Delos (Individual Thera-class WarShip)

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This article is about the carrier. For the planetary system, see Delos.
Delos
Delos (Vessel).jpg
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassThera

History[edit]

The Thera-class carrier FWLS (later: RPS) Delos was under construction in 3067 and was due to enter service in 3068, at which point she would become the fifth vessel in her class to enter service, following the earlier FWLS Santorini, FWLS Sardis, FWLS Corinth, and FWLS Delphi. Also constructed over the same period of time were a pair of Eagle-class frigates intended to serve as escorts for the Delos, the FWLS Bors, and FWLS Kay.[1]

Two of the sister ships to the Delos, the FWLS Corinth and FWLS Sardis, were suborned by the Word of Blake during the Jihad along with a number of escort ships; while the Delos escaped being captured or controlled by the Blakists, one of her escort vessels, the Bors, was taken and was subsequently destroyed while fighting for the Blakists in the Benjamin system in 3072.[2]

With the Free Worlds League fragmenting, the Delos entered the service of Principality of Regulus[3] as the RPS Delos and led the Regulan Task Force responsible for the cobalt-laced nuclear weapon destruction of the worlds of Poulsbo[4] and Circinus.[5]

Notes[edit]

  • As of 3145 it was falsely reported that the Delos remained stranded in orbit over Oriente. The ship in question was actually the FWLS Santorini, as clarified by official errata.[6]
  • In March 3148, the Delos was again mentioned to be stationed in the Oriente system. A bomb destroyed the Halas family palace and aerospace fighters from the FWLS Delos intercepted DropShips in orbit. They disabled one DropShip that tried to run their screen; a boarding party from the Delos found a man who placed the bomb.[7] Context and the aforementioned errata suggest that this, too, may have been the Santorini and not the Delos.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"
  2. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128: "Captured Ships"
  3. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 6
  4. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 22–23: "Only Way To Be Sure"
  5. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 23: "On This Day, It Ends In Fire"
  6. ↑ According to official errata for Field Manual: 3145, "As there has been some confusion and contradictory errata statements, the stranded WarShip is the Santorini and it remains above Oriente. All references to the Delos should be omitted."
  7. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 52

Bibliography[edit]

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