Narn Regime G'Quan Class Variants G'Laud Class Strike Cruiser The G'Quan was a good all around cruiser, and the G'Quonth and G'Lan variants made the design a formidable opponent in battle, but the Kha'Ri desired a ship that could jump into a Centauri controlled system and lay waste to whatever it first encountered with one salvo. The G'Quonth Attack Cruiser and G'Lan Mag Cruiser each had their advantages in combat, but didn't have the definitive first strike needed. With the G'Quonth as a starting point, the G'Laud was born. It lost all torpedo/mine capabilities, but gained heavy pulse cannons and it's fighter compliment back. It was looking to be a successful design until the start of the start of the War of Retribution. The four built were caught by the Shadows at both their attacks on the Narn fleet. None survived. The design has been resurrected after the war, but mainly G'Quans were built to rebuild the fleet quickly. G'Laud Class SCS (Rare) Dar'Mok Class Electronic Warefare Cruiser The Dar'Mok Class was an attempt to build an ELINT ship larger than the Sho'Kar scout, but more robust and better armed. The few ships of this class built before the War of Retribution performed well, and most survived the war. The main shipyards that built the ship, however, were destroyed and no more examples of this effective ship are being built. Dar'Mok Class SCS (Rare) G'Rugek Class Battle Dreadnought The G'Rugek class was a mid-war off-shoot of the capable G'Quan. It was built to supplement the Bin'Tak class with a cheaper, though equally impressive in terms of firepower cruiser sized ship. To throw off Centauri intelligence, the ship was sometimes referred to as the "Mac'A'Roon" class. EA intelligence, however, spoiled the ruse when, during a joint security breifing on Babylon 5 between the EA, Centauri, and a few League worlds, the name was mentioned by the Centauri speaker, and the EA staff burst out laughing. When asked what was so funny, they explained that the name was from an old Earth cookie. The Centauri no longer had to worry about two types of "Battle Dreadnoughts." Most were destroyed once the Centauri learned the differences between them and the other types of G'Quans. The cruiser G'Tok, which sought sanctuary at Babylon 5 in late 2259, was mistakenly referred to as one of the G'Rugek class Battle Dreadnoughts. G'Rugek Class SCS (Rare) T'Loq Class Heavy Cruiser The G'Quan is a very popular and successful design in the Narn fleet, but even before the War of Retribution it was known that there were some flaws (or design choices) that limited it's effectiveness in some roles. The 'flaws' came in two primary areas: 1. The EMines - The EMine is a powerful and effective weapon, but is a fleet support weapon, to be used at range, preferably by a vessel at arms length from a battle. If a G'Quan closed to short range (or the enemy closed to short range with it) the EMine was less useful as any deployment that could hurt the enemy could damage the G'Quan, or it's fighters just as much. It was felt then that a G'Quan should hang back from the enemy and use its lasers and EMines at range. But this was not always practical, particularly if a lone G'Quan was on patrol and ended up dueling an enemy vessel. 2. Nose Weapons - The second problem was that all the primary weapons on the G'Quan were on it's nose, which if removed by enemy fire, could significantly reduce the effectiveness of the ship without requiring as much concentration of fire as to equally reduce the effectiveness of a ship like the Primus. Again, this is more of a concern with a ship at short range where bringing the enemy into arc is going to make the nose vulnerable. In 2255 the Narn Warfleet High Command requested a variant of the G'Quan be developed that retained most of the strengths of the G'Quan, but traded out the EMines for improved short range firepower. The resulting vessel class was designated T'Loq (named for the first 'wife' of G'Quan, and an important religious figure in her own right). The intent was that the G'Quan and T'Loq would operate as partners, and (in human terms) they would be Yin and Yang. The changes to the G'Qan design for the T'Loq were simple in concept, but a bit more complex in execution as they required some extensive structural modifications to the nose and sides of the ship. For this reason, T'Loq class ships were rarely created by modifying existing G'Quans, but were usually built as a T'Loq in the first place. This common variant of the G'Quan entered full production in the spring of 2258, and quite a few were constructed by the beginning of the War of Retribution. It was very difficult to tell the G'Quann and T'Loq apart, the ships were collectively refered to as G'Quans. A famous incident with a T'Loq was a duel with a Centauri Secondus cruiser over Babylon 5. The improved short range firepower was extremely beneficial in the short range duel, and allowed the T'Loq to destroy the Secondous. Unfortunately, damage to the Jump Engine of the T'Loq resulted in the ship's destruction when it attempted to jump out. (Note: This variant was suggested by "Neuromancer" on the Babylon 5 Wars online forum.) T'Loq Class SCS (Common) G'Neth Class Amored Carrier The G'Neth class was built to move more Frazis and Goriths (and thier variants) into combat. Most were destroyed during the War of Retribution. (Note: This variant was suggested by Robert Balsley. He sent me an e-mail sometime last year, but I didn't get around to the SCS till recently. Sorry, Robert!) G'Neth Class SCS (Common)