Minotaur

Minotaur
Primary User	Terran Confederation
Introduction	pre-2534
Source	Wing Commander: Action Stations

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History

The Minotaur military spacecraft was introduced well over a century before the McAuliffe Ambush. Even so, a few of these were located at the McAuliffe Naval Base in 2634; though their actual flight status at the time is unknown.

Sources

Wing Commander: Action Stations

• Chapter 2
  • "Geoff could not help but look in wide-eyed awe at the vast array of strike power lined up before him, entire squadrons of Hurricanes, Gladiators, Trident heavy bombers, and Hummer light recon and strike planes, arrayed wingtip to wingtip. And yet, on closer examination, even his unpracticed eye could see that more than one of the planes was missing an engine, or access hatches were pulled open to reveal that the guts of the plane were gone, and in some cases the plane was up on jacks and its wheels were missing.
    • Further back in the rows of planes he could see craft that should exist only in museums, even a few old Minotaurs which must be well over a hundred years old.
    • "Yeah, it's a junkyard," Richards said, as if reading his thoughts. "They look real nice and neat out here, all lined up. Hell, the base commander, Admiral Nagomo, can doctor any report to claim that every one of them can make space and fight, though he might neglect to add that maybe only a quarter of them could do it at any one time, since all the others would be providing the spare parts. Yet in readiness reports waved around by your friend More and others, each and every one of these craft is listed as A-l status for frontline service." "