The Kes'heel was built to be one of their newer models of heavy cruisers for long-term missions, whether it be spec-op behind enemy line missions or just border patrols. Most of the Hensa class ships were exploited or sold twenty years ago, and since then, the Kes'heel represents the new backbone of the fleet. The Kes'heel class is the successor of the older Hensa class cruiser. The design of the ship is elegantly simple and its slender profile is uncommon for a typical Batarian State Arms warship. While this vessel has been constantly upgraded every few decades within the Hegemony, the older versions of this frigate can be found throughout the galaxy in the service of pirates, mercenaries and even the occasional Migrant Fleet ship. Batarian State Arms created the Yu'Garr to be the multirole frigate that the Hegemony could depend on. The Yu'Garr Frigate has been in the service of the Batarian Hegemony for almost a century. By 2160, when colonisation of the Skyllian Verge began, batarian military capacity had apparently weakened to the point that they were unable to prevent human expansion. Citadel sanctions have left the Batarian Hegemony a paper tiger of an empire, one that fights rivals through deniable terrorist actions rather than the wars of its heyday centuries ago. In direct comparison to the Ships of the Systems Alliance, the Batarian fleet is larger but much weaker. It produces various ship classes that are sold primarily in the Terminus Systems. Most batarian military hardware is produced by a corporation called Batarian State Arms, a vast nationalized institution infamous for its waste and corruption.

The Batarian Hegemony does not trust private industry to create their military hardware. Size Comparison for the three common Batarian starships.

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