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Second Front Continuity

Canon events are highlighted in red and provided for reference.


WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the following storylines: FreeSpace 2, Second Front, Artifice, and campaigns under development.



The Second Front story arc tracks the GTVA through a slow, seven-year decline in power, beginning with the Shivan Incursion of 2367. This decline culminates with a third and final shivan incursion, which proves to be the death knell of the Alliance.

Second Front

November 24, 2367: Massive evacuations of the densely-populated Capella system begin. Millions of refugees flood into Epsilon Pegasi and Vega.

November 26, 2367: SJ Twilight, a Sathanas-class juggernaut leading the fleet moving toward Capella, is destroyed in Gamma Draconis by an operation titled Project Roadblock.

November 26, 2367: An exploration convoy, seeking to reenter GTVA space through the Altair system is destroyed by shivan forces. Martial law declared in Altair.

November 27, 2367: The Altair fleet requests tactical support from SOC forces in Aldebaran. An SOC detachment, under the command of Commodore Daniel Bast, is sent to Altair to oversee and support operations against the shivans.

November 29, 2367: 80 Sathanas juggernauts surround the Capella sun and begin emitting quantum subspace pulses of increasing intensity. GTVA Colossus destroyed by a Sathanas-class juggernaut while defending the Capella-Gamma Draconis node.

November 29 and 30, 2367: All jump nodes in the system beyond Altair, except the Altair node itself, are collapsed by the Altair fleet and SOC forces.

November 30, 2367: GTD Nereid and GTD Bastion, packed with meson bombs, detonate inside the Vega-Capella and Epsilon Pegasi-Capella nodes. Sathanas juggernauts destabilize the Capella star, causing a supernova.

December 1, 2367: The bulk of the shivan force assaulting Altair, consisting of three destroyers, supported by three corvettes and four cruisers, is destroyed.

March 10, 2368: A derelict shivan cruiser in the system beyond Altair is recovered.

Interim Period

March 12, 2368: Mop-up operations complete in Altair and the system beyond. Martial law ends in Altair, but Commodore Bast places his own command authority above that of the Altair provisional government.

Artifice

November 24, 2368: The GTC Firestorm, deployed from Altair without authorization, enters Alpha Centauri and suffers a comprehensive system failure.

November 26, 2368: The Firestorm is recovered by the Alpha Centauri fleet and returned to Altair.

December 3, 2368: After destroying the Aldebaran fleet, the Altair fleet, led by its flagship the GTD Galen, enters Alpha Centauri and begins carving a path of destruction toward the GTVA capitol in Delta Serpentis.

December 17, 2368: The Galen, its support fleet destroyed, enters the Delta Serpentis system. In a battle against the GTD Phoenicia and GVD Bilbeis, the Galen is forced to withdraw. The destroyer subsequently disappears into Ross 128, where GTVA forces lose track of it.

Interim Period

April 1, 2372: The GTVA Security Council authorizes the design of production models of the Iceni-class corvette and Hades-class superdestroyer.

August 27, 2372: The Coalition for Free and Open Trade announces its existance in Ross 128. The GTVA makes no distinction between the Coalition and other bandit organizations throughout Allied space.

February 9 and 10, 2373: Battle of Good Hope. The GTCv Boston, the prototype Iceni, is captured by Coalition forces from the Good Hope shipyard and is subsequently recaptured by Allied forces. Despite the defeat, bandit groups in Ross 128 begin uniting under Coalition leadership.

March, 2373: Bandit groups beyond Ross 128 begin uniting under the Coalition.

September, 2373: Most bandit organizations either accept Coalition leadership or are eliminated. The chief exception is the group in power in Altair, Aldebaran, and Alpha Centauri, though significant elements of this organization are sympathetic to the Coalition and undermine the tenuous command structure.

Bounded

February 1, 2374: The GTD Galen is discovered derelict near the debris field of the GTI Riviera. During a recovery operation, a nearby shivan cruiser, previously powered down, fires upon the Galen, destroying it.

