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{{Unique ship|[[GTD Raynor|GTD ''Raynor'']]|[[Post-Capella|''Post-Capella'']]|[[Admiral Bei|''Admiral Bei'']](retired)|[[Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius|''Age of Aquarius'']]|''Survived [[Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius|''Age of Aquarius'']]|[[222nd Nightwolves|''222nd Nightwolves'']], other squadrons|Orestes}}
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| image     = [[Image:14thBG.jpg|420px]]
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| name      = GTD ''Orestes''
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| class    = [[GTD Erebus|GTD ''Erebus'']]
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| 1stapp    = [[Departure]] ([[Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius|''Age of Aquarius'']])
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| inservice = [[Post-Capella|''Post-Capella'']]
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| faction  = [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance]]
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| commander = Admiral Bei Wei Jian
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| fate      = Survived [[Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius|''Age of Aquarius'']]
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| squadrons = [[222nd Nightwolves|''222nd Nightwolves'']], other squadrons
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Flagship of the 14th Battlegroup, the ''Orestes'' is one of the finest [[GTD Raynor|''Raynor''-class]] destroyers serving the [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]] during the [[Post-Capella]] period. The ''Orestes'' led the task force sent to [[Sol]] after the successful reopening of the [[Destruction of the SD Lucifer|collapsed jump node]].
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Flagship of the 14th Battlegroup, the ''Orestes'' is one of the finest [[GTD Erebus|''Erebus''-class]] destroyers serving the [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]] during the [[Post-Capella]] period. The ''Orestes'' led the task force sent to [[Sol]] after the successful reopening of the [[Destruction of the SD Lucifer|collapsed jump node]].
  
 
==Name Origin==
 
==Name Origin==
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In Greek mythology, Orestes is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and is the subject of many myths centered around his madness and purification as a result of him killing his mother to avenge the death of Agamemnon at her hands eight years prior. The literal meaning of his name is "he who can conquer mountains".
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:13, 2 August 2016

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GTD Orestes
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Class: GTD Erebus
First Appearance: Departure (Age of Aquarius)
In Service: Post-Capella
Faction: Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance
Commander: Admiral Bei Wei Jian
Fate: Survived Age of Aquarius
Squadrons:

222nd Nightwolves, other squadrons


Flagship of the 14th Battlegroup, the Orestes is one of the finest Erebus-class destroyers serving the GTVA during the Post-Capella period. The Orestes led the task force sent to Sol after the successful reopening of the collapsed jump node.

Name Origin

In Greek mythology, Orestes is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and is the subject of many myths centered around his madness and purification as a result of him killing his mother to avenge the death of Agamemnon at her hands eight years prior. The literal meaning of his name is "he who can conquer mountains".