| Sharlin class |
A Sharlin class warcruiser | | First appearance | | | Affiliation | Minbari | | General Characteristics | | Fighters | Nial class fighters | | Armaments | Neutron cannons & guns
Fusion cannons & guns
Anti-matter cannon
Missiles | | Defences | Organic self-healing armour
Minbari stealth device | | Propulsion | Gravimetric drive | | Length | 1600 m | The Sharlin Class Warcruiser is the main starship of the Minbari Federation in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. Also commonly known as the Minbari War Cruiser, the Sharlin class is very large, being 1.6 kilometers long and about 1.9 kilometers tall. This is an image of a Minbari Sharlin Class Warcruiser from the Babylon 5 universe. ...
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Sharlin class ships use a gravitic drive system, which is used to provide artificial gravity. An artificial singularity and fusion reactors provide power for this type of vessel. The Sharlin class is very well armed, having gravitic neutron and fusion cannons, as well neutron and fusion guns, electro-pulse Guns, a missile launcher, and an antimatter cannon. The ship also makes use of stealth technology which allows it to become effectively invisible to sensor and targeting systems.
These ships can hold up to 8000 people. In peacetime the Sharlin class ships only have the 190 person regular crew. In combat situations there can be 60 additional combat personnel - such as pilots, gunners, and other support officers, and about 8000 ground troops. The low crew requirement is due to the advanced computer system in place. The Valen'tha - a specially equipped Sharlin class - is home to the Grey Council - the leaders of the Minbari government. It has been suggested that Satai be merged into this article or section. ...
The Sharlin class ships have a special holographic chamber. The chamber provides a complete 360 degree 3D image of the space around the ship. Normally it is used as a command center during battle situations. This chamber allows the commander to view the battlefield. A similar chamber is used by the Grey Council.
Among the younger races of the galaxy, the Sharlin class has no equals. During the Earth-Minbari war only few Sharlin class ships were lost, typically by ramming, while the Sharlin class inflicted heavy casualties on the humans. However, the Sharlin class was no match for the more advanced First Ones - the Shadows were able to destroy a number of Sharlin class ships during the course of the war with ease through the use of planet killer missiles and slicer beams. In Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, a Sharlin is annihilated as it intercepted a planet killer missile aimed at the IAS Excalibur. The ISA Excalibur is a starship in the fictional Babylon 5 / Crusade universe. ...
Known Sharlin Class Ships - Trigati - This ship participated in the Battle of the Line. When the order to surrender came, the ship's captain committed suicide rather than obey. His crew took the ship into hyperspace, and spent the next ten years in exile. In 2259, after John Sheridan took command of Babylon 5, the Trigati appeared and tried to provoke Sheridan into firing on them in the hopes of restarting the Earth-Minbari War. When he refused, another Minbari vessel came out of hyperspace and attempted to force the Trigati's surrender. The Trigati's crew committed suicide rather than obey. The Trigati is an important example as she highlights the fundemental weakness of the Sharlin design. The other Sharlin disabled the Tragati by slicing off one of its lower fins, part of the gravimetic drive system. As the Sharlin design has no other propulsion system, the Tragati was left proverbially dead in the water.
- Ingata - This war cruiser came to Babylon 5 in 2258 while carrying the body of the deceased war leader Branmer home.
- Valen'tha - a specialized war cruiser that serves as home to the Grey Council. It was this vessel that was damaged by the humans at the disastrous first contact between the humans and Minbari. The damage resulted in the death of their leader Dukhat, and started the war between Minbar and Earth.
- Dogato - John Sheridan and Delenn commanded the first major battle of the Army of Light against the Shadows in sector 83 from this ship.
- Enfili - This vessel also participated in the first major battle against the Shadows in Sector 83.
During the Earth-Minbari war only the Nova class dreadnoughts were able to fight with some effectiveness against the Sharlin class, and even these ships never succeeded in destroying a Sharlin in open battle. A typical Sharlin class warcruiser The Trigati was a fictional space vessel which featured in the Babylon 5 episode Points of Departure. ...
In the Babylon 5 fictional universe, the Battle of the Line was the final battle of the Earth-Minbari war. ...
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The Sharlin Class Warcruiser Dogato is a ship of the Minbari Federations fleet in the fictional Babylon 5 science fiction universe. ...
John J. Sheridan is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Bruce Boxleitner. ...
Delenn is a fictional lead character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Mira Furlan. ...
The Nova class dreadnought is a heavy warship in the science fiction series Babylon 5. ...
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