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The Taul Detrel-class destroyer (タウル・デトレル級駆逐艦, Tauru detoreru kyūkuchikukan), merchant escort ship and main destroyer-class vessel of the Tirolian Imperial Forces.

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Production Information:
Manufacturer: Tirolian Orbital Shipyards and Civralidor Fleet Yards
Line: Mass Production Space Destroyer
Model: Taul Detrel-class Destroyer
Developed From:
Dendrasz Torkal-class frigate
Developed Into:
Selene-class destroyer
Technical Specifications:
Length: 348 meters (main hull), 386 meters (overall)
Height: 103 meters (main hull), 148 meters (overall)
Width: 56 meters (main hull), 101 meters (overall)
Mass: 240,000 metric tons (operational)
Fuel Mass: 65,000 metric tons (typical)
Engine Units:
44 fusion-plasma reaction thruster clusters with steerable nozzles (maneuvering thrusters)
1 Varrelev Qualdrun-113 fusion-plasma reaction thruster with Protoculture energizer (reaction-mass thrusters)
4 Varrelev Patronar-87 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with Protoculture energizer (secondary thrusters)
3 Varrelev Paziastz-22 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with Protoculture energizer (secondary thrusters)
Space Fold System: Nolfantom-proldarc'lev F87 Space Fold Drive
Power Plant: Zorrelev-Qualdir-98 Protoculture-fueled Reflex furnace cluster
Shielding: Deflector Shielding
Hull: Space Titanium Alloy
Anti-Gravity System: 8 Tsuaedrailar anti-gravity pods
Armaments:
4 Makral Ditrosil-32 particle cannons
4 Makral Ditrosil-34 particle cannons
2 Makral Ditrosil-36 particle cannons
2 Makral Ditrosil-38 particle cannons
30 Makral Taranoul-103 particle cannons
4 Gluph Lihinal-24 anti-matter pellet rail cannons
Air Group and Mecha Compliment:
70 Sestralian Bioroids with anti-gravity skysleds
Red Gister'dohl "Warlord" bioroids
T'sienramp "Observer" bioroid scouts
Inbida T'siendiel "Invid Fighter" bioroids
Green T'siendral "Sentinel" bioroids
Blue Nous'dohl "Warrior" bioroids
Worker bioroids
12 Liewdrallon-class shuttles

Ship's Compliment: 9 Tiresian elite officers, 36 bridge crew (Tirolian or Triumviroid officers & enlisted), 144 Tirolian or Triumviroid officers, 1,011 Tirolian or Triumviroid enlisted crew, 1,854 bioroid/aerospacecraft pilots, 2,439 bioroid/aerospacecraft maintenance personnel, 4,507 Tirolian or Triumviroid soldiers (rotational & in stasis)
Radar System: Cross-Dimensional Radar
Communication Systems: Advanced Fold Communication System
Usage Information:
Roles:
Destroyer
Escort Ship
First Deployed: 1786 A.D.
Affiliation:
Tirolian Robotech Mercantile Empire
Tirolian Imperial Forces
Tirolian Home Fleet
Robotech Empire-in-exile
New Tirol Republic
Tirol Republican Navy
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Design Notes:
Though not through deliberate intent, the Taul Detrel-class is a ship that seems to radiate toughness and strength. Ton for ton, this impression is correct, for the Taul Detrel-class is among the most heavily armed small combatants yet designed.

The Taul Detrel-class' hull has three distinct sections: the narrow forward section with the four antenna-like bombardment cannons, the main section which thickens out the center of the ship, and the aft section contains the main propulsion systems, including the fold drive.

The forward hull is narrow compared with the main section of the ship. It sprouts the command cupola, three forward thrusters, and the four antenna-like barrels for the two main weapon systems forward, and the two main docking ports more to the rear. The central hull is a flattened cylinder, with the curved section in the horizontal plane. The four ventral engines are housed in the lower part of this section. The tapering aft section houses the main engines.

The hull itself is a still classified honeycomb of alloys, plastics and ceramics, which out-performs every armor developed by Invid or Allied technicians at the time of this writing. It is remarkably robust in the face of incoming energy weapon fire or missile impacts.

