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Thryn Monarchy

"*Ok. I don't know how to respond to that. I don't think anyone knows how to respond to that." -- 0Samuel0, former CR member*

## Thryn Monarchy

### Ideaology

Freedoms!; Social anarchism

The **Monarchy of Thryn** (more commonly referred to as the **Thryn Monarchy** or simply **Thryn**) was an aggressive military and stylized shipbuilding faction led by Azereiah and Jaaskinal. While not exactly allied, they routinely had open comms with Trinova Technologies, and have done combined ops with them before. They considered the Odium Pact as their nemesis.

The faction was officially announced dead in May 2316, however has since resurfaced under the sole leadership of Jaaskinal under a faction simply named Thryn.

## Description

The Thryn were an aggressive military faction that specialised in creating powerful vessels. They also had no shortage of skilled pilots willing to fly these ships. Some say their vessels were the best in the multiverse[*citation needed*]. Their *Apollyon* Frigate is widely known throughout the multiverse as their 'rainbow boat'.

## Fleet

*Main article: Ships manufactured by Thryn Monarchy*

### Design Philosophy

The Thryn Monarchy were quick to develop and use any technology they thought would give them an advantage in combat. They were the one of the first factions to reliably field chain drives on combat vessels, and were among the first to use efficient docked batteries while they were still usable.

Their weapon technologies were regarded highly in the multiverse. They often managed to field vessels with the strength of two or three normal ships of their size[*citation needed*]. They often used alpha damage beams to augment the strength of their attacks, and used ionic shields on every vessel.

## History

*"Yeah, lore wise Thryn is kinda aggressive, because stuff is stuff. And we want your stuff. And obviously want it more than you, else you would have defended it better, and not been wiped out."*  *-- Karkinos*

-needs 2314 and 2315 history-

### 2316

In late May, it was declared by Azereiah and Jaaskinal that the Thryn Monarchy was dead and will not be revived. Since then, Jaaskinal had joined the Mortarian Legion, while Azereiah helped found the revived Trident Foundries then joined up with FCM.
Phobos-class

## Phobos-class Frigate

The ***Phobos*-class** is a class of rapid missile light frigates employed by the Thryn Monarchy.

## Description

The *Phobos*-classis a mostly average looking Thryn light frigate featuring a turret ring and a large rotating gatling gun on the front. Its gatling gun fires hundreds of rapid missiles per minute, drilling deep into enemy vessels. The *Phobos*-classalso features a large anti-shield beam array.

## History

Experiments done by AtraUnam were shipped to Thryn co-leader Jaaskinal. These experiments were the combination of fast clocks and missiles. Months later, Thryn member Lecic reopened experiments with these weapons, eventually resulting in the development of the *Phobos*-class.

The class has experienced small amounts of combat in the NFD Galaxies, with decent success against ships twice its size. It has also been deployed to the Ares Galaxies.

 Usage

The *Phobos* has, in addition to its standard role as a light rapid missile frigate, been used in the following roles:

* Testbed
* Station sieging
* Laser Light Shows
Comr4de

Comr4de is a well-known faction leader and merciless fighter, who played key roles in the lifespans of the Arstotzkan Empire, Helkan Imperium, Terran Gossamer Technocracy, and the present-day Formiden Colonial Mandate (composed largely of veterans of the aforementioned factions).

## History

Comr4de created and led the Arstotzkan Empire from 2312 until 2314, and was one of the key players of the Helkan Imperium throughout its lifespan (27th July 2315 - September 2315). With the Helkan Imperium having reached its end, he joined the Terran Gossamer Technocracy on October 20th, 2315.

He served as the commander of the Zyklon Fleet, the TGT's most successful and active fleet. Having grown dissatisfied with being the singular driving force in an otherwise inactive faction, Comr4de and his Zyklon Fleet retired from the TGT in December 2315, leaving the faction almost entirely silent.

With the discovery of the LCB Galaxies, many remnants of the Arstotzkan Empire reformed under his leadership, to claim this new territory.

The Arstotzkans reformed into Formiden Colonial Mandate in late 2315 and Comr4de continued their campaigns in several more galaxies, including the LvD, NASS and TAW Galaxies.

Late in 2317, Comr4de returned to LvD after several months away to reform the Arstotzkan Empire.
The Aegis Ascendancy

The Aegis Symbol

### Leader/s

Miraak (Mil), Scipio (Mil), DistantLifeform (Mil), Dire (Mil), Nosajimiki (Mil), Bogdan (Trade)

## Advanced Stats

### Signature Ship

Vega class battleship, Dovahkiin class Titan, Subjugator class battleship, Defacer class battlecruiser

### Major Enemies

Odium Pact, Event Horizon, Infinite Legion, Thryn Monarchy, UIS, FCM

### Alignment

Pure Neutral

The **Aegis Ascendancy** (commonly known as TAA or simply The Aegis) is an interstellar military, political and trade alliance consisting of New Roman Empire, Dovan Empire , Tenebris Lux, United Earth Government and Merc Dragons. Only the upper ranks of the involved factions are part of TAA. The existence of The Aegis Ascendancy is to act as combatants to the Odium Pact[1] .

## Description

The Aegis factions protect the neutrality of non military factions. However, patience for these protected factions run thin, any provocation will result in swift military action from TAA. TAA has been known to go out of their way to deploy drones and lay merciless siege to provocateurs. TAA's ships are very well designed, all mainstream ship construction is overseen or conducted by most skilled shipbuilders within the alliance.

## Relations

The Aegis Ascendancy maintains close ties with allied military powers such as Merc Dragon. The TAA's economy is supported by trading with their major trading partner, the Order of Bogatyrs.

## Membership

Factions can apply to join the TAA and the TAA faction leaders will decide on whether to accept a faction within the TAA .
LiCorp Cottonmouth-class Raider

## Cottonmouth-class Raider

"Cheap. Efficient. Deadly."

A vessel designed primarily for use as a general issue ship for expeditionary operations. It is an ideal platform for skirmishing, raiding, de-claiming sectors and other standard combat and exploration duties. It excels in the anti-pirate/partisan role as well. As a pack hunter this vessel can take down ships many times the size of a teams total mass.

In part to cut expenses but also for tactical purposes, most of the armor on the Cottonmouth resides in the citadel, where the control room and the warp drives are located.

On the other hand, exceptional care was given to the development of advanced thrust-vectoring technologies that could quickly increase the ship capacity for manuevers high speeds without overheating. This makes for a fast combat ship that must rely on agility rather than armor for survival.

While the ship has lost its favor without the support of the LiCorp for a "Power 2.0" update, it is still found in use by pirates, privateers and factions who took up the mission to create their own updated versions with the new reactors.

### Development

The Cottonmouth was developed by the LiCorp after several tours along different clusters such as Elwyn Eternity and Systemhack. The project was first based on the efficient designs observed, such as the Acolyte (At the time used by the Odium Pact). This sparked Project: COTTON, the codename for the prototype first developed by LiCorp.

The vessel would have three key design choices: speed, mass-production capability and multi-role capacity. The first was accomplished by sheeding much of the standard armor used in spaceships as to increase the thrust-to-mass ratio. This in turn helped the mass-production capability, since any faction with enough resources can produce the pre-fab hulls and thrusters from a blueprint from universal metal mesh and crystal composites. Lastly, the multi-role capacity. Equipped with salvager beams, it can even gather materials for research or quickly salvage destroyed ships. It is said that a shipyard or a team of work-drones can refit the Cottonmouth for any mission profile in ten minutes.
Cerberus-class

## Cerberus-class Light Destroyer

The prototype, as seen in the Cake Galaxies. (Jul 2317)

The ***Cerberus*-class** is a class of medium-sized assault vessels developed and formerly fielded by Trident Foundries. It was part of Trident's Generation 3 Initiative.

## Description

Heavily resembling the smaller, similarly styled *Avenger*-class Frigate, also developed by Trident Foundries, the *Cerberus* is smaller than most other ships in the destroyer classification (equal in size to the much older and less powerful *Vanguard*-class Heavy Frigate), but is able to outgun the far larger (in mass) *Eris*- and *Enforcer*-classes.

Like the smaller *Avenger*, it is a co-operative work between all of Trident's shipyards and subsidiaries, and is remarkably smooth compared to the jaggedness of such older Trident ships as the PlazWorks-produced *Eris*-class.

The *Cerberus* is darker and 'edgier' than most other Trident ships. Along with the dark exterior, extensive automation systems have negated the need for a large crew, allowing many more combat systems in spaces where there would otherwise need to be crew rooms and mess halls, allowing for a far more powerful yet smaller ship, equalling or surpassing the *Eris- and Enforcer*-classes in almost all aspects.

The *Cerberus* is a ship designed for the sole purpose of ship-to-ship combat, and as such it comes equipped with powerful third-generation plasma cannons.

## History

### 2317

As the Aesthetican Crisis threatened to boil over into armed conflict in early April, Plaz rallied the design teams of every major Trident shipyard and subsidiary together to help design a new, more powerful fleet to replace the ageing Generation 2 ships that were widely used at the time. PlazWorks and Pegakitty Shipyards initially worked together on a somewhat less smooth frigate-sized hull that closely resembled a Generation 2 ship, but when Angel Works and Infinite FleetWorks took a more active interest in the project, they changed the hull to be a lot smoother, and darkened many aspects of the hull. This hull later became the *Avenger*-class Light Frigate, and the blueprint on which every Generation 3 ship after it would be based on.

The combined design team then turned their attention to creating a destroyer-sized vessel to use the new, militaristic style and to replace the *Eris*/*Enforcer* combination of destroyers then in use. Plaz' team went through two attempts at a larger hull before finally settling on a third version.

In late September, two *Cerberus*-class vessels were constructed in the LvD Galaxies; the class prototype, and TRV *Jutlandia*. *Jutlandia* suffered numerous problems associated with it's primary computer core, and was mothballed while work to rectify these errors was carried out.

The entire class, as well as all other classes of Generation 3 ships, have been decommissioned as they have been deemed wholly unsuitable for Trident's current objectives.

## Usage

The *Cerberus*-class has, in addition to it's primary role as destroyer, been used in the following roles:

* Blockade runner
* VIP transport
* Command ship
Shockwave-class Titan

A cropped image of a Vaygr Empire recruitment broadcast, showing a single Shockwave. An Enslaver can also be seen in the background.

## Advanced Stats

### Cargo Capacity

Unknown

The ***Shockwave*-class Titan** is a Vaygr Empire flagship and command vessel. Due to its sheer size it has yet to be deployed on any engagement.

## Description

The *Shockwave*-class is a large titan constructed for use as a flagship and command vessel in large scale engagements. Unconfirmed rumours suggest it was built in response to Event Horizon building several titans of their own.
TTS Rhineland

Rhineland(Center Right) alongside the UIS Peacekeeping Force

The **TTS *Rhineland***was a Trinova Technologies *Cascade-*class Frigate constructed in the LvD Galaxies.

## Description

*Rhineland* was constructed with a handful of other *Cascade-*class Frigates during the initial stages of Trinovan Redeployment to the LvD Cluster alongside other small vessels like the TTS *Alsace* and the TTS *Appalachia**.* The ship itself was piloted exclusively by The Judge for a handful of peacekeeping operations with other Union of Intergalactic States officers.

## History

### 2317

The first deployment of the *Rhineland* was destroying Darkside infrastructure with several other Trinovan Warships and a single Aethi Imperium *Sorek-Thalian*-class. The operation was a success until the TTS *Sri Lanka*was lost in a star due to pilot error, after which the UIS Force retreated from the Dominion Homebase.

The next deployment of the *Rhineland* alsosaw 4 Trident *Avenger*-class Frigates and the TTS *Appalachia* engage the pirate faction Novminer's homebase. *Rhineland* acted as the meatshield of the operation, and sustained some damage from plasma cannons mounted on the base. After Trident officers killed Jijiji, Novminer's leader, the Peacekeeping Force retreated.

*Rhineland* was scrapped for resources following a "galactic reset" done by the rulers of the LvD Cluster, and all Frigates and Corvettes have been replaced with the more powerful *Quark*-class Destroyer.
Ragnarök-class

## Ragnarök-class Cruiser

TRV Ragnarök XV-3010 (right), TRV Crusader CV-2600-A in the Cake Galaxies, July 2318

## Advanced Stats

### Cargo Capacity

75-150k (est.)

The ***Ragnarök*-class** (previously ***Paladin II*-class**) is a class of capital warship designed by Plaz and Jake Lancia, and built by the PlazWorks subsidiary of the Trident Foundries, with assistance from Trinova Technologies engineers. It is the first capital ship class to come into Trident service since the near-disastrous *Crusader*-class light cruiser.

## Description

Heavily resembling pre-production sketches for the cancelled (pre-Trident) *Paladin*-class battleship, the *Ragnarök*-class is the largest mobile construct that PlazWorks have ever worked on, with nearly triple the internal volume of their next largest, the *Crusader*-class light cruiser.

The *Ragnarök*-class has multiple built-in weapons, including heavy quad beam banks and massive horizontal-launch energy torpedoes.

The *Ragnarök*-class has a nifty array of turret weapons installed, including four large self-powered gyro-turrets that are made from rebuilt hulls of old *Quantum*-class Corvettes. They are made this way to confuse enemy commanders into thinking that they are fighting more than one ship. These turrets are held in place with strong tensor beams to ensure they do not simply float away.

## History

### 2317

In late November, Jake Lancia remarked on the need for a new cruiser to effectively replace the *Crusader*-class which had been temporarily decommissioned pending major refits.

In mid-December, Plaz began wireframing a large cruiser-sized vessel which Lancia immediately noticed. By late December the outer hull and turret complement was largely complete.

### 2318

In early January, Lancia had the idea of using old *Quantum*-class hulls as floating gyroturrets, which Plaz accepted. At this time, Lancia had also completed the general interior and was in the process of finishing the hangar bay.

In late July, Lancia and Plaz resurrected the *Paladin II*-class (by now called the *Ragnarök*-class) when they remarked on the need for a huge command vessel again.

## Usage

The *Ragnarök*-class is a WIP vessel, however when complete it will serve the following roles:

* Capital
* Command vessel
* Pacifying large areas of space
* 'Force recon'
The Dark (LvD)

## The Dark

**The Dark**, or **Darkside**, is one of the two primary combatants in the LvD Galaxies; the other being The Light.

## Description

The Dark is a direct counter to the Light, and even uses similar ships to it's benevolent cousins. While it is the official stance that the dark exists to destroy all that is good in the universe, history has shown them to be just as capable of acts of honor and altruism as their light counterparts, and their membership does not have any specific moral or ethical requirements.

## Fleet

Most of the factions that make up the Dark have their own fleets designed around their individual military doctrines.  However, the Dark offers a number of high quality, ready-made designs to its newer members including courier ships, miners, exploration vessels, frigates, and even full sized warships such as the Moloch-class cruiser.

## History

Both the Dark and the Light were born out of an ancient conflict between humanity and and a race of interdimensional beings known as "demons".

Unable to defeat the demons in battle, mankind used the Ironheld device to collapse the dimensions together, effectively melding the aspects of man and demon together into one race; however, the meld was not quite homogeneous.

Since the resulting populations retained various aspects of the demons, those who adopted more of the demons' aspects formed the Dark. Driven by a desire to destroy and a deep hatred of humanity, the Dark sought to continue the war that their purebred demon forerunners started. This war has lasted for so many generations, that only a handful of historians even remember how the war was started, and even fewer people understand why it goes on.
Lightspeed

*"Those who survive a long time on the battlefield start to think they're invincible. I bet you do, too, Buddy."*

## Basic Stats

### Specialty

Resource Aquisition and Information Gathering

**Lightspeed12** also known as **"Lightspeed"** or just **"LS"** is one of the officers serving with the MercDragons.

## History

Having started his life as a trader on the GenX cluster, soon joined the ranks of the Ultramarines,led at the time by BusterCrabb as an apprentice, where learned the basics about the universe, life and everything.

After serious injury in a battle, he came back after months of recovery just to discover that much of his knowledge was not effective as before. The universe had moved on and the old faction had abandoned him.

Arriving at the LvD cluster, he soon found the galaxy at turmoil as Light and Dark factions fought against each other. In the middle of this, he met the Vaygr, who destroyed all of his assets to the point of laying siege until his homebase was destroyed.

He was left for dead in space, but a patrol cruiser from the MercDragons was nearby to receive the distress signal.

## Early life at MercDragon

As a young Ensign, Lightspeed used his knowledge and capability to feed the industrial machine of the faction,

During his early life, he had been tasked with basic mining an errand tasks, eventually gaining the rank of Captain for his efforts.

### Proving the Worth:

Lightspeed proved his worth trought hardwork , but mostly by discipline, pro-activenes and sense of duty.

He went on to be the tip of the spear, striking key positions all over the LvD cluster to mantain resource control, always using hit and run tactics to cause as much damage as possible with minimal loses. This had boosted his notoriety as an elite special forces operative, leading ground operations with great ability.

### Operation: Dominance

The Vaygr Empire began a small campaign to test MercDragon forces. While acting as XO at the moment, the MercDragon homebase was besieged by a Despoiler-Class Battleship. Instead of wasting resources trying to destroy it, he proceeded to co-ordinate with FlyingDebris and Admiral Nosajimiki to take control of the ship by boarding. The operation was a success,althought the captured Despoiler was lost soon after.

## Today

Today Lightspeed serves as a Commander in the MercDragon forces, overseeing operations varying from military to civilian nature. Mostly responsible for the resource aquisition, logistic support, training of new members and day to day operations.
The Battle of Vuo

Also known as the "the reason 15 players, 5 million mass, 800 drones, and 5,500 entities in one place is a really bad idea" this battle had seen an informal coalition which included key darkside factions Infinite Legion, Event Horizon, Knights Belligerent and The Vaygr Empire, in addition to neutral aligned faction Magitek Knights engaging an informal Lightside force consisting of Formidan Colonial Mandate, Thryn and Merc Dragon in the neutral system known as "Vuo"

## Event

Before the battle, Vaygr Empire Officer RedAlert\_007 had noted FCM and Thryn were calling the Darkside out by name to fight an already formed Lightside force, RedAlert\_007 over the course of 30 minutes had rounded up as many darkside factions he could get in contact with engage the Lightside force.

The Darkside force would proceed to jump to coordinates arranged prior, but would initially wait outside the system and scout the combat zone to see what they were up against. The Lightside force has brought dozens of drone ships in addition to its main force, due to the negative stance on drone fleets by the inhabitants of the LvD Galaxy at the time, the Darkside had agreed to not deploy drones unless their enemies would be using drones as well. The Darkside sent its drones in first, with the main bulk of its fleet following.

The Battle had lasted for over 30 minutes, due to the spacetime fluctuations (lag) caused by both sides dronefleets, very little damage was dealt to either side in combat. However, the LvD Galactic Authority had resorted to deploying miniature black holes in sectors containing large concentrations of drones to destroy them in hope to prevent total spacetime collapse (server crash).

Over the course of the Battle, only 1 vessel was destroyed in combat, an FCM Battleship (approx. 300k) piloted by FCM leader Comr4de. However the miniature black holes deployed by the LvD Galactic Authority has destroyed over 2 million mass units worth of drones and other vessels.

In spite of the continued efforts by the LvD Galactic Authority, the cluster eventually suffered a spacetime collapse due to the spacetime fluctuations caused by the drones deployed by both sides.

The battle ended with only one lightside ship being destroyed in battle, while the opposing side lost no ships to combat.

## Aftermath

The spacetime collapse resulting from the battle had prompted discussion by both sides to implement and enforce regulations which would limit the size and number of drones that could be deployed during any battle to prevent additional spacetime collapses.

The LvD Galacitc Authority had compensated both sides for the resources lost due to the deployment of miniature black holes.

Although only minor, it was agreed upon that the darkside forces were victorious in that engagement, as they had inflicted more damage to the lightside in combat. Losses due to LvD Galactic Authority intervention were not considered.

## Statistics

No accurate numbers are available.

WIP
Alexa Class Light Salvager

Mk II

The ***Alexa Class Light Salvager*** is a small mining vessel operated by the Pegakitty Empire

## Description

The main vessel used by the Empire for small operations, Alexa class vessels are designed to go out in groups and slowly salvage minerals and materials needed to produce ships. This makes them vital for the construction of new outposts in systems claimed by the fleet. These vessels are also used to scavenge supplies and wreckage from battle zones after the fights over.

The ship features quad front facing salvage arrays for precision mining and salvaging ships, but also features a larger, much more powerful mining array on its underside designed to harvest ore and materials from planet surfaces.

## Variants

### Mk I

The original design and first PKE ship to use the brown colour scheme, Mk I was the main PKE vessel used for mining during initial expansion operations. The Mk I is heavily armoured, with weak shields for its size.

### Mk II

As the Empire's buidling improved and its technological prowess increased, they decided to overhaul the ship in both aesthetics and functionality, making it much better for its role. As of 2317 it has yet to have a successor.
Despoiler-class Battleship

## Despoiler-class

A Vaygr Despoiler aiming its turrets to engage hostiles on the Brierie galaxies

## Advanced Stats

The newer variants of despoilers are reported to be about 550k in mass and much more well rounding in terms of shield regen and mobility

### Cargo Capacity

Unknown

The ***Despoiler*-class Battleship** is a common Vaygr Empire battleship that is often described as the *Enslaver*-class' "big brother" and was built to replace the ageing *Tormentor*-class.

## Description

The *Despoiler*-class was built around the same time as the *Enslaver*, just as the *Enslaver* would replace the older *Intruder*-class Battlecruiser, the *Despoiler* would replace the *Tormentor*.

## History

### 2317

-WIP-

During the Red Uprising in August and concurrent Vaygr Empire intelligence leak, blueprints of the *Despoiler*-class in addition to several other modern Vaygr designs were released into the public domain, necessitating a major cleanup operation. Some hostile powers such as Trinova Technologies and NewRomanEmpire obtained these blueprints.

## Legacy

The *Despoiler*-class is frequently mocked by starship enthusiasts and other factions. Even well into 2319 it is still derided as one of the ugliest mass-produced warships ever fielded, and similarly "ugly" starship designs fielded by Vaygr, NRE, Dovans and others are constantly compared to the *Despoiler*.
Ships manufactured by The Pegakitty Empire

This article lists all ships created and used by the Pegakitty Empire as of being nommed into Trident Foundries

## Civilian/Industrial

* Alexa Class Light Salvager
* Hubble Class Light Freighter
* Absentia Class Factory Ship

## Cruisers

* Harmony Class Command Cruiser
* Chelsea Class Command Cruiser
* Electric Angel Class Heavy Cruiser

## Battleships

* Pegakitty Class Command Battleship (Flagship)
Freedom-class Frigate

The ***Freedom*-class** is a class of small, fast frigates formerly used by The Alliance and later, Trident Industries. They were taken out of service around July 2313 and are now inactive.

## Description

A typical *Freedom*-class was 110 meters long and had many turrets and weapons covering the hull, though this tended to differ greatly among the early Alliance fleets. They have a classic long, thin forward hull widening out into two large pods that hold the ship's engines and energy missile launchers.

## History

Jake Lancia constructed the vessel based on stolen plans from the Infinite Havoc Galaxy in early 2313. He brought the plans into the Nass Galaxies and constructed two Gen1 *Freedoms* to defend the claimed planet Vergesso.

The ships were absorbed into Trident Industries when The Alliance merged with Cobolt, and were immediately put to use alongside former Cobolt ships such as *Dreadnought*-class frigates, *Origins*-class frigates and *Hyperion*-class corvettes.

When the *Quantum*-class came into service however, these ships quickly fell out of favour, as the new ships had far more firepower and defence in a similarly sized package, and were retired completely in July.

## Usage

The *Freedom* has, in addition to it's standard role as light frigate, been used in the following roles:

* Defence ship
* Command ship
* Diplomatic vessel
* Testbed
Battle of the Grand Coalition

A Dovahkiin Class Heavy Battleship (Mk1)

New Roman Empire:- [IKindaCrashAlot]: Vega Class Battleship - 590k- [Distantlifeform]: Vega Class Battleship - 590k- [Gloom]: Vega Class Battleship - 590k

### Side B Ships

Vaygr Empire:- [Zorozeenee]: Agonizer Class Titan - 886k

## Result

### Side A Ship Stats

Dovan Empire:- [Miraak]: Dovahkiin Class Titan (Mk1) - 100%

New Roman Empire:- [IKindaCrashAlot]: Vega Class Battleship - 100%- [Distantlifeform]: Vega Class Battleship - 100%- [Gloom]: Vega Class Battleship - 100%

### Side B Ship Stats

Vaygr Empire:- [Zorozeenee]: Agonizer Class Titan - 0%

### Victor

Dovan Empire and New Roman Empire

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Rotterdam

Planet **Rotterdam** was the former home of the Thryn Monarchy's forces in the GenXNova Galaxies.

## Description

Rotterdam was a large Terran planet with a population of 157,428,000 settlers and housed the main military complexes of the Thryn military as well as boasting massive orbital shipyards capable of repairing and storing many large vessels.

## Details

Rotterdam was Thryn's social and industrial powerhouse; it contained the majority of the faction's industry as well as housing two-thirds of their civilian population in the GenXNova Galaxies.

It had many natural attractions; the glittering waters of Lake Rotterdam is a good example of the many the planet had to offer. The planet also featured a chilly northern ice cap, and a thin orbital ring comprised of occasionally molten chabaz rocks.

Furthermore the planet had huge built attractions; the Grand Palace of Grandness attracted people from far and wide to come and see its grand stone architecture; the city of New Amsterdam had a vibrant nightlife scene; the tank parades in New Amsterdam were a hit with families and the patriotic; and the naval facility of Lake Rotterdam allowed spectacular views of the lake and of the naval vessel TMS *Rotterdam* that was moored to it.
TRV Intrepid CV-2801

## TRV Intrepid (Registry number CV-2801)

TRV Intrepid displaying it's distinctive green stripes. (Jan 2318)

The **TRV *Intrepid*** (registry number **CV-2801**) is a *Warspite*-class Destroyer commanded by Jake Lancia and in service with Trident Foundries in the FRU Cluster.

