Minotaur (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)

History

The SLS Minotaur was under the command of Commander Theodore Rasmusen when the Minotaur and the accompanying Congress-class FSS Klingenthal were the subject of attacks by agents of the Taurian Concordat in the Panpour system during the Reunification War. Both vessels were attempting to block a trio of Taurian Pinto-class WarShips from being able to attack a troop convoy bound for Tentativa when the Klingenthal was suddenly disabled by an internal explosion and then destroyed shortly thereafter by the Taurian vessels.

Rasmusen believed that the sudden and unexplained explosion aboard the Klingenthal was the result of sabotage, and was forced to pursue the three Pintos rather than simply warning the troop convoy of the raiders due to damaged communications systems. As the Minotaur chased the raiders, personnel aboard the Minotaur identified a virus within the power net and control system software, and soon discover that Taurian saboteurs were aboard the Minotaur. The saboteurs evidently intended to sneak aboard the convoy flagship, but missed their opportunity due to the convoy departing earlier, and instead settled on plans to destroy the Klingenthal and Minotaur instead. Rasmusen and his crew were forced to battle the saboteaurs inside the Minotaur, as the saboteurs had hidden themselves within the engineering bay.

Bibliography

• The Theseus Knot (BattleCorps short story)