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Line 9: }} }} ==History== ==History== − The MCS '''''Athena''''' was the first ''Athena''-class cruiser, and it entered into service with the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in [[2569]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/><ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 14: "Naval Factor"</ref> The ''Athena'' was constructed by the [[Athena Corporation]] as the culmination of "Project Athena," the clandestine project to create the first domestically-produced Canopian WarShip.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> The [[Athena Corporation]] based the design of the ''Athena'' on early [[Terran Alliance]] designs for a [[WarShip]] of the same name, designs which the Alliance had created before the Terran government had any experience of deep space warfare. Those designs would later lead to the development of the ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class of heavy cruisers by the [[Terran Hegemony]] before lying fallow until they were revisited by the Magistracy.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', pp. 31–32: "Athena (Cruiser)"</ref> + The MCS '''''Athena''''' was the first ''Athena''-class cruiser, and it entered into service with the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in [[2569]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/><ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 14, "Naval Factor"</ref> The ''Athena'' was constructed by the [[Athena Corporation]] as the culmination of "Project Athena", the clandestine project to create the first domestically-produced Canopian WarShip.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> The [[Athena Corporation]] based the design of the ''Athena'' on early [[Terran Alliance]] designs for a [[WarShip]] of the same name, designs which the Alliance had created before the Terran government had any experience of deep space warfare. Those designs would later lead to the development of the ''[[Aegis]]''-class of heavy cruisers by the [[Terran Hegemony]] before lying fallow until they were revisited by the Magistracy.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 31-32, "Athena (Cruiser)"</ref> − The ''Athena's'' design was that of a vessel from a much earlier era, and as a consequence the MCS ''Athena'' lacked a K-F boom or docking collars; the designers had stuck closely to the original Terran Alliance design, and as a result the ''Athena'' was a ship intended to support ground assaults via orbital bombardment and to engage in nuclear space-to-space engagements.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> A sister ship to the ''Athena'', the [[Kossandra Centrella (Individual Athena-class WarShip)|MCS ''Kossandra Centrella'']], entered service after the ''Athena'' and both ships served in the Canopian navy during the [[Reunification War]], but the ''Athena'' and the ''Kossandra Centrella'' would be the only two ships of the ''Athena'' class to be built until the closing decades of the [[Star League]] era, two centuries later.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp5">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 5: "Strategic Update"</ref> + The ''Athena's'' design was that of a vessel from a much earlier era, and as a consequence the MCS ''Athena'' lacked a K-F boom or docking collars; the designers had stuck closely to the original Terran Alliance design, and as a result the ''Athena'' was a ship intended to support ground assaults via orbital bombardment and to engage in nuclear space-to-space engagements.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> A sister ship to the ''Athena'', the [[Kossandra Centrella (Individual Athena-class WarShip)|MCS ''Kossandra Centrella'']], entered service after the ''Athena'' and both ships served in the Canopian navy during the [[Reunification War]], but the ''Athena'' and the ''Kossandra Centrella'' would be the only two ships of the ''Athena'' class to be built until the closing decades of the [[Star League]] era, two centuries later.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp5">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 5, "Strategic Update"</ref> − Neither the ''Athena'' nor her sister ship survived the Reunification War, having either been destroyed or damaged beyond repair.<ref name="FR2765:Pp5"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4: "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> Most of the Canopian WarShip fleet was destroyed during the failed raid on the [[Star League Defense Force]] supply facilities in the [[Thurrock]] system in July [[2683]],<ref name="H:RWp102+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 102–103: "Thurrock (July 2683)"</ref> although a pair of Canopian corvettes had been destroyed during the invasion of [[Tetski]] in late [[2682]].<ref name="H:RWp101+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 101–102: "Tetski (September-November 2682)"</ref> It is likely that the ''Athena'' was one of the ships lost at Thurrock; however, although the battle at Thurrock accounted for the majority of the small Canopian WarShip fleet, the last two remaining Canopian WarShips to remain combat-worthy were known to have been active in the [[Canopus IV]] system when the SLDF invaded in March [[2684]], and the ''Athena'' may have been one of those two ships.<ref name="H:RWp103">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 103: "Canopus (March-April 2684)"</ref> + Neither the ''Athena'' nor her sister ship survived the Reunification War, having either been destroyed or damaged beyond repair.<ref name="FR2765:Pp5"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> Most of the Canopian WarShip fleet was destroyed during the failed raid on the [[Star League Defense Force]] supply facilities in the [[Thurrock]] system in July [[2683]],<ref name="H:RWp102+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102-103, "Thurrock (July 2683)"</ref>, although a pair of Canopian corvettes had been destroyed during the invasion of [[Tetski]] in late [[2682]].