## Description

The main distinguishing mark of this *Warspite*-class vessel is it's use of green striping and green elements of the hull panelling. Lancia added these stripes after the New Years Eve raid to mark his ship as different from the other three *Warspite*-class vessels at TRS *Regulus*, which have also been customised to some extent.

The *Intrepid* remains Lancia's personal vessel and the fleet command ship of Trident forces in the FRU cluster.

## History

### 2317

Lancia constructed four *Warspite*-class vessels in the FRU cluster in November after receiving a substantial resource boost. The TRV *Intrepid* was the second of these ships to be constructed, but was not immediately assigned a commanding officer.

The vessels were left docked to TRS *Regulus* for nearly two months, until the vessels were reactivated on the 31st December, in response to intelligence from Trident member hamma1 suggesting there was a large, undocked vessel floating near the hostile faction 'Guardians of the Galaxy's base. Lancia scrambled three Trident members and two RedEagle officers to seize the vessel, and it was recovered within an hour of the intel being received.

### 2318

On the 1st January, the *Intrepid* received it's green stripes to personalise the vessel, at the same time that the other three vessels also underwent personalisation. On the 4th January, the *Intrepid* chased down and intercepted pirate faction Dark Mechanicus and their 73k mass marauder vessel, however were unable to effectively deal any damage due to the extreme distance involved.

## Usage

The TRV *Intrepid* has, in addition to its primary role as heavy destroyer, been used in the following roles:

* Command vessel
* Boarding vessel
* Heavy Escort
Napther

Originally appearing as a Starmade player in 2314 also joining the Skywanderer community recently. Napther is creator and sole owner of the (to be) cross-game NPC faction/ship manufacturer Kaiju Design Initiative, or KDI. The name of "Napther" coming from the petrochemical Naphtha and relates to the name of the heavy-set blue dragon he uses as an avatar.

Napther is mostly a Wanderer, usually appearing in a solo faction using the name of his NPCs though has rarely surfaced actually inside various large factions; With the first being Imperium, owned by Raiben. He was promoted to Moderator on Shattered Skies and ran various random events and give-aways without the use of a wrapper, due to the server closing approximately 4-5 months later. During the Starmade Fleet Contest, Napther received 1-1 build advice from Raiben, and helped create and system the Senrai Mining Consortium (SMC). The Senrai later appear as a confirmed lore element of Skywanderers.

After having his builder potential Unlocked, Napther created the KDI NPCs as they stand today making use of spaced armour in order to disguise their simpler shapes and lack of external greebles. from 5 initial vessels: the Havoc II, Chaosweaver, Ridgeback, Bowhead, and Trapezoid, the fleet now spans over 25 vessels and alternate variants.

The next major faction was Event Horizon. Despite working their best for that faction, he was disgraced from it, with a deteriorating attitude to certain individuals as well as allies as the source. Shortly after, Event Horizon flipped from being neutral back to being allied with the Vaygr Empire and Odium as a whole. This turn of events sparked a deep grudge in him against the faction.

Napther appeared later under the Alias of Dirk having been secretly recruited to the albeit temporary reformation of Thrynn under Jaaskinal on LvD. After a few unsuccessful prototypes, the Retaliator - a large missile-ambusher class with huge modified VLS turrets - fulfilled his purposes of getting revenge multiple times on Event Horizon, destroying various assets, damaging 1, and destroying a second prized flagship of Event Horizon, the Hammer, with Intel from FlyingDebris. Activity after this point diminished rapidly in the advent of the Power 2.0, and the pre-alpha release of Skywanderers.

In January of 2317, Napthir returns to starmade, now under the banner of MercDragon.
Calhoun

**Calhoun** is the commander of the 9th Strike Force and a founder of the parent faction League of Australian Shitposters. Despite being "slightly less than sane", Calhoun is recognised as being an excellent leader and systems designer.

## History

Prior to 2316, Calhoun was believed to operate in the "universe next door", with intermittent contact with the Outlands. After the death of his home universe, Calhoun migrated permanently into the Outland universe.

Calhoun formed the Vigilance Star Fleet in early 2316 to observe and form ties with the older Outlands factions, and lead a relatively peaceful existence in the NFDB cluster. Calhoun used this time to experiment with Outlands technology, but found his *Vortex*-class was hugely outmassed by most faction warships.

In mid 2317, Calhoun finalised the base frame of the Verdict-class gunship. While the ship would be constantly overhauled, eventually resulting in the -D variant, the base hull and role would remain constant.

Impressed by the Verdict's capabilities, Jake Lancia invited Calhoun to join Trident Foundries. Despite initially refusing due to valuing his neutral standing, Calhoun eventually agreed on the condition he be classed as an associate member and be able to virtually ignore Trident's chain of command. While Calhoun did provide valuable assistance with several projects, clashes with other members and frustration at a lack of activity resulted in Calhoun leaving Trident after four months. Despite this, Calhoun remains on good terms with most Trident members.

Following the events of the Red Uprising, Calhoun formed the League of Australian Shitposters alongside RedAlert. Around this time Calhoun opened Calhoun's Bar and Grill in the CBS cluster.

