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−	The '''''Aquilla'''''-class Transport [[JumpShip]] was an early starship designed first used by the colonialists during the first [[Exodus (2102)|Exodus]]. It should be noted that the division between compact core and standard core JumpShips significantly postdates the ''Aquilla'''s development - the earliest JumpShips, due to the lack of the features that define the modern standard JumpShip, were closer to WarShips in an overall design because of the necessity of powerful maneuver drives and large cargo bays.	+	The '''''Aquilla'''''-class Transport [[JumpShip]] was an early starship designed first used by the colonialists during the first [[Exodus]]. It should be noted that the division between compact core and standard core JumpShips significantly postdates the ''Aquilla'''s development - the earliest JumpShips, due to the lack of the features that define the modern standard JumpShip, were closer to WarShips in an overall design because of the necessity of powerful maneuver drives and large cargo bays.
	Conceived by Boeing Interstellar and built in [[Luna]] orbit in the [[Terra]] system, the ''Aquilla'' was among many designs being built in humanity's first big push into interstellar space. A number of ''Aquillas'' were utilized by [[Samantha Calderon]] and her followers in their eventual colonization of what became [[Taurian Concordat]].		Conceived by Boeing Interstellar and built in [[Luna]] orbit in the [[Terra]] system, the ''Aquilla'' was among many designs being built in humanity's first big push into interstellar space. A number of ''Aquillas'' were utilized by [[Samantha Calderon]] and her followers in their eventual colonization of what became [[Taurian Concordat]].

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{{InfoBoxWarShip | image = [[File:Aquilla.JPG|191px]] | name = ''Aquilla''-class Transport JumpShip | manufacturer = [[Boeing Interstellar]] | Use = Civilian Transport <br/> Colony Ship | Tech Base = [[Primitive Technology|Inner Sphere (Primitive)]] | Cost = Unknown | Introduced = [[2148]] | Mass = 100,000 | Length = 305 Meters | Sail Diameter = None | Fuel = 2,500 (25,000) | Burn Rate = 19.75 | Safe Thrust = 1 | Top Thrust = 2 | Sail Integrity = None | KF Drive Integrity = 4 | LF Battery = N/A | Armament = <span></span> * 2x [[AC/5]] * 2x [[machine gun]] | Armor = Primitive Armor | DropShip Capacity = None | Crew = 13 Officers <br/> 65 crew <br/> 12 Gunners | Grav Decks = None | Escape Pods/Life Boats = 20/0 | Heat Sinks = 165 | Structural Integrity = 10 | BV (1.0) = | BV (2.0) = 957 }} ==Description== The '''''Aquilla'''''-class Transport [[JumpShip]] was an early starship designed first used by the colonialists during the first [[Exodus]]. It should be noted that the division between compact core and standard core JumpShips significantly postdates the ''Aquilla'''s development - the earliest JumpShips, due to the lack of the features that define the modern standard JumpShip, were closer to WarShips in an overall design because of the necessity of powerful maneuver drives and large cargo bays. Conceived by Boeing Interstellar and built in [[Luna]] orbit in the [[Terra]] system, the ''Aquilla'' was among many designs being built in humanity's first big push into interstellar space. A number of ''Aquillas'' were utilized by [[Samantha Calderon]] and her followers in their eventual colonization of what became [[Taurian Concordat]]. During the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]], the design was utilized as an auxiliary combat vessel. At Ryde, an ''Aquilla'' was used to lay [[Space Mine|space mines]] at the system's jump points, destroying several [[Terran Alliance]] JumpShips that were transporting troops. The design's last noted use was during the newborn [[Star League|Star League's]] [[Reunification War]], where [[Periphery]] nations pressed these ships into service as part of their attempt to resist the Star League navy, though they were ultimately unsuccessful. The development of modern JumpShips and DropShips presented an economic challenge that led to the decline and ultimately the demise of the ''Aquilla''.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 16: "Aquilla"</ref> ==Weapons, Equipment and Capabilities== The ''Aquilla'' has a [[Primitive K-F Drive]] which limits the vessel to 15 light-years per jump. The ship design predates the modern DropShip by centuries as well as the solar sail and as such lacks both, relying on a squadron of [[Small Craft]] to convey its cargo from surface to orbit. The ship has very little in the way of armament, never being intended for actual combat. Later models of the ship utilizes a pair of Class 5 Autocannons, one in each forward side mount, and an array of machine guns mounted along the ship's flanks with paired mounts fore and aft for point defense. A total of six tons of autocannon ammo and ten tons of machine gun ammo were supplied. The ship is protected by 80 tons of capital-grade [[Primitive Armor|primitive armor]]. The ship has three bays. The first bay is a docking bay for its complement of eight small craft while the remaining bays are reserved for cargo which both have maximum capacity of 18,057 tons.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', pp. 16, 29: "Aquilla" & Record Sheet</ref> ==Variants== During the Reunification War, a number of ''Aquilla''-class ships were navalized by [[Magistracy of Canopus]]. ==See Also== * [[:Category:Individual Aquilla-class JumpShips|List of named individual ''Aquilla''-class JumpShips]] ==Gallery== <gallery> File:TAS Charger.jpg|The ''Aquilla''-class TAS ''Charger'' File:TAS Philadelphia.png|The ''Aquilla''-class TAS ''Philadelphia'' </gallery> ==Notes== * Like all JumpShips and WarShips, the ''Aquilla'' is an advanced rules design. * As of this writing, only the standard version of the ''Aquilla'' has a published record sheet. * The [[Charger (Individual Aquilla-class JumpShip)|TAS ''Charger'']] was confirmed to be an ''Aquilla'', as was the [[Philadelphia (Individual Aquilla-class JumpShip)|TAS ''Philadelphia'']], through the use of a copped copy of the image of the TAS ''Philadelphia'' on the Record Sheet for the Aquilla published on page 28 of ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1]]''. * Following the publication of ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'', the ''Aquila'' has become an illegal design, as the AC/5s mounted on the ''Aquilla'' postdates the introduction of the JumpShip class by over a century. Although the introductory date of the entry given in ''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'' is 2148, the stats given reflect what must be a later build standard of ''Aquilla'' introduced - or created via modification - after the introduction of the prototype and production standards of AC/5 in the [[twenty-third century]]. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1]]'' [[Category:JumpShip classes]] [[Category:Terran Alliance WarShip classes]]

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