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The '''Il'Fannor''' class cruiser (designated as '''Merchant''' class by the [[Imperium]]) was the next major ship designed by the [[Tau]] after the [[Gal'leath]] class battleship. It was originally designed to become the new workhouse of the fledgling [[Tau Empire, ]] its warp drives being able to reach a third of normal warp speed. As the Gal'Leath proved ineffective as a military vessel against the [[Orks]], the Merchant was heavily redesigned into a cheap and effective (if rather slow) warship that remained the Tau's mainline military ship until the advent of the [[Lar'shi]] class. As a cruiser, it lacks the hard-hitting firepower, speed and durability of those of the other major races, but makes up for it by being very cheap and easy to produce.