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Line 48: ==Description== ==Description== − The first in a line of new [[WarShip]]s for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League]] era, the '''''Tharkad'''''-class battlecruiser was easily a match for the vast majority of its contemporaries, and was only really outclassed by the ''[[Texas]]'' and ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleships. Carrying a vast array of weaponry, moderately heavy armor, and possessing above-average speed, the ''Tharkad'' helped enforce Lyran will across the nation. Unfortunately for the Lyran navy, only 28 were produced between its introduction in [[2690]] and the destruction of the [[Bolson-Tamar Shipyards]] at the beginning of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> The last functioning ''Tharkad'' was believed lost in [[2853]] until its reemergence in [[3067]].<ref name=JHS143>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 143, and ''Blake Ascending'', p. 303</ref><ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> In [[2765]] the Lyran Commonwealth was already operating eleven ''Tharkads'', with a single ''Tharkad'' forming the heart of each of six Lyran navy patrol squadrons and another ''Tharkad'' positioned in each of the static fleets located at [[Tharkad]] and each state capital;<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 5: "The Vacuum Fleet"</ref> each ''Tharkad'' was commonly escorted by one or more ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip class)|Commonwealth]]''-class light cruisers.<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp23">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 23: "Commonwealth (Light Cruiser)"</ref> + The first in a line of new [[WarShip]]s for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League]] era, the '''''Tharkad'''''-class battlecruiser was easily a match for the vast majority of its contemporaries, and was only really outclassed by the ''[[Texas]]'' and ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleships. Carrying a vast array of weaponry, moderately heavy armor, and possessing above-average speed, the ''Tharkad'' helped enforce Lyran will across the nation. Unfortunately for the Lyran navy, only 28 were produced between its introduction in [[2690]] and the destruction of the [[Bolson-Tamar Shipyards]] at the beginning of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> The last functioning ''Tharkad'' was believed lost in [[2853]] until its reemergence in [[3067]].<ref name=JHS143>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 143, and ''Blake Ascending'', p. 303</ref><ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> In [[2765]] the Lyran Commonwealth was already operating eleven ''Tharkads'', with a single ''Tharkad'' forming the heart of each of six Lyran navy patrol squadrons and another ''Tharkad'' positioned in each of the static fleets located at [[Tharkad]] and each state capital;<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 5: "The Vacuum Fleet"</ref> each ''Tharkad'' was commonly escorted by one or more ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip)|Commonwealth]]''-class light cruisers.<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp23">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 23: "Commonwealth (Light Cruiser)"</ref> ==Armament== ==Armament==
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| − | The first in a line of new [[WarShip]]s for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League]] era, the '''''Tharkad'''''-class battlecruiser was easily a match for the vast majority of its contemporaries, and was only really outclassed by the ''[[Texas]]'' and ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleships. Carrying a vast array of weaponry, moderately heavy armor, and possessing above-average speed, the ''Tharkad'' helped enforce Lyran will across the nation. Unfortunately for the Lyran navy, only 28 were produced between its introduction in [[2690]] and the destruction of the [[Bolson-Tamar Shipyards]] at the beginning of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> The last functioning ''Tharkad'' was believed lost in [[2853]] until its reemergence in [[3067]].<ref name=JHS143>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 143, and ''Blake Ascending'', p. 303</ref><ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> In [[2765]] the Lyran Commonwealth was already operating eleven ''Tharkads'', with a single ''Tharkad'' forming the heart of each of six Lyran navy patrol squadrons and another ''Tharkad'' positioned in each of the static fleets located at [[Tharkad]] and each state capital;<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 5: "The Vacuum Fleet"</ref> each ''Tharkad'' was commonly escorted by one or more ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip | + | The first in a line of new [[WarShip]]s for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League]] era, the '''''Tharkad'''''-class battlecruiser was easily a match for the vast majority of its contemporaries, and was only really outclassed by the ''[[Texas]]'' and ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class battleships. Carrying a vast array of weaponry, moderately heavy armor, and possessing above-average speed, the ''Tharkad'' helped enforce Lyran will across the nation. Unfortunately for the Lyran navy, only 28 were produced between its introduction in [[2690]] and the destruction of the [[Bolson-Tamar Shipyards]] at the beginning of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> The last functioning ''Tharkad'' was believed lost in [[2853]] until its reemergence in [[3067]].<ref name=JHS143>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 143, and ''Blake Ascending'', p. 303</ref><ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288</ref> In [[2765]] the Lyran Commonwealth was already operating eleven ''Tharkads'', with a single ''Tharkad'' forming the heart of each of six Lyran navy patrol squadrons and another ''Tharkad'' positioned in each of the static fleets located at [[Tharkad]] and each state capital;<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp5">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 5: "The Vacuum Fleet"</ref> each ''Tharkad'' was commonly escorted by one or more ''[[Commonwealth (WarShip)|Commonwealth]]''-class light cruisers.<ref name="FR2765:LCAFp23">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 23: "Commonwealth (Light Cruiser)"</ref> |
==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||