Thunderchild

History

Thunderchild was an Excalibur-class DropShip owned and operated until at least 3071 by an independent mercenary unit. Rumors were circulating in late 3071 that the Thunderchild had expressed an interest in an offer to join The Medusans, a large mercenary unit consisting primarily of JumpShips and DropShips and home to one of the Thunderchild's sisterships, Bellerophon. At the time, the Medusans were recovering from damage taken in recent conflicts, particularly the battle in the New Syrtis system that saw the Medusans' two assault squadrons ambush a Capellan strike force which was being escorted by the Impavido-class WarShip CCS Zhejiang.

Notes

Bellerophon is described as an old Excalibur in 3067, but by the battle at New Syrtis had evidently been upgraded or updated into a Pocket WarShip configuration, complete with Kraken-T launchers. Whether or not the Thunderchild was an original pattern Excalibur or if the Thunderchild was already a Pocket WarShip is unclear.

Bibliography

• Mercenaries Supplemental II
• Mercenaries Supplemental Update'