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==History==
 
==History==
After the overwhelming success of the two-year survey mission conducted by the first [[JumpShip]], the [[Pathfinder (Vessel)|TAS ''Pathfinder'']], and the discovery of many habitable worlds, the [[Terran Alliance]] authorized the construction of the first colony JumpShip. This ship was the '''''Ark''''', and she was due to be completed in [[2114]]; however, production problems delayed the launch of the ''Ark'' until [[2116]].<ref name="D&Jp11">''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 11: "To Reach Tau Ceti"</ref>
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After the overwhelming success of the two-year survey mission conducted by the first [[JumpShip]], the [[Pathfinder (Vessel)|TAS ''Pathfinder'']], and the discovery of many habitable worlds, the [[Terran Alliance]] authorized the construction of the first colony JumpShip. This ship was the '''''Ark''''', and she was due to be completed in [[2114]]; however, production problems delayed the launch of the ''Ark'' until [[2116]].<ref name="D&Jp11">''DropShips and JumpShips'', p. 11, "To Reach Tau Ceti"</ref>
 
 
The TAS ''Ark'' launched under the leadership of [[Martin Cabot]] with almost five hundred colonists bound for the existing scientific outpost on [[New Earth]], founding the first interstellar colony. This colonization mission would be the first of many.<ref name="D&Jp11"/>
 
  
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The TAS ''Ark'' launched under the leadership of [[Martin Cabot]] with almost five hundred colonists bound for the existing scientific outpost on [[New Earth]], founding the first interstellar colony. This colonisation mission would be the first of many.<ref name="D&Jp11"/>
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File:TAS Arc_New Earth.jpg|Colonization of [[New Earth]] by the TAS ''Ark'' as seen in the intro video of ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (apocryphal)<ref>''Battletech'' (video game), Intro</ref>
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech (Video Game)|BattleTech]]'' (video game)
 
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
  
 
[[Category: Individual JumpShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual JumpShips]]

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