Internally, there are ten deck levels running throughout the bow and central sections. The aft section is mostly filled with the engines and several fuel tanks, and does not have a deck structure as such; rather, it has several access tunnels for engine maintenance and repair. The forward upper decks house the command facilities; below this, behind the forward sensor array, are the storage chambers for the bombardment gun ammunition supply. The lower part of the forward hull houses several major stores holds. The central section has three of its upper deck levels combined into one large mecha deck. This deck is partitioned into four sections, each section of course three deck levels high. Below and above the hangar deck are the crew quarters; below the lower crew quarters are the dorsal engines and their fuel tanks. A small shuttle hangar is located behind these engines, forward of the rear engine.

History:
The Taul Detrel-class of destroyer ships is a direct descendant of the frigate classes built in the first days of the Tirolian Robotech Mercantile Empire as merchant escorts and general duty protection vessels. Those craft were designed to be maneuverable and small, yet to pack a respectable punch as their main task was the protection of Tirol's merchant fleets.

When in the late 18th century the outside threats against the Robotech Empire reached their apparent zenith and the Robotech Elders and most, if not all, of the Master Triumvirates had taken up residence in the orbiting Sian Azashar-class motherships, the need of for a powerful defense vessel capable of limited offensive action was keenly felt. The Taul Detrel-class was then designed from the Dendrasz Torkal-class frigate. Compared with the older vessel (of which no examples remain), the Taul Detrel-class was larger and packed nearly twice the armament. In fact, for a given unit of mass, the Taul Detrel-class boasts one of the highest cannon output ratios ever achieved in non-Reflex cannon armed vessels.

Through a production run that spanned 217 years, nearly 12,850 Taul Detrel-class destroyers were commissioned into the defense fleets of the Tirolian Imperial Forces. Their heavy firepower, hull armor and maneuverability, coupled with the Tirolian's extremely effective command and control, ECM and sensor systems, gave the Tirolians the destroyer whose performance has become a yardstick with which to measure other designs.

As units of the Tirolian Home Fleet, the Taul Detrel-class was better supplied with the diminishing supplies of Protoculture than many other ships of the Imperial Forces following the disastrous Ci'Vonian Crisis. However, the Empire's Protoculture reserves continued to dwindle as a result of directing a large majority of their energy supply to the two-front war effort against the Invid Regency and the Disciples of Zor. By 2011, only less than a thousand Taul Detrel-class destroyers remained in service, the others either destroyed in battle or drained of Protoculture supplies and were then stored in deep space supply depots. In 2013, all of the operational vessels set out with the Robotech Masters for Earth, serving as escorts for the Masters' motherships. However, only 94 units of this class arrived with the Masters' fleet in the Sol System in 2029, the remainder having been drained and stored in a new deep space depot between 3 and 4 lightyears out from Sol as well. During the heavy fighting of the Second Robotech War (2029-2030), the Taul Detrel-class saw much action in the conflict's later stages as they engaged the space battleships of the Army of the Southern Cross in many occasions. After the war's final battle, only 5 Taul Detrel-class destroyers survived. All others were destroyed. The captured vessels would then be stored at Moon Base Apollo for examination and then retrofitted for Terran and Zentraedi use as the Selene-class destroyers.

With the death of the Robotech Masters at the end of the Second Robotech War and the liberation of Tirol from the Invid, the original Tirolian republican government was reinstated in the form of the New Tirol Republic, an autonomous state under the interstellar hegemony of the New United Earth Government. Under the new Republic, Tirolian engineers rediscovered several of the deep space depots that stored the non-operational destroyers and with help from the researchers and engineers from the Robotech Expeditionary Forces headed by Terran Doctor Emil Lang and Zentraedi Ambassador Exedore Folmo, these refueled vessels were soon brought back into service. As the backbone of the Tirol Republican Navy, the Taul Detrel-class continues to trek through the sea of stars, this time for peaceful exploration instead of oppressing worlds for the benefit of the tyrannical Robotech Masters.

