The Vethorni-class gunship was a light gunship manufactured by Keppa Nova Drive Yards. The craft was designed alongside the Vaethorm-class for the Roccho Navy, with both acting as close support for strike craft. Unlike the Vaethorm-class, the Vethorni-class was constructed as an escort craft to screen allied units such as capital ships. The ship was developed at the company’s Stykeer Station Shipyard, the most expansive industrial facility in the nation, with Iquallo Engineering providing weapon systems and some of Keppa Nova Drive Yards’ subsidiaries designing and manufacturing specific technologies. The ship was originally intended to come in two models, one with additional combat capability against capital ships, but with the Vaethorm-class and other strike craft being produced under contract with the Roccho Navy this iteration was unnecessary and only the light model was eventually manufactured.

The Vethorni-class was significantly more maneuverable than the Vaethorm-class - with a maximum sustained sunlight acceleration about 2,000 g’s higher than the heavier gunship, the Vethorni could keep pace with the most advanced strike craft available to the Rodain Sector’s nations, such as the Phosiorate-class. As a screening ship the craft would primarily face strike craft, so in addition to two Vetann AEW T51407 laser cannons and two Vetann E/ls T60 laser cannons, the gunship was equipped with two AEW/T 0520n-model anti-fighter laser turrets like on the Vaethorm-class, although the weapons had been modified by the design team to integrate with the ship’s systems. Both turrets were mounted on the ventral surface of the ship, and with the Vethorni-class being much more maneuverable than the Vaethorm-class it was able to easily keep opposing strike craft in the firing arcs of the weapons. The gunship also had almost three times as many missiles, the Type-602 Eir/Xeu, a slightly smaller ordnance optimal for attacking strike craft.