Editing Tau Protector Light Cruiser (section)

==Configuration==

===Basic===
====Sa'Cea====
[[File:14437212_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The first of the Mega Mantas.]]

A well-rounded configuration. The Sa'Cea, forgoes the heavy points cost of the escort-bringing Grav Hooks to fit some coaxial [[Heavy Ion Cannon]]s to give it some armour piercing punch. Interestingly the Sa'Cea does not lose any dps for this trade and in reality, really gains dps from a practical perspective considering the 100% accuracy and armour piercing, as long as the slight reduction in range isn't an issue, which it shouldn't be.

Another point of interest is that the Sa'Cea is not only cheaper than both of the other Light Cruisers but still cheaper than them when you remove the costs of the pair of Warden destroyers each vessel brings. You could actually just manually add 2 [[Warden-class Gunship|Warden destroyers]] to your fleet and still have the cheapest Light Cruiser, or swap in 2 [[Castellan-class Heavy Escort|Castellan Frigates]] to tie for first place with the Bork'an.

Finally the Sa'Cea, for all its benefits, also gets the highest crits per minute of its class.

It is armed with 3 Missile Launching [[Gravitic Launcher]]s, 2 [[Heavy Ion Cannon]] Coaxials and 6 Double-Barrel [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Coaxials.

*'''Length:''' 2.5km
*'''Width:''' 2.3km
*'''Mass:''' 18 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 50,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.6 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx
===Carrier===

====Dal'Yth====
[[File:14437100_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The carrier-cruisers of the family.]]

Unlike the [[Dal'Yth Configurated Il'Fannor-class Light Cruiser|Dal'Yth of the Tau Merchant Light Cruisers]], the Dal'Yth of the Protector Light Cruisers is a carrier-cruiser with 2 launch bays to launch [[Barracuda]] fighters and [[Manta]] bombers.

Moreover, when you have a set of [[Dakka|8 coaxial guns,]] as you do with the Dal'Yth, they come in 2 equal sets mounted on each side of the craft, 4 on the left, 4 on the right. Each set of guns can fire in the 90° front arc and their own 90° side arc. This means the 4 left guns can fire either forward or to the left and the right guns can fire to the front or to the right. Furthermore, it has 2 Gravitic Hooks for you to transport [[Warden-class Gunship|Wardens]] to <s>catch the bullet</s> apply [[Dakka|even more firepower.]]

This gives the Tau Protector ships with coaxial guns the ability to either focus all their damage on a single target when facing forward or split their damage in half to circle the target and fire broadsides to help it still deal damage while manoeuvring. This makes the Tau fleet incredibly versatile when it comes to applying damage at the range you want, on the target you want.

It is armed with 2 Launch Bays carrying [[Barracuda]]s, [[Orca|Orca Dropship]]s and [[Manta]]s, 2 Gravitic Hooks carrying [[Kir'la-class Carrier Escort]]s and [[Kir'shasvre-class Frigate]]s and 8 Double-Barrel [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Coaxials.

*'''Length:''' 2.5km
*'''Width:''' 2.3km
*'''Mass:''' 19.2 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 42,000 crew, including 9,700 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.6 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx

===Ordnance-Boat===

====Bork'an====
[[File:14437191_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|If [[MOAR DAKKA]] was personified as a ship.]]

The [[Dakka]] ship of the family. All of the Tau Light Cruisers are very similar as far as their standard weaponry, the Bork'an's speciality being the Grav Hook/Missile Launcher combination, with the full complement of [[MOAR DAKKA|<u>'''8'''</u> macro weapons.]]

The Torpedoes of the Tau fleet are highly useful for the tracking abilities that allow them to retain usefulness at longer ranges, though their turn rate isn't fast enough to prevent them from being dodged with properly timed burns or high energy turns. You will also need to consider massing torpedoes or providing interceptor cover to make sure defence turrets don't blow them away as they spend more time travelling through open space if used as such.

Of course, as an ordnance-boat, you want the Bork'an to be as close as possible so that all of its weapon systems are in range to launch a metric shit ton of [[Dakka]] at the opposing vessel. Its ability to transport 2 additional [[Warden-class Gunship|Wardens]] via a Gravitic Hook could extrapolate the already ridiculous firepower up to 11.

It is armed with 3 Missile Launching [[Gravitic Launcher]]s, 2 Gravitic Hooks carrying [[Kir'la-class Carrier Escort]]s and [[Kir'shasvre-class Frigate]]s and 8 Double-Barrel [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Coaxials.

*'''Length:''' 2.5km
*'''Width:''' 2.3km
*'''Mass:''' 19.5 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 55,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.6 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx