Io (Individual Leopard-class DropShip)
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Template:InfoBoxIndividualSpacegoingVessel The Io was a Leopard-class DropShipserving with the Gray Death Legion under the command of Lieutenant David Longo since September 3050.[1] It was not listed under this name on the unit's roster in 3055 though, where instead two Leopard-class DropShips by the name of Hugin and Munin are listed.[2]
The Io and her sister ship Medea were noted to have taken heavy damage during a "recent" (as of 1 April 3056) raid against Clan Jade Falcon at Altair, and had been patched up with parts cannibalized from the Medea to be spaceworthy enough to be carried to Skye for badly needed repairs.[3]
The Io, now under the command of Ilse Martinez, was docked to the JumpShip Gray Skull on 1 April 3056 and ready to jump to Skye from Glengarry's nadir jump point when a fleet of unidentified JumpShips arrived and sent the Leopard CV-class carrier DropShip Merkur to destroy the Gray Skull. The Gray Skull managed to jump out in the nick of time after suffering moderate damage from enemy aerospace fighters, and the Io, too, suffered at least one hit which, however, left it in one piece.[4]