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| Francisco | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Vincent |
| In service until | 2786 |
History[edit]
The FWLS Francisco was a Vincent-class corvette in service with the Free Worlds League Military during the First Succession War. Following the Free Worlds League annexation of Denebola in 2785, the Francisco was assigned alongside a sister ship as the naval picket for the Denebola system - the small size of the picket being a reflection of how widely deployed the Free Worlds League Navy was as a result of heavy battles along the border with the Lyran Commonwealth and inside the Capellan Confederation - as well as the ongoing invasion of former Terran Hegemony worlds.[1]
In 2786 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces deployed the Fourteenth Arcturan Guards to invade Denebola, accompanied by a naval escort consisting of a pair of Commonwealth-class light cruisers, the LCS Odessa and LCS Porrima. Despite being outgunned, the Francisco and her sister ship gamely attempted to attack the Lyran invasion force, only for the opening volley of laser and missile fire from the Odessa to destroy the Francisco outright - at which point her sister ship fled the Denebola system, leaving the Thirty-fourth Marik Militia to attempt to resist the invasion without naval support.[1]
The Odessa and Porrima moved into orbit above Denebola and subjected the Thirty-fourth's base to a two-hour orbital bombardment that destroyed more than half the Marik forces outright. Having already lost a company of forces to Hegemony guerrillas, two companies of mixed armor and infantry forces from the Thirty-fourth went to ground and would spend months engaged in raids and resistance against the Fourteenth Arcturan Guards, but the bulk of the survivors from the Thirty-fourth surrendered within two days of the Fourteenth's landing.[1]