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{{InfoBoxWarShip
 
{{InfoBoxWarShip
| image = [[Image:Tatsumaki-class_Warship_TRO3067.jpg|191px]]
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| image = [[Image:Tatsumaki.gif|191px]]
| name = ''Tatsumaki''
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| name = Tatsumaki
| manufacturer =  
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| manufacturer = ???
 
| Use = Destroyer
 
| Use = Destroyer
 
| Tech Base = [[Star League]]
 
| Tech Base = [[Star League]]
| Cost = 9,690,944,000 C-Bills
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| Cost = 9,690,944,000 Cbills
 
| Introduced = [[3059]]
 
| Introduced = [[3059]]
| production year=3058
 
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5184/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
 
| Mass = 514,000 tons
 
| Mass = 514,000 tons
 
| Length = 585 meters
 
| Length = 585 meters
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| Fuel = 4,000 tons
 
| Fuel = 4,000 tons
 
| Burn Rate = 39.52
 
| Burn Rate = 39.52
| Safe Thrust = 2 g
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| Safe Thrust = 4
| Top Thrust = 3 g
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| Top Thrust = 6
 
| Sail Integrity = 4
 
| Sail Integrity = 4
 
| KF Drive Integrity = 11
 
| KF Drive Integrity = 11
 
| LF Battery = No
 
| LF Battery = No
| Armament = <span></span>
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| Armament = 10 x [[NAC/20]]s <br> 1 x [[Heavy N-Gauss]] <br> 4 x [[Heavy NPPC]]s <br> 6 x [[Medium NPPC]]s <br> 20 x [[ER Large Laser]]s <br> 30 x [[Medium Pulse Laser]]s <br> 10 x [[Gauss Rifle]]s <br> 25 x [[LRM-20]]s with [[Artemis IV FCS]] <br> 6 x [[Anti-Missile System]]s
* 10x [[NAC/20]]
 
* 1x [[Heavy N-Gauss]]
 
* 4x [[Heavy NPPC]]
 
* 6x [[Medium NPPC]]
 
* 20x [[ER large laser]]
 
* 30x [[Medium pulse laser]]
 
* 10x [[Gauss rifle]]
 
* 25x [[LRM-20]] with [[Artemis IV FCS]]
 
* 6x [[Anti-missile system]]
 
 
| Armor = [[Ferro-Carbide]]
 
| Armor = [[Ferro-Carbide]]
 
| DropShip Capacity = 2
 
| DropShip Capacity = 2
 
| Crew = 240
 
| Crew = 240
| Grav Decks = 2 x 200 meters diameter
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| Grav Decks = 2 x 200 meter diameter
 
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 45
 
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 45
| Heat Sinks = 542 double (1,084)
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| Heat Sinks = 542 [[Double Heat Sink]]s
 
| Structural Integrity = 50
 
| Structural Integrity = 50
| BV (1.0) = 62,319<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 286</ref>
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| BV (1.0) = ???
| BV (2.0) = 88,075{{cn}}
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| BV (2.0) = 88,075
 
}}
 
}}
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==Description==
 
==Description==
Originally named as an allusion to the whirlwind of weapon fire it can unleash, the name of the '''''Tatsumaki'''''-class (Japanese for "Tornado") destroyer is viewed by many in the [[DCMS]] as more aptly referring to the endless storm of technical problems that plague the design.
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Originally named as an allusion to the whirlwind of weapon fire it can unleash, the name of the '''''Tatsumaki'''''-class (Japanese for "Tornado") Destroyer is viewed by many [[DCMS]] as more atply referring to the endless storm of technical problems that plague the design.
  
The fourth design in the [[Draconis Combine]]'s resurgent post–[[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] [[WarShip]] fleet, the ''Tatsumaki'' problems stem from the extremely hasty and rushed design and construction of the class, with only the Combine's dire need for WarShips even allowing the design to enter service. Thanks to a doubling of the number of the technical crew carried by each vessel these problematic systems are under control, but the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] halted procurement at two ships already constructed, with combat losses reducing the class to a single orphan vessel.
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The fourth design in the [[Draconis Combine]]'s resurgent post-[[Succession War]] [[WarShip]] fleet, the ''Tatsumaki'' problems stem from the extremely hasty and rushed design and construction of the class, with only the Combine's dire need for WarShips even allowing the design to enter service. Thanks to a doubling of the number of the technical crew carried by each vessel these problematic systems are under control, but the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] halted procurement at two ships already constructed, with combat losses reducing the class to a single orphan vessel.
  
Designed primarily to escort [[JumpShip]] fleets, the ''Tatsumaki'' is clad in four hundred and seventy-four tons of [[Ferro-Carbide]] armor and features a large array of primarily short-ranged anti-fighter and capital-grade weaponry, placing it on par with other [[SLDF]] destroyers of similar size. The vessel also serves as the ideal platform for boarding actions, carrying a full [[battalion]] of [[battle armor]] troops.
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Designed primarily to escort [[JumpShip]] fleets, the ''Tatsumaki'' is clad in four-hundred and seventy-four tons of [[Ferro-Carbide]] armor and features a large array of primarily short-ranged anti-fighter and capital-grade weaponry, placing it on par with other [[SLDF]] destroyers of similar size. The vessel also serves as the ideal platform for boarding actions, carrying a full [[battalion]] of [[Battle Armor]] troops.
  
