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History
The history of the endurance class is vague only the records in various ships computers remain to tell the story it is unclear how many of the class got completed as only a handful survive to this day some being lost in battle most being cannibalised over time to maintain larger ships capable of holding larger populations.
The class was conceived shortly after the decision to abandon planetary life and hence avoid wraith culling had been made the generational ships entered mass production large rugged ships that could last indefinably if maintained there was a problem smaller off world facilities did not poses the resources to build such vessels and an offensive capacity may be useful later.
When the wraith came they found a nearly empty planet as a civilisation they had decided to run and thus had spread off world even after their home world was lost many Endurance class ships where completed saving many people that would have otherwise perished each ship could in effect save two families this fit the philosophy of many thousands of small ships that could never be destroyed in one attack.
After the great Diaspora the endurance class bombers scored successes against wraith cruisers although nothing short of a bloody fleet engagement could bring down a hive three or four bombers could strike a cruiser hard sometimes destroying it outright. A favoured tactic was to fire the highest yield shots one at a time at the dart bays two ships would open a hole the third and sometimes fourth would fire many medium yield blasts inside triggering a chain of secondary explosions that almost always destroyed the engines any wraith attempting to escape the striken vessel in darts or scout ship would be slaughtered by a barrage of low yield shots and carefully placed point defence fire.
one aspiration of the ruling council that heavily involved the Endurance class ships had been to capture wraith ships to supplement traveller fleets this proved unsuccessful although a cruiser was captured by blowing out a dart bay and landing troops they could not come up with a means of controlling the ship or repairing the significant damage required to disable it for capture.
As time went on the class became less common some battles where unsuccessful most dismantled for parts needed to keep the large ships in working order they went from being seen in small groups with every generational ship to a rare sight in the traveller fleet
Besides the handful of ships still operating the Endurance classes greatest legacy is the generational ships that still fly with parts integrated some of these vessels have had their hyper drives supplemented by drives taken from the bombers this has made these ships the fastest in the galaxy. Other captains have taken on the main weaponry of the endurance class even things as unlikely as its generators for secondary power to support aging equipment.
However the future of the class is not a dark one the new traveller home world under development, that is set to rejuvenate the fleet with fresh materials and new parts for ailing ships will eventually build new vessels and until sufficient infer structure exists to build the large generational ships that require large hangars the endurance class will be built on the surface with what materials are available
i would be happier if i could open the dam file take some up to date pictures and mesure it but this will have to do.
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History
The history of the endurance class is vague only the records in various ships computers remain to tell the story it is unclear how many of the class got completed as only a handful survive to this day some being lost in battle most being cannibalised over time to maintain larger ships capable of holding larger populations.
The class was conceived shortly after the decision to abandon planetary life and hence avoid wraith culling had been made the generational ships entered mass production large rugged ships that could last indefinably if maintained there was a problem smaller off world facilities did not poses the resources to build such vessels and an offensive capacity may be useful later.
When the wraith came they found a nearly empty planet as a civilisation they had decided to run and thus had spread off world even after their home world was lost many Endurance class ships where completed saving many people that would have otherwise perished each ship could in effect save two families this fit the philosophy of many thousands of small ships that could never be destroyed in one attack.
After the great Diaspora the endurance class bombers scored successes against wraith cruisers although nothing short of a bloody fleet engagement could bring down a hive three or four bombers could strike a cruiser hard sometimes destroying it outright. A favoured tactic was to fire the highest yield shots one at a time at the dart bays two ships would open a hole the third and sometimes fourth would fire many medium yield blasts inside triggering a chain of secondary explosions that almost always destroyed the engines any wraith attempting to escape the striken vessel in darts or scout ship would be slaughtered by a barrage of low yield shots and carefully placed point defence fire.
one aspiration of the ruling council that heavily involved the Endurance class ships had been to capture wraith ships to supplement traveller fleets this proved unsuccessful although a cruiser was captured by blowing out a dart bay and landing troops they could not come up with a means of controlling the ship or repairing the significant damage required to disable it for capture.
As time went on the class became less common some battles where unsuccessful most dismantled for parts needed to keep the large ships in working order they went from being seen in small groups with every generational ship to a rare sight in the traveller fleet
Besides the handful of ships still operating the Endurance classes greatest legacy is the generational ships that still fly with parts integrated some of these vessels have had their hyper drives supplemented by drives taken from the bombers this has made these ships the fastest in the galaxy. Other captains have taken on the main weaponry of the endurance class even things as unlikely as its generators for secondary power to support aging equipment.
However the future of the class is not a dark one the new traveller home world under development, that is set to rejuvenate the fleet with fresh materials and new parts for ailing ships will eventually build new vessels and until sufficient infer structure exists to build the large generational ships that require large hangars the endurance class will be built on the surface with what materials are available
i would be happier if i could open the dam file take some up to date pictures and mesure it but this will have to do.
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