[15 October 3069; MRBC] Although they seem to have regular WarShips aplenty, the Word of Blake is not content with conventional power. Using the largesse of Terran factories and unknown sources of supply, the Blakists have turned harmless commercial hulls into deadly, hidden instruments of mass destruction.
So-called “Pocket WarShips,” these refitted DropShips have their cargo capacity gutted and replaced with capital missile launchers capable of flinging ship-killing missiles against orbital or even ground targets. The Word has taken great lengths to make sure the outer appearance of these DropShips is unchanged—during flight or buttoned up in the launch pit these vessels look identical to standard, harmless commercial shipping. Much like the ancient Q-ships of Terran history, the only way to find out if a vessel is a Pocket WarShip is to test one—and very often, the teeth a Pocket WarShip bites back with are enough to protect itself.
This fear has driven extreme paranoia across the Inner Sphere. Reports have been received of crowds rioting and looting commercial DropShips even rumored to be Q-ships, killing the crews and displacing the cargoes. While local authorities have done their best to confirm the identity of every DropShip when its lands, the threat remains that one of the many commercial craft struggling to keep interstellar trade alive may turn out to be a dangerous imposter.