 
The ''Tatsumaki'' is also notable for being the only modern Combine WarShip to lack a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]].
 
The ''Tatsumaki'' is also notable for being the only modern Combine WarShip to lack a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]].
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==
Mounting an array dominated by [[Pulse Laser]]s and [[Naval Autocannon]]s, the ''Tatsumaki'' is a deadly, if short-ranged, combatant. The nose bays mount a single [[Heavy N-Gauss]] and two [[NAC/20]]s supported by ten [[Medium Pulse Laser]]s, while each fore and aft angle carries five [[Gauss rifle]]s and [[Artemis IV FCS]] enhanced [[LRM-20]]s in support of a [[Heavy NPPC]] and NAC/20. Both of the ''Tatsumaki''s broadsides feature two [[Medium NPPC]]s and single NAC/20, with ten [[ER Large Laser]]s and ten Medium Pulse Lasers for anti-fighter defense. Directly aft, twin Heavy NPPCs and five LRM-20s discourage attack from the rear.
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Mounting an array dominated by [[Pulse Laser]]s and [[Naval Autocannon]]s, the ''Tatsumaki'' is a deadly, if short-ranged, combatant. The nose bays mount a single [[Heavy N-Gauss]] and two [[NAC/20]]s supported by ten [[Medium Pulse Laser]]s, while each fore and aft angle carries five [[Gauss Rifle]]s and [[Artemis IV FCS]] enhanced [[LRM-20]]s in support of a [[Heavy NPPC]] and NAC/20. Both of the ''Tatsumaki''s broadsides feature two [[Medium NPPC]]s and single NAC/20, with ten [[ER Large Laser]]s and ten Medium Pulse Lasers for anti-fighter defense. Directly aft, twin Heavy NPPCs and five LRM-20s discourage attack from the rear.  
  
Two hundred tons of Heavy Naval Gauss ammunition, a hundred rounds' worth, and Naval autocannon munitions, five hundred rounds, give the design's capital weapons impressive endurance, a feature likewise shared with it anti-fighter weapons carrying sixty tons of 'Mech gauss reloads and hundred and twenty-five of [[LRM]] missiles. To try and protect the vessel against missile attacks, the ''Tatsumaki'' mounted an [[anti-missile system]] on all angles (save the broadsides), with a shared eighteen tons of ammunition.
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Two-hundred tons of Heavy Naval Gauss ammunition, a hundred rounds worth, and Naval autocannon munitions, five-hundred rounds, give the design's capital weapons impressive endurance, a feature likewise shared with it anti-fighter weapons carrying sixty tons of 'Mech gauss reloads and hundred and twenty-five of [[LRM]] missiles.
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To try and protect the vessel against missile attacks, the ''Tatsumaki'' mounts an [[Anti-Missile System]] on all angles save the broadsides, with a shared eighteen tons of ammunition between all six.
  
 
==Cargo==
 
==Cargo==
With two [[Docking collar]]s and a fifty-four thousand, three hundred and seventy-nine ton cargo capacity, the ''Tatsumaki'' also features berths for eighteen [[aerospace fighter]]s and fifteen [[small craft]] to allow its marines to board enemy vessels.
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With two [[Docking collar]]s and a fifty-four thousand, three-hundred and seventy-nine ton cargo capacity, the ''Tatsumaki'' also features berths for eighteen [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s and fifteen [[Small Craft]] to allow its marines to board enemy vessels.
  
==Notes==
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==Named Vessels==
* Of the two known constructed ships of this class, both were lost due to combat with the same vessel, the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship ''[[Ursa Major]]''.
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:<u>[[Draconis Combine]]</u>
 
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:* DCS ''The Lair of Mighty Wyrms''
* Although the ''Dragon's Last Tear'' and ''The Lair of Mighty Wyrms'' are the only ''Tatsumaki''-class WarShips mentioned by name in [[canon]] sources, a third ship of the class was evidently constructed at some point as the scenario pack ''[[The Dragon Roars]]'' indicates that a ''Tatsumaki''-class ship was lost during [[Operation BULLDOG]], but both the ''Dragon's Last Tear'' and ''The Lair of Mighty Wyrms'' are confirmed in canon sources as being active beyond [[3060]].<ref name="TDRp61">''The Dragon Roars'', p. 61: "Final Words"</ref>
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:* DCS ''Dragon's Last Tear'' - Destroyed by the CGB ''Ursa Major'' during the [[Alshain Avengers]]' ill-fated assault against the [[Ghost Bear Dominion]] capital of [[Alshain]] in [[3062]].<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 25</ref>
 
 
==See Also==
 
* [[:Category:Individual Tatsumaki-class WarShips|List of named ''Tatsumaki'' class vessels.]]
 
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:Tatsumaki_FMDC.jpg|Original ''Tatsumaki''-class from ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine|FM:DC]]''
 
File:Tatsumaki-class Warship TRO3067.jpg|''Tatsumaki'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3067|TRO:3067]]''
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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*''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', pp. 15, 165-166
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*''Field Manual: Update'', p. 105
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*''Technical Readout: 3067'', pp. 200-201
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
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*''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
 
 
 
  
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