TCS Concordia

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TCS Concordia is the name of at least three ships in the fictional Wing Commander universe.

The first was the lead ship of the Concordia class fleet carriers in 2634 ¹. This Concordia led the desperate defense of planet McAuliffe during the Kilrathi's opening thrust into the Terran Confederation; she was lost following the battle due to sustained damage.

The second was the lead ship of the Concordia class supercruisers during the first two decades of the Kilrathi War². She was Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn's flagship from 2645 through the early 2650s until her loss or replacement sometime before 2660.

The third was a dreadnought of the Confederation class, 983.7 meters long³. She served as Admiral Tolwyn's flagship from her commissioning in 2661⁴ to the Battle of Earth in 2668⁵. In the seven years of her service she destroyed eight carriers, twenty other capital ships, and fought in nine major fleet actions⁵. This third Concordia was destroyed in early 2669 over Vespus⁶ shortly after the Battle of Earth; her remains crashed mostly intact to the planet and came to rest off the Mistral Coast, a total operational loss.

[edit] References

• ¹ Action Stations.
• ² Terran Confedeation Handbook, p. 32.
• ³ Joan's Fighting Spacecraft, 2664 Revision (Wing Commander * II manual).
• ⁴ Fleet Action, p. 23.
• ⁵ Ibid.
• ⁶ Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger.

[edit] Namesake

The Concordias were named after Concordia University in Austin, Texas, where Wing Commander developer Origin Systems Inc. was based until 2004. The word Concordia is from Latin; it means accord or harmony, and as such is a popular name for religious colleges in the United States. There is also a possibility of name's origin from the battle of Concord