Spina ArcShip (Clan Sea Fox)
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| Spina ArcShip | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Previous names | Poseidon |
| Type | ArcShip |
| Class | Potemkin (modified) |
As of 3145, the Spina ArcShip was part of the Spina Khanate in the Clan Sea Fox touman.[1]
Description[edit]
Formerly the Potemkin-class troop cruiser Poseidon, the Clan Sea Fox ArcShip was a heavily modified WarShip, redesigned as a Sea Fox mobile community. It became the flagship (and command center) of Clan Sea Fox's Spina Khanate.
The ship was slowly converted into an ArcShip after the Jihad. The ship became a main population center for the Sea Foxes. The Poseidon was enlarged from its original tonnage to 2.5 million tons. The vessel carried over 50 DropShips, with dozens of them Behemoth-class DropShips, placed all over its hull. This allowed the ship's crew and population capacity to increase with the added life support equipment granted by the permanently docked Behemoth DropShips. With the habitat increases and improved stores capacities, this allowed the ship to retain a population of a half-million people.[2]
The permanently "docked" DropShips were grouped together and various former large cargo holds were referred to as communal centers. These community centers were named with the Greek alphabet. The ship had a dozen such communities onboard. The Alpha Community Prime was a large community located in the Poseidon's old Primary Cargo Hold A. This was the home of 50 thousand Clansman from various castes.[3] The community is half the size of Alpha.
The Poseidon's dimensions were increased by 50 percent to the length of 2,250 meters.[4]
By 3080, it was also producing Dasher II, Ha Otoko, Piranha, and Warhammer IIC BattleMechs.[5]
History[edit]
Originally designed by the Star League as a military hybrid cruiser and troop transport. The ship traveled with Exodus Fleet in 2784 to what became Pentagon Worlds.[citation needed]
After the formation of the Clans, the ship entered service with the original Clan Sea Fox. After several centuries of service and the Clan Invasion, the ship returned to the Inner Sphere.[citation needed]
Near the end of the Jihad, then-Clan Diamond Shark converted its WarShip fleet into mobile communities and heavy transport vessels. Poseidon was converted into what became known as an ArcShip and designated as the command ship of the Sea Fox's Khan. Decades later the ship was redesignated as Spina Khanate's flagship.[citation needed]
The ship was originally listed as ilKhanate's command ship or Capital in 3130.[6]
Under the direction of saKhan Mikel Sennet, Poseidon and the other of ships of her Khanate deployed in 3134 to the Republic of the Sphere's Prefecture VI, VII, and VIII. The Khanate hoped to find new deals to be made due to the HPG Blackout of 3132.[7]
Poseidon had a near-collision with the CargoShip Voidswimmer on 21 September 3134, when it jumped into the Adhafera system.[8] The ship was spared damage as Voidswimmer managed to move out of its arrival point. Soon, word arrived that the Sea Fox Khan was being hunted by would-be assassins. The ship left the system after recharging its K-F drive to search for the Khan.[citation needed]
The ship was renamed as Spina ArcShip and assigned to the Spina Khanate. In 3145, the Poseidon was listed as the Spina ArcShip with Sakhan Petr Kalasa in command.[1]
Notes[edit]
- It was confirmed via a question in the "Ask The Writers" forum of the official Catalyst Game Labs forum that the Tracy had been renamed the Marshal Ney:
| “ | The Diamond Shark fleet (what survived from the Jihad) was turned into ArcShips or traded to the Snow Ravens for vessels to turn into ArcShips.
Terror of the Deep --> traded to CSR (Lynn McKenna) |
” |
| — Roosterboy, Catalyst Game Labs "Ask The Writer" Forum, 26 Oct 2014 | ||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 170: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Diamond Shark - Spina Khanate"
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, p. 169
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, p. 172: "Petr travels to see saKhan Mikel Sennet"
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, p. 169: "Petr describing the changes of the Poseidon"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 4: "CDS Poseidon [Potemkin Class]/Auxiliary Production Site #4"
- ↑ Touring the Stars, p. ??: "Sea Fox Fact Sheet"
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, p. 39: "Conversations between Petr Kalasa and his aide Jesup"
- ↑ Hunters of the Deep, pp. 245–247: "Poseidon jumps into Adhafera system"