![]() Introduced to service in 2432, two primary features set the Vincent apart from previous Hegemony corvettes: its size, almost twice that of previous designs, and the use of what the designers called "smart modularity", which was Delhi Ships' attempt to confer with other contractors to standardize ship fittings and systems. ![]() Delhi Ships went on to become Delhi WarShips, a major defense contractor for the Star League, although their later Soyal-class heavy cruiser would be far less successful than the much smaller Vincent. ![]() Ī small manufacturer of military transport vessels based on Capella known as Delhi Ships submitted a design that would become the Vincent corvette while Delhi Ships was based outside the Hegemony, the company agreed to build a new shipyard in the Carver system to handle the manufacturing of the new corvettes and maintain the required security over restricted Hegemony technology and to take payment in the same L-Bills being paid in reparations to the Hegemony government. The commissioning of the new corvette was paid for partly out of reparations from the Capellan Confederation after the Hegemony recaptured Terra Firma, and among the specifications for the new design were three key requirements: enough firepower to threaten any intruder, detection capabilities with twice the range of any corvette in service at the time, and the growth potential to incorporate future advances. Īfter years of making do with a massive volume of automated surveillance satellites and four-ship patrol squadrons to balance the abilities and weaknesses of its Bonaventure and Vigilant Class corvettes, which still failed to stall the successful invasion of Terra Firma by the Capellan Confederation in 2409, the Terran Hegemony commissioned a new corvette with double the previous detection-capability, sizable firepower and flexibility to allow future advances. Being surrounded by hostile realms, the Hegemony Armed Forces recognized the need for a small, powerful craft to patrol the approaches to Hegemony worlds and that could delay any intruders, which eventually resulted in the Vincent-class corvette.
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