A certain ionic deficient in the NR ship roster

[Bucman55]

Oh I thought Dauntless was a capital ship considering her fluff describing her as 2nd largest cruiser in the fleet and being over a kilometer long.

It certainly looks like a capital ship. It looks larger than the MC80 Liberty.

[tlmiller]

It's basically the same length as the Liberty.  It was put in as a cruiser instead of a capital ship because the NR needed cruisers more than capital ships, and they're not as iconic as the MonCal line of capitals.

[HobbesHurlbut]

It's basically the same length as the Liberty.  It was put in as a cruiser instead of a capital ship because the NR needed cruisers more than capital ships, and they're not as iconic as the MonCal line of capitals.

Oh and did it replaced a ship in that slot? If not, I understand what Corey meant when he said if Dreadnaught was removed, it wouldn't be replaced by another ship.

[Bucman55]

Oh and did it replaced a ship in that slot?

I don't think so. There wasn't really much in between a Cap-Ship and Heavy Frigate for the NR in 2.1 until era 4.