Nicholas Spacecraft
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Nicholas Spacecraft | |
|---|---|
| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | Terran Hegemony |
| Headquarters | New Earth[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | Space Defense Systems |
Nicholas Spacecraft, also known as Nicholas Space Craft,[2] was a military supplier for the Terran Hegemony.
Overview[edit]
Nicholas Spacecraft was a manufacturer most well-known for producing the Bastion class of space defense stations.[3][4] Nicholas Spacecraft operated a significant shipyard known as the Apollo-Four complex in the New Earth system, located near the planet Tau Ceti V; when Stefan Amaris launched his takeover of the Terran Hegemony, Operation APOTHEOSIS, two Star League Defense Force flotillas in the New Earth system found themselves under attack by a squadron of Rim Worlds Republic WarShips. Eighteen SLDF WarShips fought twenty Republican WarShips in a naval battle within the system, with the SLDF forces consisting predominantly of a convoy escort group that had been preparing for a resupply mission to the Periphery under the command of Commodore Altran Serdamba, leading four destroyers and nine corvettes from his command ship, the Luxor-class cruiser SLS Van der Bergh; also in the system at the time was Vice Admiral Dmitrios Rummolo and his flagship, the Texas-class battleship SLS Wales, along with a squadron consisting of a Congress-class frigate and two Essex-class destroyers. Vice Admiral Rummolo was due to take command of the Ninth Fleet on promotion, and had only been in the system a few days when the Rim Worlds vessels arrived.[5]
The battle cost the SLDF eight WarShips, although they destroyed fourteen Republican WarShips before the Rim Worlds forces withdrew; Rummolo ordered Serdamba to take his surviving ships and the two surviving destroyers from Rummolo's group to the Tau Ceti V Lagrange point to defend the Apollo-Four shipyards, while Rummolo led fourteen military and civilian JumpShips out of the system to a secret SLDF facility later known as Freedom Station.[5] It is unclear if the Apollo-Four shipyards survived the Amaris Civil war.
Manufacturing[edit]
Nicholas Spacecraft had manufacturing centers in the following systems:
New Earth[edit]
| Components produced at New Earth:[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| DropShips | |
| Princess[2] | Civilian Luxury Liner |
| Space Stations | |
| Bastion[3] | Space Defense System |
References[edit]
- ↑ The Star League, p. 131: "Weapons Industries - Manufacturers"
- ↑ a b c Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 202: "Princess-class Luxury Liner"
- ↑ a b c Interstellar Operations, p. 117: "Modular Space Stations (Multiple Eras)"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057, p. 204
- ↑ a b Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 72: "Command of the Stars"