February 3, 2374: GTVA Command reinitiates the search for the jump node that shivan forces used to enter Ross 128 at the onset of the Great War. As additional shivan forces begin appearing in Ross 128, the GTD Liberator, the first of the redesigned Hades-class destroyers, sees its first combat sorties.

February 7, 2374: Epsilon Eridani node discovered in Ross 128. Shivan forces begin appearing in greater number and in other systems, including Luyten 726-8, Laramis, Ikeya, Mirfak, and Altair.

February 10, 2374: The defense of Allied space against the shivans deteriorates. GTVA Command cedes its authority to individual system authorities, issuing a final order to evacuate Allied space and flee the shivans.

Ship List

Includes all named ships appearing in the Second Front continuity, through the Battle of Good Hope, not including those appearing only in mission text.

Notes

  • A question-mark following a ship's status indicates that that is the ship's most likely status by the Battle of Good Hope, but the ship was not mission-critical, and therefore may have been destroyed or survived, contrary to the table's indication.
  • The 'Serving System' column indicates where the ship is normally stationed.
    • Exploration vessels serve beyond the confines of charted space.
    • Ships of the Capella fleet are noted as being displaced, as no assumption is made regarding their evacuation or loss during the Capella supernova.
  • Factions
    • 'Local bandits' refers to bandit factions within Altair, Aldebaran, and Alpha Centauri that do not join the Coalition for Free and Open Trade.
    • 'NTF Remnant' refers to renegade forces coalescing under the NTF banner, despite the absence of Bosch's leadership.
    • 'CFOT' indicates the Coalition for Free and Open Trade.
    • 'Shivan Forces' are assumed to be one faction, serving a singular purpose, despite attacking through multiple systems.

