G'Quan class heavy cruiser
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| G'Quon class heavy cruiser | |
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 G'Quan-class heavy cruiser |
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| First appearance | - |
| Last appearance | Sleeping in Light |
| Affiliation | Narn |
| General Characteristics | |
| Fighters | Frazi heavy fighters |
| Auxiliary craft | Shuttle |
| Armaments | 2x Particle lasers Plasma cannons Energy mines launcher |
| Defences | Armored hull |
| Propulsion | Fusion engines |
| Power | Fusion reactor |
The G'Quan Class Cruiser is a fictional starship in the Babylon 5 universe.
These cruisers are the backbone of the Narn fleet. The first ship of this class (G'Quan), which gives its name to the entire class, was named after Narn's greatest prophet who led the Narns in the battle against the Shadows who occupied their world a thousand years before the time of the series. It is likely that most G'Quan-class cruisers are named after other Narn heroes.
[edit] Design
A G'Quan-class cruiser is more than 1 km long, armed with two heavy hard-mounted forward-firing particle/laser cannons, two energy mine launchers and Pulse cannons, and carries a complement of 12 Frazi-class heavy fighters. The energy mines used by the Narn are basically nuclear torpedoes which explode and send out shock waves capable of crippling or destroying enemy ships.
The G'Quan-class cruiser does not have artificial gravity, which means that it is less maneuverable and slower than the large warships of most other races, especially the Centauri and Minbari. However, its thick armor does give it an advantage over the more lightly-armored Centauri Primus class battlecruiser with which it often does battle. The G'Quan's powerful forward laser cannons can slice an opposing vessel's hull into pieces, and are strong enough to damage even the ancient warships of the Shadows.
The great majority of the G'Quan-class cruisers were destroyed during the Narn-Centauri War. The greatest losses came at the Battle of Gorash 7, which was an attempt by the Narn to destroy the main Centauri supply base on a planet called Gorash 7. A fleet of Shadow vessels intercepted the Narn armada and completely annihilated it. However, a few Narn cruisers managed to survive the war, and they played a key role in the war against the Shadows. After Narn was liberated from Centauri rule in 2261, the Narns quickly began to rebuild their fleet, and within a few years many new G'Quan-class cruisers had been placed into service.
