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The Sharlin Warcruiser is a fictional starship in the Babylon 5 universe. First appearing in the season one episode, And the Sky Full of Stars, the computer generated 3D model was designed and built by the Emmy Award winning co-founder of Foundation Imaging, Ron Thornton. Taking inspiration from nature in order to portray the vessel as, “proud and impressive like a lionfish, but be more vertical like a sunfish”, as with a number of other vessels designed for other alien races which appeared on the television show, he also included visible links to the physical appearance of those races in order to create a design aesthetic which was unique to each of them. In the case of the Sharlin, he included rib like structures along the hull to mirror those which appeared on the ‘head bone’ of the Minbari. == Depiction == The Sharlin Class Warcruiser is the main starship used by the Minbari Federation in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. Also commonly known as the Minbari War Cruiser, the ''Sharlin'' class is very large but conflicting sizes have been noted by different resources. The accepted size figure of 1,600 meters in length and roughly 1,900 meters in height was first noted by fan writer Brandon Bray, who worked as a consultant for Mongoose Publishing, producers of the official ''Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game''. This size was officially accepted by Mongoose and published in their game line. ''Sharlin'' class ships do not use conventional engines like rockets or ion propulsion. Instead, the Minbari War Cruiser used a combination of gravitational and electromagnetic fields for propulsion, a system called a gravimetric drive system in the episode "Mediations on the Abyss". This, described by Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the episode "Matters of Honor", was used to provide propulsion and artificial gravity. No canon information exists on what powered Minbari ships, save for some vague references to fusion reactors. Material from Mongoose Publishing suggests that Minbari warships use an artificial quantum singularity for its main power, while fusion reactors provide a secondary reserve power for this type of vessel. The ''Sharlin'' class is very well armed, having gravitic and electro-magnetic cannons. In the TV movie "In the Beginning" this type ship was seen destroying an Earth space station, the Minbari weapon vaporizing an estimated volume of 3770 cubic meters, with a low-end destructive output of 265 Terawatts (''63.3 kiloton per second''). The ship also makes use of stealth technology which allows it to become effectively invisible to the scanners and targeting systems used by the younger races seen in the TV series. These ships can hold up to 8,000 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 8,000 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. 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 a 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 intercepts a planet killer missile aimed at the IAS ''Excalibur''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharlin Class Warcruiser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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