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Line 43: ==Description== ==Description== − Designed shortly after the ''[[Bonaventure (WarShip class)|Bonaventure]]''-class corvette, the '''''Vigilant''''' was designed for reconnaissance and surveillance, and most frequently was deployed as a triad of first-line defenses including paired-pair squadrons with ''Bonaventures'' and remote surveillance [[satellite|satellites]]. These "naughty picture runs" involving four-corvette squadrons of ''Boneventures'' and ''Vigilants'' would sweep prospective targets for the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] before unleashing assaults on the systems.<ref name="TRO:3057Rp194">''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 194–195: "Bonaventure"</ref> The ''Vigilant'' is small — in fact, very small for a combat [[JumpShip]]. The ''Vigilant'' is only slightly larger than a ''[[Merchant]]''-class JumpShip, and bow to stern distance is actually shorter than the height of a ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''-class DropShip, or the diameter of a ''[[Mammoth]]''-class DropShip.<ref name=TRO3057R/> + Designed shortly after the ''[[Bonaventure (WarShip class)|Bonaventure]]''-class corvette, the '''''Vigilant''''' was designed for reconnaissance and surveillance, and most frequently was deployed as a triad of first-line defenses including paired-pair squadrons with ''Bonaventures'' and remote surveillance [[satellite|satellites]]. The ''Vigilant'' is small — in fact, very small for a combat [[JumpShip]]. The ''Vigilant'' is only slightly larger than a ''[[Merchant]]''-class JumpShip, and bow to stern distance is actually shorter than the height of a ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''-class DropShip, or the diameter of a ''[[Mammoth]]''-class DropShip.<ref name=TRO3057R/> A lack of armor — less than many military dropships, underpowered engines barely able to reach a maximum of 2.5 G acceleration, and a lack of advanced sensors or computers all eventually overshadowed the impressive weapons array. In [[2409]], the [[Capellan Confederation]] invaded [[Terra Firma]], despite the best efforts of ''Vigilant''-class vessels. In the wake of the invasion, the ''Vigilant'' was slowly relegated to mothballs or sold to the navies of neighboring great houses. The ''Vigilant'', like the ''Bonaventure'', was officially replaced in [[2432]] by the introduction of the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette.<ref name=TRO3057R/> A lack of armor — less than many military dropships, underpowered engines barely able to reach a maximum of 2.5 G acceleration, and a lack of advanced sensors or computers all eventually overshadowed the impressive weapons array. In [[2409]], the [[Capellan Confederation]] invaded [[Terra Firma]], despite the best efforts of ''Vigilant''-class vessels. In the wake of the invasion, the ''Vigilant'' was slowly relegated to mothballs or sold to the navies of neighboring great houses. The ''Vigilant'', like the ''Bonaventure'', was officially replaced in [[2432]] by the introduction of the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette.<ref name=TRO3057R/>
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* 3x [[AC/10]] | * 3x [[AC/10]] | ||
* 3x [[White Shark]] | * 3x [[White Shark]] | ||
| − | | Armor = 88.5 tons [[Armor (Capital)|standard]] | + | | Armor = 88.5 tons [[Armor (Capital)|standard armor]] |
| DropShip Capacity = None | | DropShip Capacity = None | ||
| Crew = 130<ref name=TRO3057R/> | | Crew = 130<ref name=TRO3057R/> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Designed shortly after the ''[[Bonaventure (WarShip class)|Bonaventure]]''-class corvette, the '''''Vigilant''''' was designed for reconnaissance and surveillance, and most frequently was deployed as a triad of first-line defenses including paired-pair squadrons with ''Bonaventures'' and remote surveillance [[satellite|satellites]]. | + | Designed shortly after the ''[[Bonaventure (WarShip class)|Bonaventure]]''-class corvette, the '''''Vigilant''''' was designed for reconnaissance and surveillance, and most frequently was deployed as a triad of first-line defenses including paired-pair squadrons with ''Bonaventures'' and remote surveillance [[satellite|satellites]]. The ''Vigilant'' is small — in fact, very small for a combat [[JumpShip]]. The ''Vigilant'' is only slightly larger than a ''[[Merchant]]''-class JumpShip, and bow to stern distance is actually shorter than the height of a ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''-class DropShip, or the diameter of a ''[[Mammoth]]''-class DropShip.<ref name=TRO3057R/> |
A lack of armor — less than many military dropships, underpowered engines barely able to reach a maximum of 2.5 G acceleration, and a lack of advanced sensors or computers all eventually overshadowed the impressive weapons array. In [[2409]], the [[Capellan Confederation]] invaded [[Terra Firma]], despite the best efforts of ''Vigilant''-class vessels. In the wake of the invasion, the ''Vigilant'' was slowly relegated to mothballs or sold to the navies of neighboring great houses. The ''Vigilant'', like the ''Bonaventure'', was officially replaced in [[2432]] by the introduction of the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette.<ref name=TRO3057R/> | A lack of armor — less than many military dropships, underpowered engines barely able to reach a maximum of 2.5 G acceleration, and a lack of advanced sensors or computers all eventually overshadowed the impressive weapons array. In [[2409]], the [[Capellan Confederation]] invaded [[Terra Firma]], despite the best efforts of ''Vigilant''-class vessels. In the wake of the invasion, the ''Vigilant'' was slowly relegated to mothballs or sold to the navies of neighboring great houses. The ''Vigilant'', like the ''Bonaventure'', was officially replaced in [[2432]] by the introduction of the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette.<ref name=TRO3057R/> | ||