The Mithrandir II is the SHIP that was to come after the destruction of the Longinus II.  It was inspired by The Azmodeus and The Mithrandir, both by Mark Sandlin, and was intended to be bigger than the previous Longinus ships.  It was to have accomodations for 10 crew members and a much heavier weapon system.

However, the Mithrandir II didn't end up looking good.  Despite many extensive re-designs, I was unable to fix the problem.  I then realised that the  ship looked awkwards because of bad placement of the wing engine mounts, but a re-placement of them would have cost a huge amount of time.  Therefore, Total Annihilation seemed the appropriate remedy.

Some parts, such as weapons, were spared for the construction of the next SHIP, which was to be christened the Knoss.