Sun Tzu (spaceship)

{{Title|Sun Tzu}}

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|This article is about the ship. For the person it was named after, see Sun Tzu (Tau'ri)|Sun Tzu.

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|image=250px|The Apollo and Sun Tzu">250px|The Apollo and Sun Tzu
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|name=Sun Tzu
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|manufacturer=Tau'ri
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|class=304<ref name="Joe304">{{JoeBlog|2009/02/01/february-1-2009-dogs-mailbag-and-nfl-i-renounce-thee/|February 1, 2009: Dogs, Mailbag and NFL - I renounce thee}}
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Maneuvering thrusters
Sublight engine|Sublight drive
Asgard hyperdrive
|fuel=Naquadah
|hdsystem=Asgard hyperdrive|Intergalactic
|poweroutput=
|power=Naquadah generators
|shield gen=Shield#Asgard|Asgard shields
|hull=Naquadah/Trinium alloy
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4 Asgard plasma beam weapons (Assumed)
32 Railguns
16 Vertical launching system|VLS Missile Tubes
*Cruise missiles
*Mark VIII and Mark IX|IX nuclear missiles
|complement=16 F-302 fighter-interceptors
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Asgard transporters
Long-range transmitter 
Transportation rings
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Battlecruiser
Deep Space Carrier
|firstuse=2009
|affiliation=Tau'ri
|status=Unknown}}
{{quote|How many ships do we have available?"<br>"Aside from ourselves, there's the Apollo and Sun Tzu.|Rodney McKay and Steven Caldwell|Enemy at the Gate}}

The Sun Tzu is the fifth in the 304 series of intergalactic battlecruisers built by the Tau'ri which came into service by the year 2009.<ref name="Joe304" /> It is the first ship to be crewed by the China|Chinese.<ref name="JoeChinese">{{JoeBlog|2009/01/31/january-31-2009-ill-take-a-dvd-an-eight-track-cassette-and-a-tincture-of-laudanum/|January 31, 2009: I’ll take a DVD, an eight-track cassette, and a tincture of laudanum}}
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Crew
Commanding officers
Lt. Colonel Yin{{Ref|<ref name="AEFAE">Stargate SG-1: An Eye for an Eye</ref>}}

First officers
Major John Hunter{{Ref|<ref name="AEFAE" />}}

Known crew
Major John Hunter - First officer{{Ref|<ref name="AEFAE" />}}

History
{{main|Battle of the Super-hive}}

In 2009, after discovering the super-hive was heading to Earth, the SGC dispatched the Apollo and the Sun Tzu, Earth's only two available ships to stop it. The two 304s engaged the hive ship Battle of the Super-hive|in battle, but did very little damage before the hive ship departed for Earth. The Apollo lost her engines and would take a month to reach the nearest Stargate. In contrast, the Sun Tzu was crippled and began venting atmosphere, forcing the Apollo to take her crew aboard. Colonel Abraham Ellis broadcast a message detailing the fate of the two ships and their failure to stop the super-hive. {{Cite|atl|Enemy at the Gate}}


Following the battle, the Sun Tzu is abandoned in space, too badly damaged to repair right away. Around a month later, Colonel Samantha Carter tells Teyla Emmagan and Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard that the Sun Tzu has yet to be salvaged and they still have to if they can, indicating that the ship may have been damaged beyond repair. {{cite|SGA|Legacy: Homecoming}}


Major campaigns
Battle of the Super-hive
Behind the scenes
The ship is named after the Chinese General and one of the greatest military strategists of all time, wikipedia:Sun Tzu|Sun Tzu, author of the Art of War, an ancient book on military strategy.
Sun Tzu (Tau'ri)|Sun Tzu was one of Lord Yu-huang Shang Ti|Yu's Royal Guards, and was cloned several times, the last one being his last First Prime Oshu.
Joseph Mallozzi has confirmed that the Sun Tzu is crewed by the China|Chinese and is of the 304-class in his blog.
References and notes
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{{Battlecruisers}}

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