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As soon as the Dilgar discovered their star would soon die, they made preparations for war. They had long ago earned a reputation as a warlike and aggressive race, yet they had seldom fought a war of conquest. This time would be different. Assault ships had long formed a part of the Dilgar fleet but these were designed primarily to devastate enemy worlds (on occasion, even making them entirely uninhabitable) as part of the horrifying displays of force the Dilgar customarily used to batter the enemy into a surrender. The need to deliver vast numbers of troops to the surface and support them from orbit was new, and so the dreadnought class vessels were developed. The first was the Mankhat, and while possessing shuttles for troop deployment, the vessel was still terrifyingly destructive, mounting both mass drivers and virus bombs.
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