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| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Avalon |
Contents
History
The Avalon-class cruiser FCS Simon Davion was introduced to service with the Federated Commonwealth in the early 3060s following the successful deployment of the lead ship of the class, the FCS Melissa Davion, during the Capellan-St. Ives War,[1] and was one of four Avalons to be in service by late 3062.[2]
During the FedCom Civil War the Simon Davion initially fought in support of Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion and the Loyalist cause. In June 3064 the Simon Davion was part of the defensive force assigned to the key Lyran Alliance world of Hesperus II; stationed on Hesperus II itself were the Fifteenth and Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards, the former an elite unit and veterans of the Fourteenth battle for Hesperus II, while the Thirty-sixth were a larger, less experienced unit that had avoided committing to support either Katherine Steiner-Davion or Victor Steiner-Davion prior to the Civil War but who had chosen to support Katherine Steiner-Davion after the Civil War erupted. The Lyran High Command had also deployed the Grey Death Legion to Hesperus II to bolster the Lyran Guards and the Defiance Self Protection Force.[3]
When the Third Skye Rebellion broke out, the Free Skye forces targeted Hesperus II as an essential world to the survival of their breakaway state. Free Skye began their campaign on the 15th of June by inserting the Twenty-second Skye Rangers onto the world of Hesperus II, from where they planned to launch a rapid assault on the main spaceport for Hesperus II, located at Maria's Elegy. Despite having to quickly destroy local militia fighters who stumbled across their position on Hesperus III, the Twenty-second were confident of success, but amended their plan to instead use a secondary drop zone, an agricultural area known as Melrose valley; the Twenty-second successfully breached the AeroSpace Fighter screen maintained over the area by the Gray Death Legion and landed in Melrose Valley on the 28th of June, the same day that their reinforcements - the Fourth Skye Rangers - arrived, escorted by a pair of Fox-class corvettes, the FCS Indefatigable and the LAS Illustrious.[3]
The Simon Davion moved to intercept the Fourth Skye Rangers and their escort; the three WarShips clashed, with the Illustrious the first WarShip to succumb to the torrents of fire being thrown out,[3] the crew forced to abandon ship after a brutal exchange of close range broadsides with the Simon Davion.[4] The Indefatigable had taken damage by the time the Illustrious was destroyed, but was able to close on the Simon Davion and launch boarding parties; the marines launched by the Indefatigable successfully captured the Simon Davion,[4] which went on to fight in support of the Free Skye movement as they attempted to seize Hesperus II.[3]