The VX-2C Dread is a Voran frigate designed to screen heavier assets, hunt raiders, and seize momentum in the opening minutes of a fight. Voran engineers biased the design toward shield resilience, trusting layered energy screens to absorb the opening exchange and preserve the hull for the kill. Among Voran crews, the Dread is the kind of name spoken with a grin before battle and in a lower voice afterward.