One of
the capital ships of the
Archosaurian
Empire, recognised by its
dark, broad mothlike 500 metre wide form.
Dominators have a formidable array of weaponry; lasers, particle beams,
amat missiles, godtech disassemblers and exotic infoviruses. Their drive
systems are almost as diverse - each ship is fitted with
pitch drive,
total conversion reactors and scramjets - the latter for rare
atmospheric entry
(even within large habitats). Each drive can be used according to the
level of speed or stealth required for the task. The local human name
for these craft serves a double purpose; as well as being obviously
"dominant", they are also controlled by
second
toposophic intelligences
that are not only self-aware, but also strangely playful. A single
Dominator can co-ordinate thousands of lesser ships simultaneously;
even transapient Archangel corvettes.
The first Dominators entered service in the early 7000's AT, and were
pure black. Following the
Archosaurian
Entity's transcension to
5th
toposophic in 9,400 AT, the Dominators were fitted with (among
other
things) thicker, denser armour with a deep blue scaly
texture. They now had twice the former reinforcement - a sort
of picotech string "mesh" wedged between ultra-thin
magmatter films,
layered like plywood.
Until recently, Dominators were too large to use the local
wormholes,
and were used primarily for homeland defense and transport (they were
especially useful when transporting large numbers of large dinosaurs or
hypersaurs). Dominators on security patrol rarely ever carry bionts -
this would inhibit the level of acceleration that may be necessary in
an aggressive situation.
There are presently more than a thousand Dominators currently in
service within the Archosaurian Empire. This contrasts with the nine in
service prior to the Vanguard conflict of 7388 AT, and the hundred or
so prior to the Archaipelago Attacks one millennia later. It
seems that the Great ArchSaur Archailect is boosting her "immune
system".