<ref name="H:RWp101+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101-102, "Tetski (September-November 2682)"</ref> It is likely that the ''Athena'' was one of the ships lost at Thurrock; however, although the battle at Thurrock accounted for the majority of the small Canopian WarShip fleet, the last two remaining Canopian WarShips to remain combat-worthy were known to have been active in the [[Canopus IV]] system when the SLDF invaded in March [[2684]], and the ''Athena'' may have been one of those two ships.<ref name="H:RWp103">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 103, "Canopus (March-April 2684)"</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 22:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The MCS '''''Athena''''' was the first ''Athena''-class cruiser, and it entered into service with the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in [[2569]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/><ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 14 | + | The MCS '''''Athena''''' was the first ''Athena''-class cruiser, and it entered into service with the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] in [[2569]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/><ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 14, "Naval Factor"</ref> The ''Athena'' was constructed by the [[Athena Corporation]] as the culmination of "Project Athena", the clandestine project to create the first domestically-produced Canopian WarShip.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> The [[Athena Corporation]] based the design of the ''Athena'' on early [[Terran Alliance]] designs for a [[WarShip]] of the same name, designs which the Alliance had created before the Terran government had any experience of deep space warfare. Those designs would later lead to the development of the ''[[Aegis]]''-class of heavy cruisers by the [[Terran Hegemony]] before lying fallow until they were revisited by the Magistracy.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 31-32, "Athena (Cruiser)"</ref> |
| − | The ''Athena's'' design was that of a vessel from a much earlier era, and as a consequence the MCS ''Athena'' lacked a K-F boom or docking collars; the designers had stuck closely to the original Terran Alliance design, and as a result the ''Athena'' was a ship intended to support ground assaults via orbital bombardment and to engage in nuclear space-to-space engagements.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> A sister ship to the ''Athena'', the [[Kossandra Centrella (Individual Athena-class WarShip)|MCS ''Kossandra Centrella'']], entered service after the ''Athena'' and both ships served in the Canopian navy during the [[Reunification War]], but the ''Athena'' and the ''Kossandra Centrella'' would be the only two ships of the ''Athena'' class to be built until the closing decades of the [[Star League]] era, two centuries later.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp5">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 5 | + | The ''Athena's'' design was that of a vessel from a much earlier era, and as a consequence the MCS ''Athena'' lacked a K-F boom or docking collars; the designers had stuck closely to the original Terran Alliance design, and as a result the ''Athena'' was a ship intended to support ground assaults via orbital bombardment and to engage in nuclear space-to-space engagements.<ref name="FR2765:Pp31+"/> A sister ship to the ''Athena'', the [[Kossandra Centrella (Individual Athena-class WarShip)|MCS ''Kossandra Centrella'']], entered service after the ''Athena'' and both ships served in the Canopian navy during the [[Reunification War]], but the ''Athena'' and the ''Kossandra Centrella'' would be the only two ships of the ''Athena'' class to be built until the closing decades of the [[Star League]] era, two centuries later.<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp5">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 5, "Strategic Update"</ref> |
| − | Neither the ''Athena'' nor her sister ship survived the Reunification War, having either been destroyed or damaged beyond repair.<ref name="FR2765:Pp5"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4 | + | Neither the ''Athena'' nor her sister ship survived the Reunification War, having either been destroyed or damaged beyond repair.<ref name="FR2765:Pp5"/><ref name="FR2765:Pp4">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"</ref> Most of the Canopian WarShip fleet was destroyed during the failed raid on the [[Star League Defense Force]] supply facilities in the [[Thurrock]] system in July [[2683]],<ref name="H:RWp102+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102-103, "Thurrock (July 2683)"</ref>, although a pair of Canopian corvettes had been destroyed during the invasion of [[Tetski]] in late [[2682]].<ref name="H:RWp101+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101-102, "Tetski (September-November 2682)"</ref> It is likely that the ''Athena'' was one of the ships lost at Thurrock; however, although the battle at Thurrock accounted for the majority of the small Canopian WarShip fleet, the last two remaining Canopian WarShips to remain combat-worthy were known to have been active in the [[Canopus IV]] system when the SLDF invaded in March [[2684]], and the ''Athena'' may have been one of those two ships.<ref name="H:RWp103">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 103, "Canopus (March-April 2684)"</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Strategic Operations]]'' | * ''[[Strategic Operations]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Cruisers]] | [[Category: Individual Cruisers]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Athena-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Athena-class WarShips]] | ||