Mekpali Light Escort

The Mekpali is a marvel of Orion engineering in theory, packing more capability than a Centaur-A or literally all of the capabilities of an Onaya cruiser into a diminutive and extremely cheap 341kt frame.

In practice the class are yard queens, being very unreliable and often in for repairs when trouble strikes, as happened to them during the Eternal Empire crisis. Still, when they work, they are shockingly powerful ships for their size.

Rumours that the Mekpali Light Escort is not in fact the product of current Orion Union technology are strenuously- and litigiously- denied by Mekpali Advanced Designworks Inc. Nevertheless, speculation persists that these ships are in fact refurbished from partially completed, ancient Orion Empire hulls recovered in secret from a stasis storage vault- which would explain both the extreme capability and the unreliability.