Caal-Shto Production information Model Imperator-class Carrier Class Carrier Cost 2000 RUs Technical specifications Length 453.9 meters Mass 121,000 tons Max. acceleration 40 m/s2 Max. speed 300 m/s Hyperdrive rating Short jump Armament 4 small projectile cannons Complement 50 fighters 25 corvettes Other systems 5 hangar bays 2 phased disassembler arrays Usage Role(s) Carrier Shipyard Mobile Refinery Present for Battle of Aiowa Kadiir Nebula Crossing Battle of the Koreth's Rift Debris Field Affiliated with Kiith Manaan The Beast Fleet Manaani Navy Era(s) Cataclysm Era

The Caal-Shto is a Kiith Manaan carrier that is first seen assisting the Bentusi Exchange vessel under attack by Beast forces.

BackgroundEdit

After the Beast Heavy Cruiser tries to infect the Bentusi Exchange, it self-destructs rather than be taken over. The blast destroys much of the Beast forces and severely damages the Beast cruiser and the Caal-Shto, leaving the carrier without navigational systems.

The Kuun-Lan assists it through the Kadiir Nebula, past a heavily defended imperialist Taiidan research base. The Kuun-Lan and the Caal-Shto make it though the nebula to a slipgate, and the Caal-Shto promises to bring in the warrior kiithid to "mop up this infestation".

Later, the Kuun-Lan is under attack by Imperial Taiidan forces called in by the Turanic Raiders after the Kuun-Lan salvaged the Siege Cannon that they were after. In the thick of battle, the Kuun-Lan detects the Caal-Shto's hyperspace signature in an asteroid pocket far from the fighting. The Caal-Shto requests them to "come to us". When Somtaaw Fleet Intelligence warns the Caal-Shto that the Turanic Raiders have changed course to intercept it, it replies "They come. Good." When the Raiders arrive, the Somtaaw realize that the Caal-Shto had been subverted by the Beast. Shortly after, the reformed engine section of the Kuun-Lan, now forming a Beast Mothership jumps in.

The ultimate fate of the Caal-Shto is not clear, but likely it found its end at the hands of the Hiigaran warrior Kiithid after the destruction of the Naggarok and its other 'children'.

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Homeworld: Cataclysm