Within months of the cessation of hostilities of the First Combine-Dominion war, the DCA presented a report to the Coordinator stating that a concerted attack by the Ghost Bears utilizing their full WarShip fleet would be almost unstoppable. Though it would go against established Clan doctrine, the efforts of the Ghost Bears to integrate themselves into the Inner Sphere were enough to worry the Coordinator. Despite the resources of the entire Combine already being strained to the breaking point just with completing current WarShip vessels, a plan was set into motion to create the largest assault DropShip ever produced. With this plan, it was hoped that a fleet of such ships could be built to take the brunt of such an assault.
         To accomplish this task as quickly as possible, the DCA began with the chassis of the already proven Bara no Ryu or Rose-class DropShip, which resulted in a much quicker design and prototype stage. The key components of the ship were two-fold.
         First was the inclusion of three monstrous naval-grade Kraken teleoperated missile launchers. They form the core of the nose and give it a distinctive look. This was done to mirror the success of the Overlord-A3.
         Second was the inclusion of nine NL-42 Battle Taxis along with quarters for an entire battalion of battle armor troopers. With the ability to send nine craft carrying ninety Kage or Raiden for boarding, most WarShip captains have become very nervous at the sight of this vessel.
         As proof of the Coordinator’s continuing efforts to further integrate Clan Nova Cat into the Combine, the new vessel was named the Nekohono’o - literally ‘flaming cat.’ Since the Jihad, the Nova Cats have upgraded all of their Nekohono'os to Clan technology and have built enough of them to act as cheap patrol craft for the Confederation borders. They are not currently built by the Confederation though as they are placing more of their resources into 'proper' WarShips.