I've assumed, and many others have too, that the carrier depicted on the cover of End Run is the Tarawa, or something along the lines of what the (CVE-08) TCS Tarawa might look like. However, that ship on the cover of End Run has a big number 12 on it. CVE-12? But the bigger problem I see is that that ship was clearly inspired on the ship on the cover of WC2, Vengance of the Kilrathi, which has a number 14 on it. CVE-14? But the CVE (escort carrier) line came much later than WC2 in the timeline. End Run happens in 2667, IIRC. What the heck IS this ship? Certainly no escort carrier; certainly not the TCS Tarawa…

I'd venture to say that the ship on the cover of WC2 is the Confederation class (CVS-65) TCS Concordia, if not for the number 14 on it. Now, if the painter of the cover of End Run was trying to paint the Concordia, he didn't do a terribly commendable job, but the resemblance is uncanny, non-the-less…

Whatever that is, it's NOT the Tarawa, I say. Not to mention that it doesn't look at all like a converted cargo ship…

Could it be one of the ships that participated in the Vukar Tag ambush? A museum piece they found somewhere?, an earlier version of the Confederation class than even the Concordia?