Editing Bonaventure (WarShip class)

{{otheruses|the corvette class|the Clan Snow Raven cruiser|Bonaventure (Individual Potemkin-class WarShip)}}
{{InfoBoxWarShip
| image = [[Image:Bonaventure (Corvette) TRO3057r.png|200px]]
| name = ''Bonaventure''
| manufacturer = [[Terran Hegemony]]
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[[Roe Weapon Systems]]<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/>
| Use = Corvette
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere 
| Cost = 1,542,260,000 C-Bills{{cn}}
| Introduced = [[2317]]
| production year=2317
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3848/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Mass = 240,000 tons
| Length = 486 meters
| Sail Diameter = 940 meters
| Safe Thrust = 2 g
| Top Thrust = 3 g
| Sail Integrity = 3
| KF Drive Integrity = 6 
| Fuel = 6,500 tons
| Tons/Burn-day = 39.52 
| LF Battery = No
| Armament = <span></span>
* 4x [[LRM-15]]
* 2x [[NL35]]
* 4x [[Large Laser]]
* 4x [[AC/10]]
| Armor = 156 tons [[Armor (Capital)|standard]]
| DropShip Capacity = 0
| Crew = 99<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/>
* 16 Officers
* 77 Enlisted
* 6 Gunners
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Bay Personnel: 22
| Grav Decks = 1 x 65 meters diameter
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 17/10
| Heat Sinks = 384 [[Heat Sink|single]]
| Structural Integrity = 36
| BV (1.0) = 12,479<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194">''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 194–195: "Bonaventure"</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
The designing of the '''''Bonaventure'''''-class corvette was one of the last acts of the failing [[Terran Alliance]]. While [[Admiral]] [[James McKenna]] was staging his political coup and removing corrupt politicians from the Alliance government, he ordered the design of the ''Bonaventure'' as insurance and a means of consolidating his growing power base. Indeed, the ''Bonaventure''-class was instrumental in consolidating the [[Terran Hegemony]] after the reorganization that occurred in the wake of the McKenna Coup.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/>

Among contemporary naval vessels of the day, the ''Bonaventure''-class was superb. The class boasted one of the most (if not the most) sophisticated sensor suites to have been designed by the beginning of the [[twenty-fifth century]]. However, compared with most other vessels, the ''Bonaventure'' was not well-armed. The weakness of the ''Bonaventure'' became apparent after Hegemony operations over [[Capella]]. Thereafter, the ''Bonaventure'' was relegated to squadron formations of four ''Bonaventures'', or surveillance squadrons composed of a pair of ''Bonaventures'' and a pair of ''[[Vigilant]]s''. These surveillance squadrons would patrol shipping routes in and out of the Hegemony. ''Bonaventures'' were also deployed as picket vessels to garrison the [[Terran Hegemony]] border.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/>

The ''Bonaventure''-class was replaced in service from [[2432]] with the introduction of the ''[[Vincent]] Mk. 39''-class corvette.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/> During the [[Star League era]] the Terran hegemony sold or gifted away a number of outdated WarShips to the various member states; the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] was one beneficiary of this practice, and as of April [[2765]] had thirty-two ''Bonaventure''-class corvettes openly in service.<ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4: "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> The Republic's fleet of ''Bonaventures'' were primarily manufactured and supported by the Roe Weapon Systems (RWS) production facilities in the [[Finmark]] system, along with the Republic's fleet of ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class corvettes.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>

==Armament==
The ''Bonaventure'' was poorly armed, even compared with vessels of similar size dating from the [[Terran Alliance]]. Only against [[aerospace fighters]] was the ''Bonaventure'' not severely under gunned.  For naval engagements, the vessel boasted only a single pair of naval lasers. Against smaller targets, the ''Bonaventure'' could hold its own with an array of lasers, autocannons, and long-range missiles.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/>

==Cargo==
The ''Bonaventure''-class was not intended for transportation but did possess three bays. However, it boasted no DropShip collars.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194"/>

* Bay 1: [[Aerospace fighters]] (6), 2 doors
* Bay 2: [[Small craft]] (2), 1 door
* Bay 3: Cargo (53,926 tons), 1 door

==Named Vessels==
:<u>[[Draconis Combine]]</u>
* [[Georgia|DCS ''Georgia'']] - One the last active ''Bonaventure''-class corvettes to remain in service; destroyed by the [[Invincible (Tharkad)|LCS ''Invincible'']] at [[Hesperus II]] in [[2853]] alongside her sister ship [[Tamura|DCS ''Tamura'']].<ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part II (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref>
* [[Tamura|DCS ''Tamura'']]<ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part II (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref>

:<u>[[Terran Hegemony]]</u>
* [[Cochran (Bonaventure)|THS ''Cochran'']]

:<u>[[Word of Blake]]</u>
* [[Sheridan (Bonaventure)|WoBS ''Sheridan'']]

==See Also==
* [[:Category:Individual Bonaventure-class WarShips]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bonaventure (Corvette) TRO3057r.png|Original ''Bonaventure'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised|TRO:3057 Revised]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I|Tactics of Desperation]]'' (BattleCorps Scenario)
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]


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