Editing Necron Escort (section)

====Jackal====
[[File:14420282_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Le grande croissant.]]
The much bigger croissant and the Dirge's bigger brother.

Jackals are the equivalent to Imperial escort vessels, specifically Frigate-class, and have been encountered several times. Only on two occasions have these ships been seen working on their own, instead, they are usually found tailing the [[Cairn-class Tomb Ship]]s and [[Scythe-class Harvest Ship]]s. It is the larger of the two escorts (the second being the Dirge-class Raider) encountered as part of the Necron Fleet. For armament, Jackals wield 4 [[Lightning Arc]] batteries.

The Jackal seems to be the best option in its weight class considering for just 5 extra points you have a ship that's twice as survivable with better troop defence and trades the 25% speed boost for a 33% damage and crit chance increase from the Dirge. Considering the lack of shields that is such a factor in Necron fleets, the extra hitpoints seems well worth the cost in the long run.

One thing that hampers both of the escort ships, perhaps more so with the Jackal considering its combat orientation, is the 90-degree fire arcs that force you to use head-on attack orders. If you were able to have a wider arc that permitted broadside circling, it would help in dodging shots. This is offset by the fact that lances are your biggest concern anyways and moving about isn't going to save you from 100% accuracy, armour-piercing light beams.

*'''Length:''' 1km; approx
*'''Width:''' 3.5km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 11 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 19,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.1 gravities max sustainable acceleration