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Line 6: |year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/823/ MUL online date for the ''Danais'']''</ref> |year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/823/ MUL online date for the ''Danais'']''</ref> | Use = Cargo Ship | Use = Cargo Ship − | Type = Civilian Spheroid<ref name=JS153>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 153: "Trojan"</ref> + | Type = Civilian Spheroid<ref name=JS153>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 153, "Trojan"</ref> | Tech Base = Inner Sphere<ref name=JS153/> | Tech Base = Inner Sphere<ref name=JS153/> | Mass = 3,200<ref name=JS153/> | Mass = 3,200<ref name=JS153/> Line 26:
Line 24: | Heat Sinks = 84 | Heat Sinks = 84 | BV (1.0) = | BV (1.0) = − | BV (2.0) = 1004<ref name=JS167>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 167: ''Danais'' record sheet</ref> + | BV (2.0) = 1004<ref name=JS167>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 167, ''Danais'' record sheet</ref> }} }} − The '''''Danais''''' is a small spheroid [[DropShip]] design which was originally conceived as an unarmed light cargo ship during the [[Star League era]] (specifically, the "late 2720s," though the [[Master Unit List]] has established its inception date as [[2728]]), and was still considered ubiquitous two and a half centuries later.<ref name=JS153/> + + The '''''Danais''''' is a small spheroid [[DropShip]] design which was originally conceived as an unarmed light cargo ship during the [[Star League era]] (specifically, the "late 2720s", though the [[Master Unit List]] has established its inception date as [[2728]]), and was still considered ubiquitous two and a half centuries later.<ref name=JS153/> It was notably one of the few ship classes that the [[Star League]] allowed to be produced in [[Periphery]] states (implicitly because of its small size, unassuming technology, straightforward design, and lack of any armament whatsoever).<ref name=JS153/> It was notably one of the few ship classes that the [[Star League]] allowed to be produced in [[Periphery]] states (implicitly because of its small size, unassuming technology, straightforward design, and lack of any armament whatsoever).<ref name=JS153/> ==Description== ==Description== − In the late 2720s, a light civilian transporter design was created that was based loosely on the highly successful ''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]''-class 'Mech carrier DropShip. This derivate design was the ''Danais''. Built to civilian, as opposed to military, specifications and with lower total mass, it was nevertheless visually similar enough to its military cousin that they could be mistaken for one another.<ref name=JS153/> (Although both vessels have been ubiquitous in their respective roles for centuries, the ''Union'' appears to be the vastly better known class; it stands to reason that the many reports of ''Union''s refitted for cargo duty may in fact refer in no small part to ''Danais'' class vessels that were misidentified as ''Union''s.) + In the late 2720s, a light civilian transporter design was created that was based loosely on the highly successful ''[[Union]]''-class 'Mech carrier DropShip. This derivate design was the ''Danais''. Built to civilian, as opposed to military, specifications and with lower total mass, it was nevertheless visually similar enough to its military cousin that they could be mistaken for one another.<ref name=JS153/> (Although both vessels have been ubiquitous in their respective roles for centuries, the ''Union'' appears to be the vastly better known class; it stands to reason that the many reports of ''Union''s refitted for cargo duty may in fact refer in no small part to ''Danais'' class vessels that were misidentified as ''Union''s.) In the [[Taurian Concordat]], many unarmed ''Danais'' vessels were converted into blockade runners before long, armed with weaponry for smuggling and self-defense that was usually concealed behind blowout panels. Such militarized ''Danais'' vessels became known as ''[[Trojan]]''s, usually treated as a distinct DropShip class.<ref name=JS153/> In the [[Taurian Concordat]], many unarmed ''Danais'' vessels were converted into blockade runners before long, armed with weaponry for smuggling and self-defense that was usually concealed behind blowout panels. Such militarized ''Danais'' vessels became known as ''[[Trojan]]''s, usually treated as a distinct DropShip class.<ref name=JS153/> Line 50:
Line 49: ==Related Designs== ==Related Designs== − * ''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]''-class 'Mech Carrier DropShip + * [[Union|''Union'' Class 'Mech Carrier DropShip]] + * ''[[Trojan]]'' refitted blockade runner DropShip * ''[[Trojan]]'' refitted blockade runner DropShip Line 58:
