have four "small" turrets and a forward-facing cannon, and only four standard capital ship turrets in [[Missions#Escort|Escort Missions]]. A docking bay is located at the bottom back of this ship which provides access to repair/rearming facilities and turret control.
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==Game's Description==
People have seen various people from different fractions factions that are not players flying aroundin these mysterious convoys, these go from place to place in the universe, like a transport. They will let you off at the destination at their last jump point.
==Player Construction==
Construction is a long process involving harvesting materials from bots, mining or purchasing ores, purchasing materials npc materials, and finally building componentswith over 1,000 missions. The entire process is a long one, aside from the massive amount of raw materials needed to build the components, there are also caps on how many of some components you can build in one day. One material harvested from bots is [[Synthetic SilkSteel][sss] (4cu), of which over 758,000 is units are required(in previous versions, may take hundreds/ thousands of hours to completeover 35,000 and 75,000 units were required). For a more detailed list, see [[Manufacturing#Trident_Type-M|Trident Construction]]
== Variants ==
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! class="unsortable" width="77" | Variant! class="unsortable" width="65" | Level! class="unsortable" width="65" | Armor! class="unsortable" width="65" | Shield! width="75" | Cargo! class="unsortable" width="65" | Docking! class="unsortable" width="120" | Weapons! class="unsortable" width="65" | Mass! class="unsortable" width="65" | Length! class="unsortable" width="65" | Thrust! class="unsortable" width="65" | Max Speed! class="unsortable" width="65" | Spin Torque! class="unsortable" width="65" | Turbo Speed! class="unsortable" width="65" | Turbo Energy! class="unsortable" width="65" | Turbo Thrust
|-
! Convoy
| Unknown
| 1000000
| 80000
| 300 cu<ref>2 NPC Tridents have been found containing 411 and 516 units of cargo</ref>
| Yes
| 4 Capital Cannons
| 90000 kg90 Mg| Unknown210m
| 550 N
| 100 m/s
| 150.0 Nm
| Unknown
| 50/s
| Unknown
| 1000000
| 80000
| 550 cu
| Yes| 1 Capital Cannon, 2 4 Capital Turret Cannons, 2 Capital Swarm Turrets(2Swarm, 2Guass)| 90000 kg90 Mg?| Unknown210m
| 550 N?
| 100 m/s?
| 150.0 Nm?
| Unknown
| 50/s?
| Unknown
| 1000000
| ?
| 360 cu
| 9 Small PortsYes| 3000000 kg9S| Unknown3000 Mg| 210m
| 10000 N
| 40 m/s
| 1500.0 Nm
| 140 m/s
| 50/s
|-
! Type M
| Craftable
| 1000000
| 40000
| 800 cu
| Yes(4)
| 1L, 4T
| 3000 Mg
| 210m
| 10000 N
| 40 m/s
| 6000 Nm
| 140 m/s
| 45/s
| 20000 N
|-
! Type P <ref>The Prosus craft-able variant yet to be released.</ref>
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
|-
! Type S <ref>The Seipos craft-able variant yet to be released.</ref>
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| 400 cu
| 1 Large Port, 4 Turret Ports
| 3000000 kg
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| 50/s
|}
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image:Trident_Light_Frigate_top.png|Top
image:Trident_Light_Frigate_belly.png|Belly
image:Trident.types.small.jpg|Early photo of Type S
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