{{TauPortalLOVPortal}}[[Image:DemiurgStronghold21.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|1}}]]'''Stronghold Class Commerce Vessels''' belong to are a smaller vessel of the fleets of the [[DemiurgLeagues of Votann]] and .{{Fn|3}} They are extremely nonetheless well-powered, large, and technologically advanced.{{Fn|1}}

They ==Overview==These ships are factories or ore-processing vessels and are often bases which are moved between [[system]]s and [[asteroid beltsbelt]]s. They are also bases for a fleet of inter-system asteroid mining pods, haulage flyers and prospector probes (it is theorized that many of these are automated). Strongholds are often seen in uninhabited systems with fleets of small ships moving resources to and from the vessel and a planet or asteroid, with the prow facing the star. Most of the time the vessel will disengage if challenged but some will attack with a dangerous ferocity.{{Fn|1}}

It is worthy of note that every known encounter between Demiurg Kin and [[Ork]] vessels has resulted in combat, and that renegade elements have often hired Demiurg vessels to fight as [[mercenaries ]] in interplanetary and intersystem power struggles.{{Fn|1}}