Victor Liu

Victor Liu
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Died10 November 2853
AffiliationDraconis Combine
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RankSho-sa
ProfessionWarship Gunnery Master

Victor Liu was a Warship Gunnery Master in the DCMS during the Second Succession War.[1]

History[edit]

He served in the Gunnery Master of the Baron-class destroyer commanded by Greg Hossu and he brought him along from his previous posts. Sho-sa Liu has always favored Hossu's belief in quickly adapting to mobile situations and high speed engagements. He relentlessly trains his crew using the naval lasers and particle cannons to hit targets at a distance.[2]

In 2853, the Galedon II took part in an offensive against Hesperus II, later dubbed the sixth, seventh and eighth battles of Hesperus II where the Draconis Combine enacted a blockade of the Hesperus system.[3] His men to good use, capturing both recharge stations in the initial attack and boarding several Lyran DropShips that attempted to run the blockade.[1]

The Lyran Commonwealth famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser LCS Invincible to break through the Combine siege. It jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military DropShips and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying most of them. Only the Galedon II escaped by means of a preplanned jump to an irregular jump point close to Hesperus II at the last minute, taking the DropShips Katana, Rapier, Broadsword and Sabeeh plus a few squadrons of aerospace fighters with it.[3]

On 10 November 2853, the Invincible and the relief fleet accompanying it arrived at Hesperus II and engaged the Draconis Combine's planetary blockade fleet which had been reinforced by the Galedon II and its DropShips as well as a trio of corvettes that had been recalled from the zenith jump point blockade fleet. However, the Draconis Combine fleet was quickly routed (implicitly with heavy losses).[4] All Draconis Combine WarShips that had participated in the blockade were destroyed.[5]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II, p. 3: "GUNNERY"
  2. Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II, p. 4: "Sho-sa Victor Liu"
  3. 3.0 3.1 BattleCorps scenario Tactics of Desperation I
  4. BattleCorps scenario Tactics of Desperation II
  5. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 62: "What, Me Worry?"

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