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Think what kind of armament a 12 million mt superfreighter can carry if, inside its hull and outside of a few cargo bays, it is really a warship. A United Federation of Planets [[BuSHIPS#Zeus-class_Dreadnought|''Zeus''-class]] battleship only displaced 10Mmt. Certainly, there is a lot of tonnage dedicated to making this ship look and behave like a merchantman both to visual scans and on sensors. It handles like any big ship does at sublight speed, but with military grade drives and inertial compensators, a superfreighter-sized Q-ship is easily capable of pounding it out with a Federation battlecruiser of 7Mmt. The real advantage of a battlecruiser in such an encounter is that it is more maneuverable and faster to accelerate because of her lesser tonnage. | Think what kind of armament a 12 million mt superfreighter can carry if, inside its hull and outside of a few cargo bays, it is really a warship. A United Federation of Planets [[BuSHIPS#Zeus-class_Dreadnought|''Zeus''-class]] battleship only displaced 10Mmt. Certainly, there is a lot of tonnage dedicated to making this ship look and behave like a merchantman both to visual scans and on sensors. It handles like any big ship does at sublight speed, but with military grade drives and inertial compensators, a superfreighter-sized Q-ship is easily capable of pounding it out with a Federation battlecruiser of 7Mmt. The real advantage of a battlecruiser in such an encounter is that it is more maneuverable and faster to accelerate because of her lesser tonnage. | ||
[[Indigo Fleet]] has encountered two Q-ships to date. The first was DSF ''Special Delivery'', which was destroyed by USS ''Hood'' in self-defense in the Tabilin system. The second was DSF ''Apocalypse'', which severely crippled USS ''Prometheus'' in battle and subsequently enabled the Dalriadan Alliance to claim Burrakis, the source of [[bursite]] (see below). | [[Indigo Fleet]] has encountered two Q-ships to date. The first was DSF ''Special Delivery'', which was destroyed by USS ''Hood'' in self-defense in the Tabilin system. The second was DSF ''Apocalypse'', which severely crippled USS ''Prometheus'' in battle and subsequently enabled the Dalriadan Alliance to claim [[Burrakis]], the source of [[bursite]] (see below). | ||
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