The Reach · Vessel
A repaired/new Aurora-class fast cruiser in Cross's The Reach fleet, captained by Julian Mercer (Spent Light Spent Light survivor) from The Doorstep. Sister to the ISV Lodestar; ISCA-FC; Nhál-assisted, landing-capable, complement ~45. Explicitly NOT the Endurance — she is gone to the science teams; Mercer commands a…
Designation
Aurora-class
What her era can carry. Kinetics baseline. Coil and rail accelerators, finite magazines, point defence, interceptors.
The era that fights a war. The boundary-weapon family is FOUNDED here — the lance descends from the S1B2 coupling aimed at a target's harmonic relationship — and is new, rare and barely understood at the close.
Fast combatant. Speed, aerials and a working magazine at the era's ceiling.
⚠ A ceiling, not a fit — what a hull of this class could carry in this era, derived from the capability ladder rather than stated for this ship. She may well carry less; she is never shown carrying more. Source: Era tier T4 (bible/48 §3.1 lineage; S11-ENDGAME-LOCK.md) · role inferred from class/description.
The record
A repaired/new Aurora-class fast cruiser in Cross's S11 fleet, captained by Julian Mercer (S10 Spent Light survivor) from B4. Sister to the ISV Lodestar; ISCA-FC; Nhál-assisted, landing-capable, complement ~45. Explicitly NOT the Endurance — she is gone to the science teams; Mercer commands a different hull.
Mercer's command in the S11 war (B4+). Carries the Brief secret from S10. A recurring legacy presence rather than the POV ship.
Compiled from the canon file for this hull. Only sections that are settled canon are shown — drafting notes and anything belonging to an unpublished book are held back.
