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Some people think of Wing Commander as only a game, but there is more to it than that, for example Mark Hamill starred in it, thats a start, another thing is that it has a good story, and the other is the military force in Wing Commander, the Terran Confederation.
I will now give some information about the Terran Confederation, (better known as Confed) this will include ship information, and other Confed involved issues.
The Terran Confederation consists of:
150,000 warships,
over 1 million fighters, an army of 15 million Marines, millions of tanks and mechs (battle droids), and their teritory is 1 quarter of the known universe.
In the past the Terran Confederation has fought many wars, against other races (the biggest of these wars being the Terran/Kilrathi conflict which lasted for over 40 years) and against many pirates and terrorists.
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Now I will only describe the Confed warships from WC4, as it is all I really know about.
Caernaven class Frigate:
The Caernaven class frigate is the least important warship in Confed, and the Border Worlds, there are quite a lot of them, as they are small and easy to build, but they are weak, and their defences are not so good. Frigates are only used in low-priority scouting, patrol, and escort missions, they usually fly solo as they only patrol systems along the rim, where not much happens. Frigates are also sold on the black market, and are favoured by pirates as they are cheap, and fast so they can be used for hit and run attacks. Though during a time of war, Confed would assign 1 or 2 of these to provide cover for larger vessels, like Destroyers or Cruisers, but they are only good for anti-fighter support, against a heavier cap-ship, they would be vaporised in an instant.
The total crew compliment is 30, and the armaments are only 4 Phased photonic pulse laser turrets, and 2 IFF missile launchers.
Sheffield class Destroyer:
These babys are the medium size ships in Confed, they are used as support for Carriers, and are placed on the front lines due to their staying power. There are absolutly loads of these ships, as they are so very usful, and are quite small for a ship of this destructive capability.
The total crew compliment is 50, and its armament is 11 phased photonic pulse laser turrets, 2 heavy AMG cannons, and 1 cap-ship missile tube.
Ajax class Cruiser:
These are the big boys of Confed, they are used mainly on the front lines, in large scale invasions, and in attack fleets. The shear site of one can make a pilot stupid enough to take one on shudder with fear, they are one of the biggest ships in Confed. It is rumoured that there were once over 30,000 of these, but their numbers are slowly diminishing to make way for the new Plunkett class Cruisers, which are bigger, faster, and basically tougher.
The crew compliment is 60, and the armament is 15 phased photonic laser pulse turrets, and 4 heavy AMG cannons.
Confederation class Carrier:
After the Terran/Kilrathi war, many of these ships were redone, the engines and weapons were enhanced, and the computers were updated, but quite a lot were decomisioned.
These are used in peace keeping fleets, and now fly solo when they used to fly in fleets or battle-groups.
The crew is a total of 1000, this includes command crew, pilots, marines, and technicians, the armament is 11 phased photonic pulse laser turrets.
The Behemoth: The Behemoth was designed by Admiral Tolwyn and some of the Confederation's greatest scientists to end the Kilrathi war.
Near the end of the Kilrathi war, the Behemoth was put into action way before it was actually ready, the shields were weak enough to be penetrated by a few fighter torpedoes, it was destroyed and the Confederation thought the war would be hopeless. Behemoth is a series of multi-linked super conducting energy amplification conduits, focusing an output of 500 million gigawatts into one lancing point.
The Behemoth newer model has 50 phased photonic pulse laser turrets, 20 heavy AMG cannons, 1 ultra heavy phase transit cannon, 40 IFF missile launchers and 2 cap-ship missile tubes, the crew compliment is only 80 seeing as its rarely pressed into action.
Vesuvius class Supercarrier: The first 2 of these ships were the TCS Vesuvius, and the TCS St Helens, the Vesuvius was destroyed by Colonel Blair in an attempt to stop Admiral Tolwyn.
The armament is 25 phased photonic pulse laser turrets, 4 heavy AMG cannons, and 1 cap-ship missile tube, the crew is 40 command, 50 pilots, and it can carry up to 5000 marines, but only in wartime.
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I will tell you what I can about the Midway, but that isn't much.
The Midway is the first of many Midway class Mega-carriers to be built by Confed, they are basically a 2km long space-faring fortress, and stand alone fleet. The next Midway class ship is called the Minstral Sea, (which may be seen in the next WC game whenever that comes out)
Apart from the Behemoth, the Midway is the biggest ship ever to be built by Confed, its shields are as heavy as those used by Confed instalations, and what it lacks in anti-ship weaponary, it makes up for in fighters, there is a total compliment of 252 fighters, and bombers.
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