TCS Lance

The Lance was a three-deck frigate that formed part of the Knights Mercantile's Deep Ether Expedition into Naga Space in .
== Description ==
TCS Lance was the expedition's main battleship, an experimental ship in development for the better part of a decade as an answer to the heavy gunboats sometimes seconded by Imperial powers to their trade fleets. Sarcastic KM grandees have given it the snide appellation “TCS Money Pit” and the designer of the ship’s showpiece rail cannon, Doctor Janice Sydney reportedly pulled significant strings to have the ship assigned to the expedition into Naga Space as a demonstration of its potential. 
=== Complement ===
*60 crew
*50 marines
*Other Features: 
**pseudo-adamant armor plating and internal structure
**x2 heavy boarding skiff (2 of the dorsal auto-cannons)
**dorsal etheric shielding
*Weapons:
**broadside hydrogen cannons (x20 port / x20 starboard)
**heavy machine guns (dorsal: x4 aft-facing, x4 stern facing; x4 ventral, fully traversing)
**auto-cannons (dorsal x4, fully traversing); rail-cannon (ventral, aft-facing)
**heavy naval guns (x2 dorsal, aft-facing, x1 dorsal, stern-facing)
=== Crew ===
*Commanding Officer: Captain Gentila Parveno
*First Mate: Dila Sadrith
*Second Mate: Commandant Sigismund Salvard
*Gunnery Sergeant: Krenech
*Chief Engineer: Doctor Janice Sydney
== History ==
Category:Spaceships