TCS Confederation

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TCS Confederation
First appearance	—
General Characteristics
Armaments	Anti-matter guns Flak cannons Phase transit cannon
Length	983.7 meters long

The TCS Confederation is a starship in the Wing Commander universe and the first operation ship of her class. She was commissioned in 2660¹ and was 983.7 meters long.

[edit] Design

The Confederation carried an axial phase transit cannon as her primary heavy weapon, eight antimatter guns to deal with enemy capital ships and three flak cannon to ward off enemy fighters. Her armament was unmatched by any contemporary ship. In addition to this weaponry she carried 120 fighters as her air group².

However, her phase transit cannon proved unreliable in combat and forced the halt of all Confederation production in 2665³. Her exposed fighter runways resulted in an extreme vulnerability to battle damage, as damage from a single torpedo hit (or saboteur's bomb) to either one could disable its launch bay for up to an hour⁴.

TCS Concordia was the second Confederation-class dreadnought.