Robotech © Harmony Gold and Tatsunoko Productions

Description
Original link -- here

The Taul Detrel-class destroyer (タウル・デトレル級駆逐艦, Tauru detoreru kyūkuchikukan), merchant escort ship and main destroyer-class vessel of the Tirolian Imperial Forces.

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Production Information:
Manufacturer: Tirolian Orbital Shipyards and Civralidor Fleet Yards
Line: Mass Production Space Destroyer
Model: Taul Detrel-class Destroyer
Developed From:
Dendrasz Torkal-class frigate
Developed Into:
Selene-class destroyer
Technical Specifications:
Length: 348 meters (main hull), 386 meters (overall)
Height: 103 meters (main hull), 148 meters (overall)
Width: 56 meters (main hull), 101 meters (overall)
Mass: 240,000 metric tons (operational)
Fuel Mass: 65,000 metric tons (typical)
Engine Units:
44 fusion-plasma reaction thruster clusters with steerable nozzles (maneuvering thrusters)
1 Varrelev Qualdrun-113 fusion-plasma reaction thruster with Protoculture energizer (reaction-mass thrusters)
4 Varrelev Patronar-87 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with Protoculture energizer (secondary thrusters)
3 Varrelev Paziastz-22 fusion-plasma reaction thrusters with Protoculture energizer (secondary thrusters)
Space Fold System: Nolfantom-proldarc'lev F87 Space Fold Drive
Power Plant: Zorrelev-Qualdir-98 Protoculture-fueled Reflex furnace cluster
Shielding: Deflector Shielding
Hull: Space Titanium Alloy
Anti-Gravity System: 8 Tsuaedrailar anti-gravity pods
Armaments:
4 Makral Ditrosil-32 particle cannons
4 Makral Ditrosil-34 particle cannons
2 Makral Ditrosil-36 particle cannons
2 Makral Ditrosil-38 particle cannons
30 Makral Taranoul-103 particle cannons
4 Gluph Lihinal-24 anti-matter pellet rail cannons
Air Group and Mecha Compliment:
70 Sestralian Bioroids with anti-gravity skysleds
Red Gister'dohl "Warlord" bioroids
T'sienramp "Observer" bioroid scouts
Inbida T'siendiel "Invid Fighter" bioroids
Green T'siendral "Sentinel" bioroids
Blue Nous'dohl "Warrior" bioroids
Worker bioroids
12 Liewdrallon-class shuttles

Ship's Compliment: 9 Tiresian elite officers, 36 bridge crew (Tirolian or Triumviroid officers & enlisted), 144 Tirolian or Triumviroid officers, 1,011 Tirolian or Triumviroid enlisted crew, 1,854 bioroid/aerospacecraft pilots, 2,439 bioroid/aerospacecraft maintenance personnel, 4,507 Tirolian or Triumviroid soldiers (rotational & in stasis)
Radar System: Cross-Dimensional Radar
Communication Systems: Advanced Fold Communication System
Usage Information:
Roles:
Destroyer
Escort Ship
First Deployed: 1786 A.D.
Affiliation:
Tirolian Robotech Mercantile Empire
Tirolian Imperial Forces
Tirolian Home Fleet
Robotech Empire-in-exile
New Tirol Republic
Tirol Republican Navy
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Design Notes:
Though not through deliberate intent, the Taul Detrel-class is a ship that seems to radiate toughness and strength. Ton for ton, this impression is correct, for the Taul Detrel-class is among the most heavily armed small combatants yet designed.

The Taul Detrel-class' hull has three distinct sections: the narrow forward section with the four antenna-like bombardment cannons, the main section which thickens out the center of the ship, and the aft section contains the main propulsion systems, including the fold drive.

The forward hull is narrow compared with the main section of the ship. It sprouts the command cupola, three forward thrusters, and the four antenna-like barrels for the two main weapon systems forward, and the two main docking ports more to the rear. The central hull is a flattened cylinder, with the curved section in the horizontal plane. The four ventral engines are housed in the lower part of this section. The tapering aft section houses the main engines.

The hull itself is a still classified honeycomb of alloys, plastics and ceramics, which out-performs every armor developed by Invid or Allied technicians at the time of this writing. It is remarkably robust in the face of incoming energy weapon fire or missile impacts.

Internally, there are ten deck levels running throughout the bow and central sections. The aft section is mostly filled with the engines and several fuel tanks, and does not have a deck structure as such; rather, it has several access tunnels for engine maintenance and repair. The forward upper decks house the command facilities; below this, behind the forward sensor array, are the storage chambers for the bombardment gun ammunition supply. The lower part of the forward hull houses several major stores holds. The central section has three of its upper deck levels combined into one large mecha deck. This deck is partitioned into four sections, each section of course three deck levels high. Below and above the hangar deck are the crew quarters; below the lower crew quarters are the dorsal engines and their fuel tanks. A small shuttle hangar is located behind these engines, forward of the rear engine.

History:
The Taul Detrel-class of destroyer ships is a direct descendant of the frigate classes built in the first days of the Tirolian Robotech Mercantile Empire as merchant escorts and general duty protection vessels. Those craft were designed to be maneuverable and small, yet to pack a respectable punch as their main task was the protection of Tirol's merchant fleets.

When in the late 18th century the outside threats against the Robotech Empire reached their apparent zenith and the Robotech Elders and most, if not all, of the Master Triumvirates had taken up residence in the orbiting Sian Azashar-class motherships, the need of for a powerful defense vessel capable of limited offensive action was keenly felt. The Taul Detrel-class was then designed from the Dendrasz Torkal-class frigate. Compared with the older vessel (of which no examples remain), the Taul Detrel-class was larger and packed nearly twice the armament. In fact, for a given unit of mass, the Taul Detrel-class boasts one of the highest cannon output ratios ever achieved in non-Reflex cannon armed vessels.

Through a production run that spanned 217 years, nearly 12,850 Taul Detrel-class destroyers were commissioned into the defense fleets of the Tirolian Imperial Forces. Their heavy firepower, hull armor and maneuverability, coupled with the Tirolian's extremely effective command and control, ECM and sensor systems, gave the Tirolians the destroyer whose performance has become a yardstick with which to measure other designs.

As units of the Tirolian Home Fleet, the Taul Detrel-class was better supplied with the diminishing supplies of Protoculture than many other ships of the Imperial Forces following the disastrous Ci'Vonian Crisis. However, the Empire's Protoculture reserves continued to dwindle as a result of directing a large majority of their energy supply to the two-front war effort against the Invid Regency and the Disciples of Zor. By 2011, only less than a thousand Taul Detrel-class destroyers remained in service, the others either destroyed in battle or drained of Protoculture supplies and were then stored in deep space supply depots. In 2013, all of the operational vessels set out with the Robotech Masters for Earth, serving as escorts for the Masters' motherships. However, only 94 units of this class arrived with the Masters' fleet in the Sol System in 2029, the remainder having been drained and stored in a new deep space depot between 3 and 4 lightyears out from Sol as well. During the heavy fighting of the Second Robotech War (2029-2030), the Taul Detrel-class saw much action in the conflict's later stages as they engaged the space battleships of the Army of the Southern Cross in many occasions. After the war's final battle, only 5 Taul Detrel-class destroyers survived. All others were destroyed. The captured vessels would then be stored at Moon Base Apollo for examination and then retrofitted for Terran and Zentraedi use as the Selene-class destroyers.

With the death of the Robotech Masters at the end of the Second Robotech War and the liberation of Tirol from the Invid, the original Tirolian republican government was reinstated in the form of the New Tirol Republic, an autonomous state under the interstellar hegemony of the New United Earth Government. Under the new Republic, Tirolian engineers rediscovered several of the deep space depots that stored the non-operational destroyers and with help from the researchers and engineers from the Robotech Expeditionary Forces headed by Terran Doctor Emil Lang and Zentraedi Ambassador Exedore Folmo, these refueled vessels were soon brought back into service. As the backbone of the Tirol Republican Navy, the Taul Detrel-class continues to trek through the sea of stars, this time for peaceful exploration instead of oppressing worlds for the benefit of the tyrannical Robotech Masters.

Robotech © Harmony Gold and Tatsunoko Productions