Raiden (Individual Leviathan-class JumpShip)

History

The Raiden was a Leviathan-class JumpShip. During the McAllister Rebellion, it was tasked of moving the 2452nd Battalion of the 5th Galedon Regulars on Salford under Chu-sa Tokashio Hamata to Brailsford. However, the jump on 9 November 2510 failed and Raiden and its attached DropShips (at least seven Vulture-class vessels including the Hideyoshi Toyotomi) never materialized at their destination.

Unbeknownst to the rest of mankind, the Raiden had actually misjumped into the Kaetetôã system. It was wrecked in the process and had to be abandoned after a short time, but a number of its DropShips managed to land on the planet and would establish an isolated human civilization there.

After the Missjump, the JumpShip deployed accidentally his solar sail, and somehow adopted a stable orbit. 500 hundred years later, when JumpShip Telendine arrived in system, after suffering his own Missjump, they see the Raiden still in orbit, with the solar sail perfectly deployed. It must be noted than in the planet Kaetetoa the ship is seen as a star, and considered sacred by his human habitants.

Bibliography

• Far Country