Editing Tau Merchant Light Cruiser (section)

==== Ke'lShan ====

[[File:14438442_f1024.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A Tau armed freighter.]]

The Ke'lShan is one of the more popular designs as it incorporates mid-range port, prow and starboard [[Starship Railgun]] batteries that are able to fire in multiple arcs. They also utilise two Gravitic Hooks that can transport smaller vessels that do not have their own warp drives.

The Ke'lShan is an incredibly cheap Light Cruiser when you account for the pair of [[Orca-class Destroyer]]s it brings into the battle, worth 64 points, bringing the base cost of the ship to only 60 points, a cost comparable to the escorts of some factions, like the [[Aeldari]].

Compared to its sister Light Cruiser, the [[Dal'Yth]], there isn't much of a reduction in terms of DPS, but there is a big chunk of CPM difference between the two. If you add the DPs brought by the two Orcas, the combined total of the price you pay for is 17 DPS and 2.86 critical hits per minute.

It's worth pointing out, even though their numbers come close to each other, the Ke'lShan deals all of its damage with macro-based weaponry while the Dal'Yth has a nice portion dealt in lances, thus giving it a better outcome in practical DPS and CPM.

It is armed with 2 [[Starship Railgun]] Artillery, 2 Gravitic Hooks carrying [[Kass'l-class Gunship]]s, 2 Double-Barrel [[Starship Railgun]] Turrets and 2 [[Heavy Starship Railgun]] Battery Weapons.

*'''Length:''' 4km
*'''Mass:''' 15.5 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 41,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.4 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx