Confederation-Class Dreadnought Terran Confederation Navy – Heavy Flagship / Sector Command Vessel Role: Strategic Reserve / Last Line Defense
Beschreibung
The TCS Solaris is a Confederation-class Dreadnought, the pinnacle of Terran naval engineering—a mobile fortress and strategic command platform designed to dominate entire sectors. Built during the later stages of the Terran-Kilrathi War, Solaris serves as both a weapon of last resort and a symbol of peace through unmatched power. As one of only a few of her kind, she combines the roles of fleet command, battleship, and heavy carrier in a single massive frame.
However, her immense size makes her slow and cumbersome, vulnerable to fast, agile enemy fighters and impossible to conceal. The high cost and complexity limit their numbers, placing great strategic importance on each dreadnought. Rigid tactics and reliance on strict doctrine can make her predictable, and as a flagship, her loss would deal a severe blow to fleet coordination and morale.
Missionsparameter
The TCS Solaris is stationed in the Axius system, positioned like an unyielding bulwark before the vital Pembroke Station. Acting as an advanced forward base—she guards the Confederation’s critical infrastructure: jump gate stabilizers, war factories, starfighter production facilities, and key civilian colonies. While other ships push offensively into Kilrathi space, Solaris waits—silent, cold, watching—ready to unleash devastating power and protect everything the Confederation cannot afford to lose, serving as the last line of defense and the unbreakable shield of the Enigma Sector.
Historie
The TCS Solaris was laid down in 2665 at the Jupiter Naval Yards, its design born from grim necessity. As the Kilrathi advanced deeper into the Enigma and Vega sectors, the Confederation commissioned a dreadnought built not merely to fight, but to endure—a wall that would not break when all others fell.
Command of the vessel was offered to some of the most experienced commanding officers, most of whom declined. Tactics begin to change and more agile, multi purpose ships saw action. The dreadnought’s size and bulk made it vulnerable to agile fighter swarms and difficult to maneuver in fast-paced battles. Its heavy reliance on strict doctrine and rigid tactics left little room for improvisation, making it predictable to experienced foes.
Then came Ghad Buloth. A graduate of Mars Naval College, Buloth neither sought promotion nor favored ambition. His rise was forged in battles marked by ruthless efficiency and zero surprises. His superiors called him unimaginative; his subordinates, unshakeable. To the war, he was inevitable. Without fanfare, Buloth accepted command. He took the shipyard quartermaster’s handbook, turned to “Sector Defense Command Protocols,” and simply stated:
“We will proceed on schedule. And we will not fail.”
By 2667, two years into active service, Solaris has distinguished herself across multiple hot zones in the Vega and Enigma sectors. Now flagship of the 4th Terran Battle Fleet, she stands as both a force multiplier and a pillar of morale in a war that has pushed humanity to its limits.
Reputation
Among Confederation officers, she’s known as the “Last Word”—if the Solaris arrives, negotiations are likely over.
Among front-line pilots and officers, the Solaris is referred to as the “Sun of Sol”—a rare appearance of power from Earth itself in contested deep space. When her silhouette crosses a system’s edge, it often signals both reinforcement and retribution. For the Kilrathi, sensor echoes of the Solaris have become an omen of pending orbital devastation.
Under Buloth, the Solaris is less a symbol of flair and more a monument to execution. It represents Confederation order at maximum efficiency—a war machine that doesn’t adapt to chaos; it erases it.
Reputation: "If Solaris enters a system, she already knows the outcome."
Nickname among crew: “The Manual” — because every battle goes by the book.
Kommandant
WarLord
“Warlord doesn’t think outside the box—he reinforces the box, calibrates it to maximum pressure, and crushes you with it.” – Rear Admiral T. Hadrix, Enigma Sector Command
Fleet Admiral Buloth is not an innovator, and that’s exactly why he’s dangerous. He follows doctrine to the letter, wielding the Confederation Naval Warbook like scripture. But what sets him apart is his ability to flawlessly apply standard tactics to any battlefield situation, using exhaustive data analysis, predictive modeling, and zero deviation from optimized battle plans.
He doesn’t improvise. He executes—with terrifying precision.
Key Quote (from Buloth’s address to Solaris crew):
“Victory is not a mystery. It is a matter of angles, ranges, doctrine, and will. We will not surprise the enemy—we will surround them with inevitability.”
Buloth is not loved by his crew. But he is respected without question. Every schedule, every formation, every maintenance check is followed to the letter. Not because he demands it—but because his war has never failed.
When officers ask if Solaris will ever return to the front lines, his answer is always the same:
“When everything else breaks. When all variables fail. When the last plan fails. Then they will meet the last page of the book.”
“And on that page… we are written in fire.”