Line 58: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' + [[Category: DropShip classes|Danais]] [[Category: DropShip classes|Danais]]
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|year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/823/ MUL online date for the ''Danais'']''</ref> | |year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/823/ MUL online date for the ''Danais'']''</ref> | ||
| Use = Cargo Ship | | Use = Cargo Ship | ||
| − | | Type = Civilian Spheroid<ref name=JS153>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 153 | + | | Type = Civilian Spheroid<ref name=JS153>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 153, "Trojan"</ref> |
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere<ref name=JS153/> | | Tech Base = Inner Sphere<ref name=JS153/> | ||
| Mass = 3,200<ref name=JS153/> | | Mass = 3,200<ref name=JS153/> | ||
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| Heat Sinks = 84 | | Heat Sinks = 84 | ||
| BV (1.0) = | | BV (1.0) = | ||
| − | | BV (2.0) = 1004<ref name=JS167>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 167 | + | | BV (2.0) = 1004<ref name=JS167>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 167, ''Danais'' record sheet</ref> |
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| − | The '''''Danais''''' is a small spheroid [[DropShip]] design which was originally conceived as an unarmed light cargo ship during the [[Star League era]] (specifically, the "late 2720s, | + | |
| + | The '''''Danais''''' is a small spheroid [[DropShip]] design which was originally conceived as an unarmed light cargo ship during the [[Star League era]] (specifically, the "late 2720s", though the [[Master Unit List]] has established its inception date as [[2728]]), and was still considered ubiquitous two and a half centuries later.<ref name=JS153/> | ||
It was notably one of the few ship classes that the [[Star League]] allowed to be produced in [[Periphery]] states (implicitly because of its small size, unassuming technology, straightforward design, and lack of any armament whatsoever).<ref name=JS153/> | It was notably one of the few ship classes that the [[Star League]] allowed to be produced in [[Periphery]] states (implicitly because of its small size, unassuming technology, straightforward design, and lack of any armament whatsoever).<ref name=JS153/> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | In the late 2720s, a light civilian transporter design was created that was based loosely on the highly successful ''[[ | + | In the late 2720s, a light civilian transporter design was created that was based loosely on the highly successful ''[[Union]]''-class 'Mech carrier DropShip. This derivate design was the ''Danais''. Built to civilian, as opposed to military, specifications and with lower total mass, it was nevertheless visually similar enough to its military cousin that they could be mistaken for one another.<ref name=JS153/> (Although both vessels have been ubiquitous in their respective roles for centuries, the ''Union'' appears to be the vastly better known class; it stands to reason that the many reports of ''Union''s refitted for cargo duty may in fact refer in no small part to ''Danais'' class vessels that were misidentified as ''Union''s.) |
In the [[Taurian Concordat]], many unarmed ''Danais'' vessels were converted into blockade runners before long, armed with weaponry for smuggling and self-defense that was usually concealed behind blowout panels. Such militarized ''Danais'' vessels became known as ''[[Trojan]]''s, usually treated as a distinct DropShip class.<ref name=JS153/> | In the [[Taurian Concordat]], many unarmed ''Danais'' vessels were converted into blockade runners before long, armed with weaponry for smuggling and self-defense that was usually concealed behind blowout panels. Such militarized ''Danais'' vessels became known as ''[[Trojan]]''s, usually treated as a distinct DropShip class.<ref name=JS153/> | ||
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==Related Designs== | ==Related Designs== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Union|''Union'' Class 'Mech Carrier DropShip]] |
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* ''[[Trojan]]'' refitted blockade runner DropShip | * ''[[Trojan]]'' refitted blockade runner DropShip | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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[[Category: DropShip classes|Danais]] | [[Category: DropShip classes|Danais]] | ||