Radinkal Command Ship

The Radinkal is a Natogytt capitol ship and among the Third Shrine Republic's most powerful warships. The Radinkal Class was capable of dealing with an entire planet on its own due to its immense size, weapon loadout and high carrying capacity, despite this, they were almost always aided by various support ships. The Radinkal proved incredibly effective against nearly all enemies of the Third Shrine Republic upon its creation. The Radinkal was unmatched for most of its history, being very difficult to destroy without high numbers from the other side.

It was not until the Rise of the UTSEA where the technological gap between the Radinkal and another vessel began to rapidly close, with the deployment of the Terran Signalite MK I.

## History

### Creation

The Radinkal was designed by the Third Shrine Republic's favored Shipbuilders, the Roverenda Shipyards to act as an "all encompassing" Warship that could act on its own if need be. It was specifically built for the increasingly militaristic Third Shrine Republic and their expansionist ideology.

### Scourge

Over the decades the Radinkal became an increasingly feared vessel, merely seeing one on its own became enough to for entire worlds to surrender. The Radinkal had the capacity to take on small fleets on its own accord with little damage to itself, however all of this power came at a high cost.

### Cost

The Radinkal was incredibly expensive and funding the production of these vessels required more resources than the TSR had, which spurred further conquests to keep up with the costs.

### Weakness

The Radinkal while designed to be able to take care of itself on expeditions, was still susceptible to mass strike craft attacks, the Twelve squadrons of Star Scythes weren't always enough to defend the ship from these attacks

The Radinkal was unmatched for generations, only the largest battleships could contest its might, and often failed when put to task, however during the rise of the UTSEA, a new vessel was designed that countered this vessel, the Signalite MK I.

### Conclusion and Legacy

The Radinkal class ships proved inneffective against the Signalite MK I Battleship, though teh Signalites were in far fewer numbers, they proved better equipped and decimated the once great numbers of Radinkal ships in several major battles. By the end of the First Sector War, the UTSEA had won and conquered planet Shrine, as well as the Radinkal's production centers on Roverenda, the remaining Radinkal's in the South Sapphirian Sector were sought out by the UTSEA and its legion of Storm Surge Commandos, they were largely destroyed or scrapped for technology the UTSEA could reverse engineer for their own use.

The remaining Radinkals in the Northern Sapphirian Sector were seized by the Tygotan Empire Coalition (and are still utilized even by 12,534) The Psion Order gave up their Radinkal Ships to the UTSEA willingly, while the Satarios Republic still operates their own but don't have the capacity to produce any more.

The Radinkals are no longer produced though the blueprints for their designs were rediscovered during the Shirian Civil War but by that time TSR technology had finally been surpassed by most of the galaxy including the USR.

Various random Natogytt Pirate and terrorist groups still manifest from time to time many of them operate heavily modified or barely functional Radinkal Ships.