The Mk. II was a far more original design than the Assault Frigate Mk. I that it was built from. Its weapon systems were intermediate between the Mk. I and the Dreadnaught, consisting of a tight anti-fighter defense screen of fifteen laser cannons and twenty quad laser cannons. It retained ten of the Dreadnaught's quad turbolaser cannons and kept the fifteen turbolaser batteries from the Mk. I. Like the Dreadnaught, it also took the high-capacity concussion missile launcher.