Yoaf, yoaf, it's LOAF! With problematic solutions to all your concerns... a few definitions first.
The Kilrathi heavy carriers in Fleet Action are Hakaga class. It is explained in False Colors that neither the Karga nor the Vorgrath are Hakaga class. Thus, they do not enter the equation.
The Karga is Bhantkara class, and is the same class of ship that we regularly see as a carrier in Wing Commander III. We know this because the Karga is described as being the exact same length and having the same number of turrets -- obviously Andrew Keith used Victory Streak as a reference when writing his novel. FC explains that the Bhantkara class carriers were comissioned by Thrakhath *after* the Battle of Earth, and they are technically inferior to the Hakaga class ships (but superior to the standard Snakeir class ships).
The Vorgrath (the Kilrathi Dreadnought) is the 22 km long dreadnought seen in Wing Commander III. Again, the length and turrets are given as exactly the same as stated in Victory Streak. We know that the ship is actually 22km long because this is a necessary plot point for the book -- we also know that it is "larger than the Behemoth" (which was simulated as 11km long in the WC3 engine, for reference) according to FC. There were a number of these massive dreadnoughts built after the Battle of Terra, given that this was stated in False Colors and we see several of them in the end of Wing Commander III. (We know the names of two others, the Vengeance of Vukar Tag and the Hvar Kann).
Furthermore, the issue of a single clan producing such a ship is actually a non-issue. The 'Kiranka clan' is *NOT* the same as 'that Henderson family next door'. You can't compare them in the same familial sense as you would with humans -- because the Kilrathi do *NOT* have a single central government/military complex producing ships. The *one* way they build craft and crew warships is through the various clans -- who devote most of their efforts to doing this. Think of it rather as a nation being able to bring to bear the resources to build such a ship.
Further note, there is no evidence that the Kiranka clan funded the 22km long dreadnoughts -- if you'll recall, the one we know the most about was captained by a commoner!
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