Editing Tau Merchant Escort (section)

==== Skether'qan ====

[[File:14438219_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Meet the worst damage dealer of the game.]]

The Skether'qan-class Starship or the Messenger-class Destroyer is not a true fighting vessel in its own right, possessing only a single small [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] battery.

Instead, it stays near larger ships and uses its excellent manoeuvrability to stay out of danger as it uses its sophisticated Tracking System to aid other vessels in a fleet in targeting enemy ships.

Unfortunately, it has one if not, [[Fail|'''''THE WORSE''''']] crit numbers out of any ship, let alone an 'ordnance-boat' with its absolutely abysmal damage. This is made all the more hilarious as even though it is armed with a Heavy Starship Railgun, which in theory, should be more powerful than a regular old Starship Railgun, it is unable to fully utilize the weapon's potential due to the ship's [[EPIC FAIL|shite engine power management.]] [[Derp|Which begs the question on why even mount these expensive and superheavy weapons on a ship that definitely could not handle its monstrous power consumption.]]

Its only saving grace lies within the Targeting Systems special ability, which increases the accuracy of Defense Turrets by 5% for the Messenger and all other allied ships within a 4,500 unit range. A few Messenger Destroyers can help supplement a Merchant fleet from facing possible Carrier focused players, possibly quite useful considering their use in multiplayer.

It is armed with 4 Light [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Turrets.

*'''Length:''' 1.5km
*'''Mass:''' 3.5 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 28,400 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.9 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx