The Tau remnant
IMPORTANT NOTE:
i often use Drones++ in my ships, if you get an ERR symbol above any drone cores when you spawn the ships in, go the the crew tab of the ship and reset crew positions (as said in the Drones++ thread)
mods:
Huge ships
Star wars: a cosmos divided
Archons plasma
Drones++
Additional weapons
more missiles
following the exodus of the entirety of the Tau people from their shattered homworld in the voyager worldship, the comms went dark across the galaxy, and the Tau-Federation where presumed lost outside the Galaxy's edge...
After the voyage:
after around a week of activity within the galaxy, The Tau-Federation dissapeared, leaving only a few battered and broken ships behind.
rising tension:
in reality, the Tau people lived on, but tension was rising to breaking point, with high leader Grace restricting all access to the only warp gate on the voyager, entirely blocking all access to the Galaxy, this led to many resistance groups rising to seize control of the warp gate and adjacent ship construction yard, however up until recently, Grace held the gate.
inevitability:
news broadcast dated 15/03/18:
Breaking news, a terror attack has hit the mobile HQ in orbit of the voyager, an old Tau-Empire era ship was rigged with a black hole missile set to devour the HQ, more at 10.
news broacast dated 17/03/18:
Breaking news, another terror attack has hit the capital [REDACTED] 17,000 presumed dead.
news broadcast dated 17/03/18:
Tonight we have the high leader with us today in the studio to give a statement on the recent duo of attacks on the federation, so then, what do you have to say about this?
today we all need to stand together as one, and make sure we carry on regardless of what these savages thr....
...........[CONNECTION LOST]...........
public service announcment dated 18/03/18:
unknown: Today is a grand day for us all, we have... disposed of The high leader and have reopened the warpgate to sector [REDACTED]. Today, democracy dies, and the people of Tau triumph!
Ships
Tau remnant shipyards
Headway class heavy fighter:
cost: 208,500
crew: Drone
A fast, deadly and efficient fighter/interceptor able to destroy even frigates when in a wing.
Stubborn class anti-missile frigate
price: 1,017,200
crew: 86 crewmen
description:
A small, steadfast ship designed to defend the rear of formations and often seen on patrol around sectors held by the Remnant. To underestimate this ship would be a grave mistake. considering the iconic front shields and 8 turbolaser batteries supplemented by four plasma rocket launchers.
And if a ship finds themselves behind the Stubborn, two EMP missile tubes shred shielding, leaving the ship vunerable to all of the above.
unlike its brethren, the Stubborn is small enough to be entirely shielded by its large shield generator.
however, should the shields fail, due to advances in drone technology, all FTL drives are pre-powered. Meaning the ship can instantly make an emergency jump.
erudition class cruiser/"Extended exploration ship"
price: 1,642,500
crew: 98 crewmen
description:
A exploration ship designed to be durable enough to survive in the most inhospitable enviroments.
As seen in the Stubborn, the ship can emergency jump away from a situation, even when the ship has split into peices.
Once used to lauch probes, the erudition class has a single rear EMP torpedo tube for defence when flanked, disabling most common shields in one salvo. Although usually flanked by at least one wing of fighters or a Stubborn, this feature can come in handy.
erudition class carrier retrofit
price: 1,893,400
crew: 104 (98+ 3 for each fighter)
description:
A erudition retrofitted to carry two old variants of the Headway, both perfect as distractions (just don't tell the fighter pilots)
breakthrough class heavy cruiser
price: 2,652,550
crew: 150
description:
The largest ship currently fielded by the TRN, the breakthrough was a breakthrough in ship design for the TRN. the ship started a quantum surge in ship manufacturing, designed using old parts and sections of a cancelled ship, the breakthough is the most well armed ship in the entire fleet.
breakthrough class carrier retrofit
price: 3,641,350
crew: 150(+98)
Description:
A breakthough retrofitted to carry an entire Stubborn class.