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Line 6: | class = [[Newgrange]] | class = [[Newgrange]] | prevclass = | prevclass = − | servicesince = − | serviceuntil = }} }} − The [[SLS]] '''''J. Swift''''' was a ''[[Newgrange]]''-class [[yardship]] serving with the [[Star League]]. Like all ships mounting a [[Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive]] core it is technically considered a [[WarShip]] even though it was never meant to serve in a combat role. ==History== ==History== − In [[2683]] the [[Star League]] started Project AMHITRITE, the construction of [[Monitor (naval concept)|Monitor-type spacecraft]] prototypes. After over eight years one of the three Monitors under construction (a hull based on the ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar]]'' cruiser class) was moved from its shipyard in [[Terra|Martian]] orbit to be carried to [[New Earth]] via the ''J. Swift'', as a "live test" to prove the viability of the concept. + The '''''[[SLS]] J. Swift''''' was a ''[[Newgrange]]''-class [[yardship]] serving with the [[Star League]]. Like all ships mounting a [[Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive]] core it is technically considered a [[WarShip]] even though it was never meant to serve in a combat role. + + In [[2683]] the [[Star League]] started Project AMHITRITE, the construction of [[Monitor (spacecraft)|Monitor-type spacecraft]] prototypes. After over eight years one of the three Monitors under construction (a hull based on the ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar]]'' cruiser class) was moved from its shipyard in [[Terra|Martian]] orbit to be carried to [[New Earth]] via the ''J. Swift'', as a "live test" to prove the viability of the concept. As it turned out, the Monitor proponents had underestimated the difficulties in deploying the unwieldy Monitor. The ''J. Swift'' was damaged during the mooring process. It then suffered severe damage to its structure and drive core in the jump to New Earth, where the ''J. Swift'' had to be repaired for five months before she could jump again. The Monitor prototype had to be moved back by another yardship, and the unsuccessful deployment test doomed Project AMHITRITE and the whole Monitor concept.<ref>Erratum for the ''Monitor'' entry in XTRO:Boondoggles</ref> As it turned out, the Monitor proponents had underestimated the difficulties in deploying the unwieldy Monitor. The ''J. Swift'' was damaged during the mooring process. It then suffered severe damage to its structure and drive core in the jump to New Earth, where the ''J. Swift'' had to be repaired for five months before she could jump again. The Monitor prototype had to be moved back by another yardship, and the unsuccessful deployment test doomed Project AMHITRITE and the whole Monitor concept.<ref>Erratum for the ''Monitor'' entry in XTRO:Boondoggles</ref> Line 20:
Line 19: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'', ''Monitor'' entry as changed (rewritten) through official [[Monitor (naval concept)|erratum]] + * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'', ''Monitor'' entry as changed (rewritten) through official [[Monitor (spacecraft)|erratum]] [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Yardships]] [[Category: Individual Yardships]] [[Category: Individual Newgrange-class WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Newgrange-class WarShips]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | In [[2683]] the [[Star League]] started Project AMHITRITE, the construction of [[Monitor ( | + | The '''''[[SLS]] J. Swift''''' was a ''[[Newgrange]]''-class [[yardship]] serving with the [[Star League]]. Like all ships mounting a [[Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive]] core it is technically considered a [[WarShip]] even though it was never meant to serve in a combat role. |
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| + | In [[2683]] the [[Star League]] started Project AMHITRITE, the construction of [[Monitor (spacecraft)|Monitor-type spacecraft]] prototypes. After over eight years one of the three Monitors under construction (a hull based on the ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar]]'' cruiser class) was moved from its shipyard in [[Terra|Martian]] orbit to be carried to [[New Earth]] via the ''J. Swift'', as a "live test" to prove the viability of the concept. | ||
As it turned out, the Monitor proponents had underestimated the difficulties in deploying the unwieldy Monitor. The ''J. Swift'' was damaged during the mooring process. It then suffered severe damage to its structure and drive core in the jump to New Earth, where the ''J. Swift'' had to be repaired for five months before she could jump again. The Monitor prototype had to be moved back by another yardship, and the unsuccessful deployment test doomed Project AMHITRITE and the whole Monitor concept.<ref>Erratum for the ''Monitor'' entry in XTRO:Boondoggles</ref> | As it turned out, the Monitor proponents had underestimated the difficulties in deploying the unwieldy Monitor. The ''J. Swift'' was damaged during the mooring process. It then suffered severe damage to its structure and drive core in the jump to New Earth, where the ''J. Swift'' had to be repaired for five months before she could jump again. The Monitor prototype had to be moved back by another yardship, and the unsuccessful deployment test doomed Project AMHITRITE and the whole Monitor concept.<ref>Erratum for the ''Monitor'' entry in XTRO:Boondoggles</ref> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'', ''Monitor'' entry as changed (rewritten) through official [[Monitor ( | + | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'', ''Monitor'' entry as changed (rewritten) through official [[Monitor (spacecraft)|erratum]] |
[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Yardships]] | [[Category: Individual Yardships]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Newgrange-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Newgrange-class WarShips]] | ||