Database and Lore

The Bewo’rein Class Medium Assault Carrier

*Spoilers if you haven't read past Gabatrix: The First Peace arc* “The Shal’rein that serve the T’rintar clan will bring their clan to victory, for a ship of their service is one that will carry them afar,” Bewo’rein’s Widow, 2342.  The first assault carrier built specifically for the T’rintar clan, for a marginalized species. The Bewo’rein is a pioneer assault carrier of its class. It serves as the perfect bridge gap for the common lighter assault carriers of the T’rintar clan while becoming a suitable replacement for the T’rintar clan’s aging Tiltras. Design With the ending of the Emphra War in 2299, the former Yutilian clan had made a bold decision in allowing refugees of the Aksren and Shal’rein clans to live in their space. While some families were given free passage back to their ravaged homes, some families decided to stay and call the Yutilian worlds their home. At the time, the very concept of this type of thinking was unheard of as the Itrean species carried common blood feuds between species. However, the now renamed T’rintar clan decided to look at the incoming refugees as a potential benefit. On the ground, T’rintar Shal’rein were stronger and more powerful than Yutilians. Within 20 years of the end of the Emphra War, new Shal’rein raised under the T’rintar banner began to serve in the former Yutilian armies. T’rintar clan resources were devoted to purchasing Shal’rein vehicles to help serve these new soldiers that T’rintar Shal’rein could operate. With the United Itrean Republic, the T’rintar government purchased and utilized the Tiltra class Heavy Assault Carrier as the mainstay troop landing and vehicle deployment vessel. Being a former Shal’rein design, the cargo and barracks holds were perfect at handling not only the larger Shal’rein bodies, but also the great Shal’rein battle tanks in turn. The Tiltra had become the perfect assault ship during much of the United Itrean Republic. However, it was decided by the advent of the Itrean Civil War and collapse of the United Itrean Republic that a suitable replacement vessel was needed for the Tiltra class Assault Carrier. The Tiltras, while useful, had no replacement parts. The T’rintar clan had considered introducing a Tiltra Mark 2 design for some time, but ultimately saw the vessels as expensive to produce when dreadnoughts and other battleships could be built in far greater numbers. An enlarged N’Jip light assault carrier was also considered, but ultimately dropped. The T’rintar clan wanted a large troop transport vessel that could remain at home and deployed from planets. The Bewo’rein was ultimately drawn up as a new design that does not fall upon past designs. The unnamed prototype was worked on as far as 2339 but wasn’t revealed until 2341. The center cargo hold was much larger than the N’jip to house T’rintar Shal’rein vehicles, along with being able to carry T’rintar Shal’rein soldiers. Much like many of the Shal’rein assault carriers, the vessel is an extension platform for the T’rintar armies. This includes a small hangar bay capable of deploying and recovering six T’rintar Shal’rein fighter craft. The vessel does carry two large wings for planetary flight. However, the wings can easily fold up onto the frame to allow better storage. Besides the array of CIWS autoguns, particle beam turrets, and light railgun turrets for basic defense, the primary armament of the Bewo’rein consists of two large Micro-missile box launchers housed next to the bow/aft thruster modules. This allows the vessel to maintain a steady rate of fire, pouring withering volleys of small rockets over targets until the assault carrier ultimately runs out of munitions. While the N’jip can deploy all its micro missiles much quicker, the Bewo’rein is capable of deploying more missiles over time. By 2342, the prototype vessel was ordered into production. The vessel would be named after Bewo’rein, the first Shal’rein adjunct that served under the T’rintar clan but ultimately passed away due to Zilik’s Disease. History Construction for the Bewo’reins were slow but steady. Even at the outbreak of the Itrean Civil War, it would take another two years since its introduction before they ever saw combat. Many were kept at home and used as a reserve vessel for T’rintar Shal’rein soldiers. Reports were promising for the Bewo’reins. While the N’jip carriers could still house T’rintar Shal’rein soldiers, the small cargo holds could not properly carry the T’rintar Shal’rein battle tanks. The Bewo’reins easily solved this issue. Soldiers commonly referred to them as “luxury hotels” due to the bigger space that was available. The Tiltra would still serve as the primary heavy transport of the T’rintar Shal’rein armies well into 2346. However, it wouldn’t be until the ground invasion of Hodoie’ox that the Bewo’rein were used in direct combat. Hodoie’ox, one of the countless moons of the Kingdom of Gui’optre, was invaded by Aksren clan forces. The skirmish would last for well into the day before the T’rintar launched a counterstrike. Both N’jip and Bewo’rein carriers were used in conjunction to sweep through Aksren troop trenches to great effect. While two of the N’jips were lost, only one Bewo’rein was damaged, losing its portside wing and still easily retaining its flight capability. T’rintar troops were properly deployed and eventually retook the moon. Many were impressed by the Bewo’reins. After Hodoie’ox, the T’rintar clan began to increase production. However, despite the promising aspects, the Bewo’reins’ only real limitation was the limited amount of T’rintar Shal’rein available. The vast, smaller Yutilians and T’rintar Aksren formed the core of the T’rintar population, along with the numerous smaller hovertanks. The cost of a Bewo’rein was twice of that of an N’jip. This, in turn, only encouraged the steady production of N’jip light assault carriers over the Bewo’rein. Other issues have been brought forth. Despite the rigidity of the craft, the Bewo’rein’s closer ground combat capability is still limited, much like the N’jip designs, forcing them to be a long-range planetary missile platform. While effective, many have compared them to the older and more venerable Shal’rein clan Gim *Click**Click* medium assault carrier. The Bewo’rein is generally more expensive, better at long range, but ultimately suffers in being in far more limited numbers than its equivalent counterpart. By 2350, the Bewo’reins have gradually replaced the T’rintar Tiltra design, though it still serves primarily as a supplementary craft. However, with the advent of the T’rintar/UWA alliance, the possibilities of seeing a Bewo’rein are only a matter of time.