Editing Tau Protector Cruiser (section)

=== Basic ===

==== T'olku ====

[[File:14437259_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The ''slightly'' more railgun heavy variant.]]

The Lar'shi'vre T'olku is well-armed with [[Gravitic Launcher]]s, [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] batteries, and a [[Heavy Ion Cannon]], as well as being able to transport up to two squadrons of [[Barracuda|Barracudas]] or [[Manta|Mantas.]] While it lacks the bulk of many Cruisers, this firepower allows it to fight Imperial Navy cruisers on even terms. As the T'Olku is armed wirh a starboard Ion Cannon, this makes it more of a gunship than other Tau cruisers.

The T'Olku is the higher on paper damage and crit dealer of the two Tau Protector Light Cruiser vessels. There actually is very little difference between the two outside of their damage and cpm, as the primary shift is the T'Olku has shorter range Ion Cannons, coming in 4,500 units below their railguns, while the Vior'La extends it to the same range as the rest.

Beyond that, both Cruisers just about tie each other for second most efficient use of points per Launch Bay, costing just under 100 points per bay, while the Custodian Battleship beats out both for 83.67 points per bay. The [[Dal'Yth Configurated Il'Porrui-class Light Cruiser|Protector Light Cruiser Dal'Yth]] takes 3rd place due to it's high points cost (117.5 points per bay) but if you account for the cost of the two [[Warden-class Gunship|Warden escorts]] that come along for the ride, courtesy of the Gravitic Hooks, the Dal'Yth actually only costs 161 points or 80.5 points per bay. If you do the same as far as removing the cost of the wardens for the Custodian Battleship, you actually will find it furthers its position of the most efficient carrier with 65.2 points per bay.

It is armed with 5 Missile Launching [[Gravitic Launcher]]s, 2 Launch Bays carrying [[Barracuda]]s, [[Orca|Orca Dropship]]s and [[Manta]]s, 8 [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Coaxials, 2 [[Heavy Ion Cannon]] Coaxials and 2 Double-Barrel [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Artillery.

*'''Length:''' 4.3km
*'''Width:''' 9km
*'''Mass:''' 25.6 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 64,000 crew, including 16,000 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.1 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx
==== Vior'la ====

[[File:14437268_f1024.jpg|right|300pc|thumb|The ''slightly'' more ion heavy variant.]]

The Vior'la variant which also sacrifices some of its attack craft for experimental long-range [[Heavy Ion Cannon]]s is the more anti-armor variant of the Lar'shi'vre. Whilst not a true lance-boat per se it fills a gap of a lance-mixed warship.

As mentioned above, the Vior'La isn't much different than its companion Cruiser, the one main shift being that it drops 2 points of damage per second and 0.3 critical hits per minute to extend the Ions cannon range to match that of its Railgun Macros. Its worth mentioning that both the dps and cpm lost from the on paper numbers, is lost from the macros and not the Ion Cannon lance weapon, thus the gap between the two cruisers, when you account for practical damage after accuracy modifiers and armor reductions, is actually a fair bit closer than it seems.

It is armed with 5 Missile Launching [[Gravitic Launcher]]s, 2 Launch Bays carrying [[Barracuda]]s, [[Orca|Orca Dropship]]s and [[Manta]]s, 8 [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Coaxials, 2 [[Heavy Ion Cannon]] Coaxials and 2 [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Artillery.

*'''Length:''' 4.3km
*'''Width:''' 9km
*'''Mass:''' 25 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 60,000 crew, including 16,500 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.1 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx