Defiant

The Defiant class was launched in 2078 to replace the old dreadnoughts because they were being out gunned by the other races newer and more advanced dreadnoughts. The Defiant was three times as large the lantean equivalent and had superior fire power. The ships had the prefix TFD (tauri fleet dreadnought)and TFC (tauri fighter carrier).
type: Dreadnought
Role: Heavy battle support/fighter carrier
Users: GATO
Builders: Tauri military i co-operation with private contractors (mainly SAAB Defense Systems and Pioneer Aerospace) 
Powerplant: 2 TNIG Mark IV and 20 Mark XIII naquadah generators for backup.
Weaponry: 12 asgard beam weapon (main), 24 lantean pulse weapons, 80 coil guns, 60 type IX ion cannons, 18 mine deployment bays (100 mines each) and five gatebuster missiles.
Defense: phase-cloak, tauri freedom-type shields (Mark III), holographic decoys (holographic replicas of the ship) and 
200 (TFC 1178) Thunderbird-class fighters.
Propulsion: SAAB SQ-501 Fusion drive (main), Pioneer CX5-b ion drive (backup) and Volvo H-20 intergalactic hyperdrive
Capacity: crew: 2000 (minimum is 192) Troops: (TFD 3148) (TFC 0)
 
 KNOWN SHIPS
 Tauri Fleet Dreadnoughts
TFD-901-001 DEFIANT
TFD-901-002 SAMANTHA CARTER 
TFD-901-003 INTREPID 
TFD-901-004 PIONEER 
TFD-901-005 INDEPENDENCE 
TFD-901-005 PEGASUS 
TFD-901-006 OLYMPIA 
TFD-901-007 ENDEAVOUR 
TFD-901-008 MAJESTIC 
TFD-901-009 VASA 
TFD-901-010 AURORA 
TFD-901-011 AMBASSADOR 
TFD-901-012 DAEDALUS 
TFD-901-013 COLUMBUS 
TFD-901-013 PHOENIX 
TFD-901-014 SOVEREIGN 
TFD-901-015 EXCELSIOR 
TFD-901-016 ODYSSEY 
TFD-901-017 AVENGER 
TFD-901-018 HORIZON 
TFD-901-019 ICARUS 
TFD-901-020 CHALLENGER
 
 Tauri Fighter Carriers
TFC-902-001 REPULSE 
TFC-902-002 VICTORIOUS 
TFC-902-003 LIBERATOR 
TFC-902-004 TEALC 
TFC-902-005 CONSTITUTION 
TFC-902-006 ARK ROYAL 
TFC-902-007 GALAXY
TFC-902-008 TEYLA EMMAGAN 
TFC-902-009 ALLEGIANCE 
TFC-902-010 CONQUEROR 
TFC-902-011 PROMETHEUS 
TFC-902-012 INFINITY 
TFC-902-013 LANCASTER 
TFC-902-014 LEGEND
TFC-902-015 SCIMITAR 
TFC-902-016 THUNDERBIRD 
TFC-902-017 MANNERHEIM 
TFC-902-018 LINCOLN 
TFC-902-019 CHURCHILL 
TFC-902-020 CONSTELLATION