Lorenverse Ark Royal

[CliffBates]

At the end of the Lorenverse TNS accounts of 323-1128 tells of the appearance of the TCN Ark Royal at Dingir/Solomani Rim
http://www.sjgames.com/traveller/oldnews.html but this timeline the 2nd Civil War never happened. Yet the idea of a misjump ship from the past that leads to a massive rethink of the past in light of the distortion to it that occurred the rise of the Solomani idea after the long night.

I am reminded of the Challange article with the adventure of the possible long lost Terran captain/diplomat who first discovered the Vilani being found alive sometime in the Hard Times era.

 

[Nathan Brazil]

Some thoughts
The "Deadspace" phenomena appeared in T20 Gateway to Destiny in the 990-1000 time period and apparently others. It contains amongst other things, a Vilani Consolidation Wars Cruiser. So sure a TCN ship, sure why not...

In GTIW, TCN corvettes (Agrippa Class) are 1000 tons and the meson mounting TCN battleships (Indomitable Class} are 30000 tons. So what class is the Ark Royal and it's tonnage? It is called a 'battlecruiser". The Terrans did not need to build bigger, except perhaps for troop transports.
Can't be more than TL C, J 3 if it is Terran Confederation.

Captain Lorette Strider, who was on the first expedition to Barnard's Star and met the Vilani in 2098 AD was killed onboard the TCN Thomas Jefferson in 2114 AD (GTIW p.43). What issue was that in? Perhaps she survived in a low berth?