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| ====== MARCS-Class Ship ====== | ====== MARCS-Class Ship ====== |
| MARCS-class ships are the largest vehicles, and most powerful conventional weapons in the [[..:|8th Age]]. The designation MARCS comes from the [[..:Languages:Agathonian]] military acronym "Mobile Air - Regional Command Ship." | MARCS-class ships are the largest vehicles, and most powerful conventional weapons in the [[..:|8th Age]]. The designation MARCS comes from the [[..:Languages:Agathonian]] military acronym "Mobile Air - Regional Command Ship." In [[polemos:8th_age:languages:com-a|Com-A]] the ships are called "Avi-Linimus Ossra Strani" or "Ultra-Large Air Ships." |
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| ===== Pre-Unity War ===== | ===== Pre-Long War ===== |
| Before the [[..:Events:#Unity War]] the only MARCS-class ships in existence were the four [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Sovereignty]] model ships of the [[..:Factions:USC|United Security Command]]. Each ship was designated as the mobile capital of one of the USC's military districts: | Before the [[..:Events:#Long War]] the only MARCS-class ships in existence were the four [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Sovereignty]] model ships of the [[..:Factions:USC|United Security Command]]. Each ship was designated as the mobile capital of one of the USC's military districts: |
| * [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Benevolence]] - [[..:Locations:Northern Military District]] | * [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Benevolence]] - [[..:Locations:Northern Military District]] |
| * [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Gelaunth]] - [[..:Locations:Eastern Military District]] | * [[.:MARCS-Class Ship:Gelaunth]] - [[..:Locations:Eastern Military District]] |
| During the early years of the war the USC maintained its monopoly in MARCS-class vessels. It used this to great advantage, able to maintain a steady command and supply chain behind its rapid advance. With the introduction of [[.:Chaos Energy]] devices (specifically the [[.:Chaos Bomb]]) it was almost assumed the USC's technological strength would bring a quick victory. | During the early years of the war the USC maintained its monopoly in MARCS-class vessels. It used this to great advantage, able to maintain a steady command and supply chain behind its rapid advance. With the introduction of [[.:Chaos Energy]] devices (specifically the [[.:Chaos Bomb]]) it was almost assumed the USC's technological strength would bring a quick victory. |
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| It would be a surprise, then, when the USC [[polemos:8th_age:events:the_chaos_miracle|lost]] the //Benevolence// in its first assault on [[polemos:8th_age:locations:agalos_city|Agalos City]] with no clear cause. | It would be a surprise, then, when the USC lost the //Benevolence// in its first assault on [[polemos:8th_age:locations:agalos_city|Agalos City]] with [[polemos:8th_age:events:the_chaos_miracle|no clear cause]]. |
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