Ship Name Ship Class Status Serving System Faction
Ajax GTC Aeolus Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Alamo GTC Leviathan Operational (?) Displaced (Capella) GTVA
Alchemy SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Alexandria GTC Aeolus Operational (?) Displaced (Capella) GTVA
Argoth GVT Satis Operational Altair GTVA
Armor GVT Satis Operational (?) Displaced (Capella) GTVA
Athena GTSC Faustus Operational (?) Altair GTVA
Avid GTFr Triton Operational Multiple Private Owner
Baltoris GVFr Bes Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri Local Bandits
Battilus GTFr Triton Operational (?) Multiple GTVA
Belmar GTI Ganymede Operational (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Benedicta GTT Argo Operational (?) Aldebaran GTVA
Bilbeis GVD Hatshepsut Operational Delta Serpentis GTVA
Bolivar GVG Anuket Destroyed Ross 128 CFOT
Boston GTCv Iceni Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Caligula GTT Elysium Operational (?) Ross 128 CFOT
Calypso GVCv Sobek Operational (?) Displaced (Capella) GTVA
Cambria GTT Argo Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Capital GTFr Triton Operational (?) Altair GTVA
Chicago GTI Arcadia Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Chieftain GTFr Poseidon Operational (?) Alpha Centauri GTVA
Chimera GTI Celestia Operational (?) Altair GTVA
Coal SC Cain Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Colt GTFr Poseidon Destroyed Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Comar SC Lilith Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Corsair GTC Fenris Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Cygnet GTT Argo Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Destiny SD Ravana Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Detonation SD Lucifer Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Diamond SC Cain Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Dormen SD Demon Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Eclipse GTT Elysium Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Electrode GTSC Faustus Operational (?) Altair GTVA
Elub SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Esso GTFr Triton Operational (?) Multiple GTVA
Expedience GTS Hygeia Operational Altair GTVA
Ezor SC Lilith Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Faiyum GVCv Sobek Operational (?) Beta Aquilae GTVA
Falcon GTG Zephyrus Destroyed Exploration Fleet GTVA
Firestorm GTC Aeolus Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Frantic GVFr Bes Operational (?) Multiple Local Bandits
Galen GTD Orion Missing Altair Altair Insurgency
George Smeed GTT Argo Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Ghoul GTFr Triton Destroyed Exploration Fleet GTVA
Golem GTM Hippocrates Destroyed Exploration Fleet GTVA
Good Hope GTI Arcadia Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Gore SD Ravana Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Granite SC Cain Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Guardian SC Rakshasa Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Haruspex GTCv Deimos Destroyed Aldebaran GTVA
Hedetet GVD Typhon Operational (?) Beta Aquilae GTVA
Helena GVT Satis Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Hella Fos GTFr Triton Operational (?) Multiple GTVA
Hellcat GTC Fenris Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Hubertus GTM Hippocrates Destroyed (?) Ross 128 CFOT
Hurricane GTC Leviathan Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Hydra GTFr Triton Operational (?) Altair Private Owner
Ionia GTC Leviathan Destroyed Ross 128 CFOT
Ironsides GTT Argo Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Kelsan GTC Leviathan Destroyed Ross 128 GTVA
Kharga GVC Mentu Destroyed Beta Aquilae GTVA
Kinetic GTFr Poseidon Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri Local Bandits
Koreth GVD Hatshepsut Operational (?) Displaced (Capella) GTVA
Krag SC Lilith Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Labre GTM Hippocrates Operational (?) Aldebaran GTVA
Lawrence GTT Elysium Operational Multiple GTVA
Lead SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Lederman GTSC Faustus Operational Multiple GTVA
Lonestar GTCv Deimos Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Lydia GTC Fenris Destroyed Ross 128 CFOT
Magnitude GTFr Triton Operational Multiple Private Owner
Memnon GVT Satis Operational Altair Altair Insurgency
Meteor GTC Leviathan Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Mirage GTC Mentu Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Moridor SC Cain Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Mortu SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Mustang GTC Leviathan Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Naxos GTCv Deimos Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Nefaarud GVD Typhon Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Nevis GTFr Triton Operational (?) Multiple GTVA
Nova SC Lilith Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Odysseus GTC Leviathan Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Ohio GTC Leviathan Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Omaha GTC Leviathan Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Orestes GTC Fenris Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Palamedes GVG Anuket Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Phoenicia GTD Hecate Operational Alpha Centauri GTVA
Platinum SC Cain Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Portcullis GTD Orion Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Prudhoe GTG Zephyrus Destroyed Ross 128 CFOT
Putnam GTFr Triton Destroyed (?) Multiple NTF Remnant
Raneb GVCv Sobek Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Ranger GTFr Poseidon Operational Multiple Private Owner
Razor SC Rakshasa Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Reaper GVA Setekh Destroyed Capella GTVA
Reken SC Rakshasa Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Relinquish SD Ravana Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Retorphim SC Cain Captured -- Shivan Forces
Selamf SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Serendipity GTC Fenris Destroyed Ross 128 CFOT
Serket GVCv Sobek Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Seshat GVA Setekh Operational Ross 128 GTVA
Silver SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Sly SFr Dis Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Sorkal PVFr Ma’at Operational Multiple Private Owner
Spectre GTSC Faustus Destroyed Exploration Fleet GTVA
Spitfire GTC Fenris Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Swiftwind GTT Elysium Operational Altair GTVA
Telephim GVFr Bes Operational Multiple Private Owner
Thesius SCv Eris Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Thunderbolt GTC Leviathan Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Thutmose GVCv Sobek Destroyed Altair Altair Insurgency
Titan GTFr Triton Operational (?) Altair Private Owner
Torment SCv Moloch Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Tormet SC Rakshasa Destroyed -- Shivan Forces
Torro GTT Argo Operational (?) Alpha Centauri Local Bandits
Troy GVC Aten Destroyed (?) Altair Local Bandits
Tsar GTC Aeolus Destroyed Ross 128 GTVA
Tura GVC Mentu Destroyed Alpha Centauri GTVA
Wind GTA Charybdis Destroyed Altair GTVA
Xanos GTT Elysium Destroyed (?) Altair Altair Insurgency
Zed GTT Argo Destroyed (?) Alpha Centauri NTF Remnant
Zeppelin GTFr Triton Operational Ross 128 CFOT