Nagglfar

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The Nagglfar was a supercarrier launched from Earth. Its passengers would found the colony of Tarsonis.

[edit] History

In the aftermath of Project Purification, a brilliant young scientist named Doran Routhe made plans to consolidate his power within the United Powers League by creating a colonization project to collect minerals and other resources from outside the solar system. It was very risky, but he had no problem with sending political prisoner lab rats to their potential deaths. Fifty six thousand prisoners were (secretly) prepared for transport, and of these, forty thousand were loaded into four sleeper-ships. The Nagglfar, equipped with the artificial intelligence system known as ATLAS, would lead the way. Its fellow ships, the Sarengo, Argo and Reagan would follow its lead. As such, the intended one year journey to the world of Gantris VI began.^[1]

For reasons unknown, the guidance system failed, and the ships traveled through warp space for twenty-eight years, traveling 60,000 light years from Earth. Eventually the warp engines failed, and the ships emerged within the Koprulu Sector in a star system which contained a myriad of barren, if habitable, planets. This event would become known as the Long Sleep. The four supercarriers engaged their emergency protocols and plummeted towards the nearest habitable worlds. The Nagglfar would crash on the world that be named Tarsonis. Awakening from cryogenic hibernation, its crew accessed ATLAS, confirming their suspicions that they would never see Earth again. As such, they began settling the world.^[1]

The Nagglfar's legacy didn't end there however. The ship's commanders would form the Old Families, wielding great political and financial influence in the Terran Confederacy.^[2] In addition, the ship's hull would form many of the structures of Tarsonis City, such as the Tarsonis Police Force's headquarters. The southwestern district HQ of the TPF had never been replaced, still using the Nagglfar's hull material.^[3]

[edit] Trivia

The ship was probably named after Naglfar, a warship from Norse mythology, constructed entirely of the fingernails and toenails of the dead. During Ragnarok, it transports legions of giants to the final battlefield.

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
2. ↑ Grubb, Jeff (February 27, 2001). StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04148-7.
3. ↑ DeCandido, Keith R. A. (November 28, 2006). StarCraft: Ghost: Nova. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-7434-7134-2.

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