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The G'Quan Cruiser is one of the most beautiful ships in the Babylon5 universe (in my opinion only matched by the Shadow Battlecrab). Nearly each ship is equipped different but virtually all cruiser contain two powerful laser cannons. The cruiser contains three decks. One for the troops, one for the command stations and the last for the quarters and the remaining sections.

Most of the Narn technology is bought or stolen from other races they met in the last 100 years. During the Earth-Minbari War, Human and Narn technology was nearly head-on-head but this has changed much in the last 10 years. The G'Quan Cruiser is now at the same level as the old Hyperion Cruiser but the technology level is far behind compared to the Centauri Primus Cruiser or Omega Class Destroyer.

To compensate this lack of technology, the Narn brought their existing technology close to perfect which makes a G'Quan Cruiser a dangerous enemy in space. This fact was proven during the Narn-Centauri war when a G'Quan Cruiser was able to destroy a Primus Cruiser in a battle around Babylon 5.

Although the Narn cruiser is a powerful ships its an easy target for a Shadow Cruiser. The first encounter between a Shadow and a Narn cruiser was in 2259. G'Kar went on an expedition to find out about the destruction of a Narn colony.

He got to Z'Ha'Dum and found the Shadows and hardly managed to get back to Babylon 5 to warn the others but the other ambassadors didn't believe G'Kar. To found his proofs he sent a cruiser to Z'Ha'Dum. The Shadows have been warned about this ship and so they were prepared. The Narn cruiser was destroyed within a few seconds.

Many Narn cruiser were destroyed during the war against the Centauri (2259-2260). The most disastrous defeat was in the battle at Gorash VII. With most of their fleet already destroyed the Narn wanted to begin a counter strike. Their target was Gorash VII, an important Centauri military depot. Nearly all available ships were sent in this battle.

When they jumped from hyperspace back into realspace three Shadow Cruiser were waiting for the ships. The Narn only managed to slightly damage a Shadow cruiser before they were destroyed. With no defense at their homeplanet, Narn was an easy target for the incoming Centauri armada.

But not all cruisers were destroyed in the Narn-Centauri war. One of the surviving cruisers was the G'Tok. The ship was heavily damaged after some encounters with Centauri forces. The captain of the G'Tok sought for help at Babylon 5. When a Centauri Cruiser arrived at Babylon 5 it came to a battle. The Centauri cruiser was finally destroyed and the G'Tok left Babylon 5 to find other surviving Narn ships.

Later the cruiser joined the Army of Light and helped to fight against the Shadows. After the end of the war against the Centauri the Narn helped Capt. Sheridan in fighting against President Clark.

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