Lakshmi

Lakshmi
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassAvatar
In service sinceca. 2574
In service until2581

History

The SLS Lakshmi was an Avatar-class[1] heavy cruiser commissioned into the Star League Defense Force black water navy in or around 2574. Commander Theodore Rasmusen took command of it "off the builder's slip" and captained it for seven years,[2] until the Star League offensive to capture the Taurian Concordat world of Flintoft during the Reunification War. There, the SLS Lakshmi was lost with nearly all of its crew when the Taurians used fireships against it[2] loaded with nuclear weapons and other explosives, crippling or destroying sixteen SLDF WarShips.

Commodore Rasmusen survived the destruction of the SLS Lakshmi and went on to command the Aegis-class SLS Minotaur, seeing action later in the Reunification War.[2]

Notes

According to Historical: Reunification War, the battle for Flintoft began on the 15th of March 2581 and that the SLDF naval formation involved in the attack was the First Battle Fleet.[3]

References

  1. The Theseus Knot in Weapons Free, p. 94
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Theseus Knot
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 73: "Flintoft"

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