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Shrapnel #16 - Yay, WarShips! But questions!
« on: 27 April 2024, 08:21:14 »
Finally got ahold of Shrapnel Issue #16, and thank you so much for the attention paid to WarShips in this!  Definitely appreciate the deep cut that was Fred. :cool: That said, I have some questions.

Who exactly rechristened SLS Jupiter to Genghis Khan? Did the SLDF have an SLS Genghis Khan for a short time before her capture, or was that name bestowed by the Republic captors?

EDIT: Similarly, does the discussion on page 25 identify that the lost SLS Enigma is a Congress-class, or does her class remain unconfirmed?
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Re: Shrapnel #16 - Yay, WarShips! But questions!
« Reply #1 on: 27 April 2024, 10:44:28 »
The SLS Enigma is Congress-class ship. I wrote an entire ship profile for it back when BattleCorps was publishing them, and it was accepted, but it never saw the light of day. This was one way I could work the ship back in.

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Re: Shrapnel #16 - Yay, WarShips! But questions!
« Reply #2 on: 27 April 2024, 12:10:45 »
That's one answered, thanks!
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Re: Shrapnel #16 - Yay, WarShips! But questions!
« Reply #3 on: 29 April 2024, 07:32:12 »
Finally got ahold of Shrapnel Issue #16, and thank you so much for the attention paid to WarShips in this!  Definitely appreciate the deep cut that was Fred. :cool: That said, I have some questions.
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Who exactly rechristened SLS Jupiter to Genghis Khan? Did the SLDF have an SLS Genghis Khan for a short time before her capture, or was that name bestowed by the Republic captors?


That was a Republican renaming.
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Re: Shrapnel #16 - Yay, WarShips! But questions!
« Reply #4 on: 29 April 2024, 08:27:03 »
So that hull at least was never SLS .

Knowing the Star League and the sheer size of the SLN, they probably did have a ship by that name at some point, it just wasn't THIS one. Gotcha, thanks!
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