Bristlecone

The Bristlecone is a heavily-armed gunship, several centuries old.

In Service of the Sanctum Adroit
Constructed and built in the Celeschul and has never left system. In it's centuries of service, it was acquired by the security firm, the Sanctum Adroit security company, with it's first noted captain taking command of the ship in 2620. It most noted action was when it was used by the Sanctum Adroit led by Major Alexia Murtaugh during her assignment to secure Haven Hive for one of the company's clients.

During the course of this mission, the Bristlecone was suborned by Para Ventura, a member of Tagon's Toughs. It was subsequently used to extract the remainder of Ventura's team, leaving Murtaugh and her troops behind. Subsequent intervention by Petey granted the Bristlecone effective freedom as a licensed independent artificial intelligence and traveling to Plenipotent Dominion's space city, Parnassus Dom.

Private Mission to Sol
On request of retired General Karl Tagon, Bristlecone, decided to assist the son of one of it's crew on a personal mission to aid Kathryn Flinders to extract her comrades on Mel-one Station. Accompanying the General was Kathryn Flinders and Nick, former Tagon's Tough. Trio would soon discovered, usual number of Battleplates operating near Earth.

While at Mall-One, Karl received word that his son's mercenary unit had been destroyed, so the Bristlecone hastally departed with Kathryn's friends, and newly joined Alexia Murtaugh who wanted to join the Toughs. As they departed, the ship's AI informed Karl that reason why she remained free was because Para Ventura purchased ship from the Sanctum Adroit using the UNS Intelligence Agency's funds.

Eina-Afa Mission and destruction
As the Bristlecone returned from Sol, the ship AI decided to undertake a mission. As the Tagon's Toughs were on verge of retirement due inability to afford replacement warship, the Toughs joined the ship's company on the mission to Eina-Afa.

Bristlecone carried Tagon's Toughs on the Eina-Afa mission, and in fact manipulated them into accepting it. The ship had to navigate the massive space station built by the oafa's ancestors. The crew would have to acquire access to the interior of the station by attempting to cooperation with oafa's other hired help whom soundly rejected their offer to assist, felt the oafa were like children in their behavior. Once finally accessing interior of the station, which uses centrifugal force generated gravity. Though series of restored locks and burning though growth covering the access door. The crew found that the interior offered astronomical room for the Bristlecone to maneuver. Most of the verman in the interior of the station were massive in scale, dwarfing Bristlecone iself and it's means to vaporize it. After speaking with the Neoafa, they manage to get information of mothball vehicles they could access to help them clear out the wild natural interior of the station.

She was effectively dismantled by aggressive security drones, but her shipmind Cindy survived and eventually became the AI of the Toughs' new superfreighter Cindercone

Noted Features
The ship has Point-Defense Cannons, which are anti-vehicle weapons.

Trivia

 * Bristecone is centuries old, never leaving star system, even when it was equipped with Teraport device for interstellar travel.


 * The ship was once crewed by Kaff Tagon's paternal grandmother as a machinist, named Karla Klingbo.


 * The reloader onboard the Bristlecone can print money. This is where the emblem of the Tagon's Tough was first introduced.


 * Ship has 5 officer quarters and berthing for 15 enlisted crew.