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The DCS '''''Rapier''''' was an ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''-class [[DropShip]] in service to the [[Draconis Combine]].
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==History==
 
==History==
The DCS '''''Rapier''''' was an ''[[Achilles (DropShip)|Achilles]]''-class [[DropShip]] in service to the [[Draconis Combine]]. In [[2853]] it was deployed in the Combine's attack of [[Hesperus II]], as part of the nadir [[jump point]] blockade fleet.
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The ''Rapier'' was commanded by Captain [[Taplon Akiyama]] and assigned as part of the support of the ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]''-class [[Galedon II]] escort.<ref name="SPGIIp5">''Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II'', p. 5: "Unit Support Craft"</ref> In [[2853]], it was deployed in the Combine's attack of [[Hesperus II]], as part of the nadir [[jump point]] blockade fleet.
  
The [[Lyran Commonwealth]] famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser [[LCS]] ''[[Invincible (Tharkad)|Invincible]]'' to break through the Combine siege. The [[WarShip]] jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military [[DropShip]]s (the LCS ''[[Droner]]'', LCS ''[[Hayes]]'', LCS ''[[Martina]]'', LCS ''[[Pitbull (Intruder)|Pitbull]]'', LCS ''[[Stalker (Leopard CV)|Stalker]]'' and LCS ''[[Ecol]]'') and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying them all except for the ''[[Galedon II]]''.<ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part 1 (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref>
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The [[Lyran Commonwealth]] famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser [[LCS]] ''[[Invincible (Individual Tharkad-class WarShip)|Invincible]]'' to break through the Combine siege. The [[WarShip]] jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military [[DropShip]]s (the LCS ''[[Droner]]'', LCS ''[[Hayes (Individual Avenger-class DropShip)|Hayes]]'', LCS ''[[Martina]]'', LCS ''[[Pitbull (Individual Intruder-class DropShip)|Pitbull]]'', LCS ''[[Stalker (Individual Leopard CV-class DropShip)|Stalker]]'', and LCS ''[[Ecol]]'') and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying them all except for the ''[[Galedon II]]''.<ref>Tactics of Desperation, Part 1 (BattleCorps Scenario)</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I]]''
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* ''[[BattleCorps Ship Profiles#Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II|Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II]]''
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* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I|Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I]]''
  
 
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[[Category: Individual Achilles-class DropShips]]

Latest revision as of 12:18, 8 January 2024

This article is about the DropShip. For other uses, see Rapier (disambiguation).


Rapier
Vessel Profile
TypeDropShip
ClassAchilles

The DCS Rapier was an Achilles-class DropShip in service to the Draconis Combine.

History[edit]

The Rapier was commanded by Captain Taplon Akiyama and assigned as part of the support of the Samarkand-class Galedon II escort.[1] In 2853, it was deployed in the Combine's attack of Hesperus II, as part of the nadir jump point blockade fleet.

The Lyran Commonwealth famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser LCS Invincible to break through the Combine siege. The WarShip jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military DropShips (the LCS Droner, LCS Hayes, LCS Martina, LCS Pitbull, LCS Stalker, and LCS Ecol) and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying them all except for the Galedon II.[2]

References[edit]

  1. Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II, p. 5: "Unit Support Craft"
  2. Tactics of Desperation, Part 1 (BattleCorps Scenario)

Bibliography[edit]