Following months of low activity, Calhoun would begin deployment into the LvD cluster. Fed up with the intricacies and webs of intergalactic diplomacy, Calhoun formed the 9th Strike Force as a completely neutral mercenary group under his command. While the 9th is connected to the LAS, the 9th operates following Calhoun's prerogative diplomatically, much to the frustration of the League's diplomat, Redalert.
Manticore-class

## Manticore

A Manticore with 2 Wyvern escorts

The Manticore was a heavy bomber designed for the Nidhog MKII series Battle Carrier. The Manticore was capable of delivering massive amounts of damage for its size due to a staged missile firing system designed to launch one heavy missile after another under the cover of the missiles swarms made by their Wyvern-class fighter escorts.  The Nidhog MKII could hold 8 Manticores along with its complement of 48 Wyverns and 1 Toothless.

The entire fleet of Manticores and Wyverns were sent to be "Decommissioned" by enemy fire shortly after the addition of Fleet Orders made these classes of smaller carrier based drones effectively obsolete. This also marked the creation of the Nidhog MKIII series Battleship which replaced the hanger bays all together with additional weapons, shielding, and power systems.
Intruder-class Battlecruiser

The ***Intruder*-class Battlecruiser** is a moderately large (~1 million block) vessel previously operated by the Vaygr Empire.

## Description

The *Intruder* was the Vaygr Navy's pride and joy, it was the primary ship used in combat operations and was produced in large quantities, any enlisted Vaygr assigned to command one of these beasts was known to the civilian population of Vaygr as "A Sword of the Emperor". It is equipped with multiple energy missile outputs as its primary weapon.

This vessel has been retired and has been replaced with the *Enslaver*-class Battlecruiser.

While thought of as decommissioned by outside powers, a number of highly augmented *Intruders* have been used by Vaygr forces as assault and blockade ships.

## Usage

The *Intruder*, in addition to its standard role as assault cruiser, has been observed in the following roles;

* Fleet support
* Missile ship
* An old, outdated hull of the Intruder was used as target practice in the hands of the Nova Fleet Dynamics and Thryn Monarchy.
* Blockade ship
* Testbed (for Precursor augmentation)
LCB Galaxies

The **LCB Galaxies** is a cluster of galaxies deep within Formiden Colonial Mandate territory, and was predicted to be a major battleground in the potential Union of Intergalactic States/FCM war.

## Description

The LCB Galaxies is a relatively small cluster inhabited by FCM, Thryn remnants, Trident Foundries, Trinova Technologies and a small subsidiary of the Aethi Imperium.

## Loss

Despite the apparent stability of the LCB accessway, the increased traffic to and from it caused a rapid structural collapse which resulted in the sealing of the LCB Galaxies soon after their discovery. It is unknown whether the accessway will reopen.
RF-03 Tyrant Advanced

> *"It's quite remarkable how one small ship can affect the outcome of an entire battle."*
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## RF-03 Tyrant Advanced

The personal starfighter of Aesthetics; the Tyrant Advanced.

## Advanced Stats

### Cargo Capacity

None

The RF-03 *Tyrant Advanced* is Commander in Chief Aesthetics' personal starfighter, built by Merriton-Greichweld Fleetworks for the Aesthetican Resistance in late 2317.

## Description

Impressed by the performance of the RF-03 *Tyrant*, Aesthetics commissioned an advanced variation of the fighter for himself. This variation of the fighter was significantly faster, and was also equipped with a hyperdrive; negating the requirement for capital ships, warp gates or nearby stations.

The fighter retains its distinct appearance, and fitted alongside its DX-33H ion engine, an upgraded DX-33G, were two Thatson HH/F hyperdrivers mounted inbetween the wings at the rear of the craft, providing the vessel with access to hyperspace, and a significant improvement to the fighter's speed and manoeuvrability, giving it the much-needed edge in dogfighting.

The Tyrant Advanced also retained its standard armament of four ion cannons and a heavy torpedo launcher and its defensive equipment and utilities, as Aesthetics deemed them adequate for dispatching hostile fighters and corvettes and protecting himself while doing so.

## History

In early November, Aesthetican officials determined the need for a small, capable starfighter with a powerful array of weaponry. The contract for a starfighter that could power itself twice over with its engine, take down vessels larger than itself with a heavy, long range weapon and wither the shields of its adversaries was handed to Merriton-Greichweld Fleetworks. Within two weeks, the RF-03 *Tyrant*prototype was created, and handed to the Resistance Navy for testing.

The Resistance Navy determined that the fighter lacked a radar jammer, communication arrays and scanning equipment, and thus within four days these parts were added to the fighter. The *Tyrant* later completed several tests against various captured vessels, and was declared fit for combat.

Personally impressed by the starfighter, Commander in Chief Aesthetics commissioned an advanced variation of the *Tyrant* for his own use equipped with several upgraded components to give himself a greater edge in combat. Even more amazed by the fighter's handling, Aesthetics granted Merriton-Greichweld with the funding required to fully phase out the RF-03 with the advanced variation by mid-2018, and promised Merriton-Greichweld rewards if they continued to develop starfighters of the same or greater quality as the *Tyrant*.

