Note: Systems marked by an asterisk (*) can only be used in
the unique conditions of the Thorain nebula, and will not function
at all in any other surroundings.
The Khemibard Cruiser is the most common combat capital ship
of the Brennai. Some of the other models
used include the Abideth light cruiser and the Ulim Na Khree heavy
cruiser, but those are more special purpose craft, and have not be
seen in any great numbers in millennia. As with other Brennai
craft, the majority of the systems of the Khemibard are designed
exclusively for use within the peculiar conditions of the Thorain
Nebula, and would be virtually incapacitated if it found itself
outside of the nebula.
The Khemibard is an older craft, and there has been some talk
in Brennai military circles of reworking the design of Brennai
capital craft to allow smaller craft to carry pulse burst
supercannons, but these plans have been consistently blocked by the
council of elders, who want the Hered Na Brennah to remain the
uncontestable superior over the other ships of the nebula.
As with other Brennai capital ships, the Khemibard has a
smooth, organically curving hull, painted a very pale grey, almost
white, that enables it to slip in and out of view in the gasses of
the nebula.