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Many, but not all, WarShips have [[Hardpoint|hardpoint]]s that allow them to carry DropShips with them when jumping, further increasing their cargo capacity and combat capabilities. However, they cannot use their transit drives for anything beyond station keeping at jump points like regular JumpShips while DropShips are attached to the hardpoints; maneuvering with DropShips attached would wreck the docking collars which are not designed to withstand such stress.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 67</ref> Many, but not all, WarShips have [[Hardpoint|hardpoint]]s that allow them to carry DropShips with them when jumping, further increasing their cargo capacity and combat capabilities. However, they cannot use their transit drives for anything beyond station keeping at jump points like regular JumpShips while DropShips are attached to the hardpoints; maneuvering with DropShips attached would wreck the docking collars which are not designed to withstand such stress.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 67</ref>
− The upper size limit for WarShips is 2.5 million tons, which is the largest mass for which a compact K-F drive can be constructed. The 1,930,000 ton ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class introduced by the [[Star League]] in [[2652]] used to be the largest combat WarShip class and the 2.3 million ton ''[[Newgrange]]''-class yardships launched in [[2600]] was the largest support WarShip class until they were both eclipsed by the 2.4 million ton ''[[Leviathan II|Leviathan]]''-class that was built in the [[3050]]s.<br />The ''[[Potemkin]]''-class troop cruiser, introduced in [[2611]], features the largest number of hardpoints ever mounted on any starship class, an unmatched 25.<br />The smallest ship class ever to be called a WarShip is the 6,100-ton ''[[Bug-Eye]]''-class of surveillance vessels, though their drive is a special "sub-compact" K-F Drive which, together with their role, makes the classification somewhat arguable. Otherwise, the smallest known WarShip is the 100,000 ton ''[[Nightwing]]''-class corvette, also primarily a surveillance vessel. + The upper size limit for WarShips is 2.5 million tons, which is the largest mass for which a compact K-F drive can be constructed. The 1,930,000 ton ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class introduced by the [[Star League]] in [[2652]] used to be the largest combat WarShip class and the 2.3 million ton ''[[Newgrange]]''-class yardships launched in [[2600]] was the largest support WarShip class until they were both eclipsed by the 2.4 million ton ''[[Leviathan (Battleship)|Leviathan]]''-class that was built in the [[3050]]s.<br />The ''[[Potemkin]]''-class troop cruiser, introduced in [[2611]], features the largest number of hardpoints ever mounted on any starship class, an unmatched 25.<br />The smallest ship class ever to be called a WarShip is the 6,100-ton ''[[Bug-Eye]]''-class of surveillance vessels, though their drive is a special "sub-compact" K-F Drive which, together with their role, makes the classification somewhat arguable. Otherwise, the smallest known WarShip is the 100,000 ton ''[[Nightwing]]''-class corvette, also primarily a surveillance vessel.
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Many, but not all, WarShips have [[Hardpoint|hardpoint]]s that allow them to carry DropShips with them when jumping, further increasing their cargo capacity and combat capabilities. However, they cannot use their transit drives for anything beyond station keeping at jump points like regular JumpShips while DropShips are attached to the hardpoints; maneuvering with DropShips attached would wreck the docking collars which are not designed to withstand such stress.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 67</ref> | Many, but not all, WarShips have [[Hardpoint|hardpoint]]s that allow them to carry DropShips with them when jumping, further increasing their cargo capacity and combat capabilities. However, they cannot use their transit drives for anything beyond station keeping at jump points like regular JumpShips while DropShips are attached to the hardpoints; maneuvering with DropShips attached would wreck the docking collars which are not designed to withstand such stress.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 67</ref> | ||
− | The upper size limit for WarShips is 2.5 million tons, which is the largest mass for which a compact K-F drive can be constructed. The 1,930,000 ton ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class introduced by the [[Star League]] in [[2652]] used to be the largest combat WarShip class and the 2.3 million ton ''[[Newgrange]]''-class yardships launched in [[2600]] was the largest support WarShip class until they were both eclipsed by the 2.4 million ton ''[[Leviathan | + | The upper size limit for WarShips is 2.5 million tons, which is the largest mass for which a compact K-F drive can be constructed. The 1,930,000 ton ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''-class introduced by the [[Star League]] in [[2652]] used to be the largest combat WarShip class and the 2.3 million ton ''[[Newgrange]]''-class yardships launched in [[2600]] was the largest support WarShip class until they were both eclipsed by the 2.4 million ton ''[[Leviathan (Battleship)|Leviathan]]''-class that was built in the [[3050]]s.<br />The ''[[Potemkin]]''-class troop cruiser, introduced in [[2611]], features the largest number of hardpoints ever mounted on any starship class, an unmatched 25.<br />The smallest ship class ever to be called a WarShip is the 6,100-ton ''[[Bug-Eye]]''-class of surveillance vessels, though their drive is a special "sub-compact" K-F Drive which, together with their role, makes the classification somewhat arguable. Otherwise, the smallest known WarShip is the 100,000 ton ''[[Nightwing]]''-class corvette, also primarily a surveillance vessel. |
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