## Usage

The *Tyrant Advanced*, much like its standard compatriot, has yet to see combat. It is likely that the starfighter will see action in a space superiority and dogfighting role, as well as assisting in anti-capital operations alongside multiple standard *Tyrant* starfighters, and be a personal shuttle to Aesthetics.
Odium Pact

The **Odium Pact** (commonly known as simply **Odium**, Previously "The Pact") is an interstellar military, political and trade alliance consisting of Vaygr Empire, Infinite Legion, Mortarian Legion, Magitek Knights, Event Horizon and Kha'ak Fleet. Previous members included Cobalt Royalty, Atlas Alliance and NeoMillenium. They exist solely to dominate galaxies and to destroy other factions.

## Description

Odium factions are very warlike, often attacking without provocation and without restraint. They are dangerous foes in combat and their ships are designed to be very powerful and intimidating.
Jump Drive

A **Jump Drive** is a basic form of interstellar propulsion system installed onboard starships.

## Description

Jump Drives are one of two interstellar transportation systems on offer, the other being Warp Gates. Jump Drives offer the advantage that they can be mounted directly onto a ship, but they do not have the tremendous range associated with Warp Gates.

## History

Jump Drives were invented by Schema some time after he refined the weapons systems. From that point on, they became standard issue on all vessels expected to travel large distances under their own power.

In mid-2315, several factions, particularly the Thryn Monarchy, created several subsets of modified Jump Drives that are now known as Logic Drives.

## Usage

Jump Drives, and in particular, Logic Drives, have become completely universal, with ships from civilian transports to titanic warships all using Jump Drives to move around interstellar space.
Buzzard-class

The ***Buzzard*-class** is a modern design of light corvette, designed by Mr Crazy and employed by Trident Foundries.

## Description

The *Buzzard*-class follows a different design philosophy than other Mr Crazy-designed Trident ships; it is designed to be tougher than equivalent ships, often sacrificing other systems for this toughness. Its exterior is similarly industrial and utilitarian in appearance. Its shielding is slightly lower than equivalent ships, however.

### Exterior

The *Buzzard*-class has a utilitarian and industrial exterior.

The front holds the cockpit module, which is visually similar to the *Phantom*-class cockpit module, and the main beam bank.

The midsection houses the bottom-mounted *Archer* missile launchers, communications equipment and brightly coloured power transfer conduits. In addition, the beam's main power conduit is located here, glowing blue with raw Zero-point energy. The midsection is heavily reinforced against attack.

The aft houses the two powerful sublight thrusters. In addition, there are four massive heat radiators located above and below each engine, which vent the excess heat generated by the overpowered impulse drive assembly and fusion core into space as infrared radiation. The radiators also double as large armour sheets which serve to keep enemy fire away from the main ship. Later Trident Foundries models of the *Buzzard* have three sublight engines and no fins above the extreme aft section, unlike the pre-Foundries variant.

### Interior

There is little habitable interior in a *Buzzard*; only the two-person cockpit is accessible. This is filled with conduits and computer consoles which display the status of different parts of the ship.

## History

### 2316

The *Buzzard* was conceived at the eve of Trident's association with Trinova Technologies, as a test ship for a new style of Trident vessels. It was initially successful with Trinova border patrol fleets.

However after the Trinova-Trident relationship broke down, *Buzzard*s were taken into the new Trident Navy, where they serve alongside *Hyperion*s, *Phantom*s and *Crossbow*s as fast attack and patrol ships.

### 2317

The *Buzzard* received a much-needed refit in late March, bringing the weapons and power systems up to date.

## Usage

The *Buzzard*-class has, in addition to it's primary role as light corvette, been used in the following roles:

* General attack
* Interceptor
* AI Drone
* Defence Vessel
Ships manufactured by Thryn Monarchy

This article contains all past and present ships manufactured and/or used by the Thryn Monarchy.

### Corvettes

* *Tethys*-class
* *Zurich*-class
* *Steiner*-class Patrol Corvette
* *Wendigo*-class
* *Corsair*-class
* *Corsair II*-class

### Frigates and Destroyers

* *Gagarin*-class
* *Gagarin Firefly*-class
* *Apollyon*-class
* *Aether*-class
* *Ordinator*-class
* *Phobos*-class
* *Deimos*-class

### Cruisers

* *Magnolia*-class
* *Superiordinator*-class
* *Hydrangea*-class
Ion module

An Ion enhancement module is a type of module installed in starships that has beneficial effects depending on what it is linked to.

## Description

An Ion module is a one cubic-meter module that, if linked to a weapon system, adds an ionic carrier stream to the weapon, allowing the weapon to dissipate shield systems much quicker than if it was not enhanced in this way. However it decreases damage to ship hulls and armour plating wih every Ion module installed.

If not linked to a weapon system, Ion modules have the effect of hardening shields against damage, effectively doubling the power of the shields at full efficiency.

## Usage

Ion modules are typically installed onboard warships to both augment their shields and to create ion cannons, for example.
Peekie30

**Peekie30** is a fairly unknown player from the Netherlands, who played StarMade since 2013 and joined NFD some years later. Starting solely a single-player, he is mostly a shipbuilder, having little experience in combat. His contributions to the SM community are; The Amsterdam light frigate, Atum mining vessel and most recently the Scythe class Battlecruiser. His building signature is the use of giant glowing red radiator wings on his ships, as well as smaller radiators on the outer hulls of his ships. He has a number of ever-WIP ships; the Iris heavy frigate, Arrow light Cruiser, Valar guided missile destroyer, Leviathan Carrier, Dunkleostues heavy Destroyer and most recently started along with Jake\_lancia; a yet-to-be-named vertical heavy cruiser.