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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the following storylines: FreeSpace 2, Second Front, Artifice, and campaigns under development.
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Second Front Continuity
Canon events are highlighted in red and provided for reference. (Dates for canon events are not themselves canon within FreeSpace 2, but they are assumed to be correct for the Second Front continuity.)
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 numerous corvettes and 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.
Commodore Daniel Bast
Early Life and Career
Daniel Bast was born in the first planetary colony on Delta Serpentis II in 2317. Though the colony's infrastructure had been quite well developed in the years since its establishment, Daniel's parents felt that Earth or one of the other colonies in Sol would provide a better environment for raising a child. The Bast family returned to Earth in January, 2321. Daniel was enrolled in the public education system in the Western Eurasian Bloc.
The shivans appeared in Ross 128 late in Daniel's final semester in the public education system. Immediately upon graduation, he volunteered for service in the Galactic Terran Alliance's fleet. This led to him being transferred to a training facility in Delta Serpentis a mere month prior to the collapse of the Sol jump node. Bast was still in pilot training by the end of the Great War and saw no action during the conflict.
During the Galactic Terran Intelligence rebellion, Bast found himself serving well away from any major battles, guarding convoys and installations in Ikeya for the duration of the conflict.
In 2336, during the subsequent fracturing of the Galactic Terran Alliance, Bast found himself under the command of the Antares Federation. Bast was highly critical of the Federation's government for complacently allowing the GTA to break up, citing that a divided terran military would be less capable of defending the species, should the vasudans elect to reignite old hostilities. Despite what he felt about his orders, Bast was obedient when ordered into skirmishes with the other regional blocs. It was during the nine years, prior to the founding of the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance, that Bast was able to distinguish himself as a pilot and commander, permitting him rapid advancement though the military hierarchy.
Galactic Terran-Vasudan Intelligence
Since the Antares Federation controlled Beta Aquilae, while the BETAC treaty was being negotiated, they had a measure of political leverage that the Vasudan Empire and other terran power blocs did not enjoy. Relevant to Bast, the Federation's government was able to unilaterally propose and approve of changes to the military structure of each terran faction, ostensibly in order to speed the compilation of the four fleets. This power included the ability to choose what officers would remain in service to the GTVA military, as overlapping positions were eliminated.
Not only was Bast guaranteed a position in the GTVA military, his generally careerist behavior during the early Reconstruction Period earned him the opportunity to choose a low-level command position to take in the unified military structure. The intelligence field fascinated Bast, as it seemed to him like the only arm of military command where he would be doing more than overseeing the same straightforward operations that he had been a part of for over two decades.
After fourteen years of war and another twenty of uneasy coexistence, a significant minority of the terran population and the military, in particular, disapproved of an alliance with the vasudans. Between 2358 and 2365, Bast was assigned to half a dozen major covert operations to undermine factions of the disaffected before they could coalesce into threatening political or military force.
When Admiral Aken Bosch led most of the GTVA's Polaris fleet into rebellion, it came as a shock to most of the GTVI. Given their success in dismantling other dissident groups before they could gather any strength, the GTVI leadership was amazed that something so large had managed to evade their attention long enough to develop into such a substantial movement. Not knowing the true extent of the Neo-Terran Front and concerned with the possibility of double-agents remaining in the GTVA fleet and systems beyond Polaris, the GTVI reassigned many of its most loyal command officers. Bast was caught in this redistribution of loyal officers and placed in charge of special operations in Aldebaran.
Special Operations in Altair
Bast's stay in Aldebaran was uneventful, until November, 2367, when the shivans opened a second front in their incursion into GTVA space. The Altair provisional government, unable to deal with a shivan offensive with the few warships at its disposal, requested support from Special Operations Command in Aldebaran. Commodore Bast was relocated to Altair and assigned to take control of all operations in the system, until the system was secure.
Commodore Bast exploited the open-ended wording of his orders to declare martial law during this crisis and effectively usurp power from the Altair provisional government. Bast's intention was not open rebellion, but the return of the shivans shook Bast to the core. His hope was to use his influence and resources in Altair to study the tactics and strategy of the shivans during their second incursion, in hopes of discovering a better means of defending against them, should they return a third time.
Bast's exploration of shivan capabilities was expanded in March, 2368, when a largely undamaged shivan cruiser was recovered, apparently abandoned after the attack on Altair failed. He urged GTVA command to aggressively study the cruiser with the aim of directly integrating shivan technology into the GTVA fleet. These proposals were repeatedly rejected, citing that existing precedent, with regard to shivan technology, was to derive new terran/vasudan technology, based on reverse-engineering studies of shivan devices. Direct integration or duplication of shivan devices in the GTVA fleet was out of the question, in the words of the Security Council.
Altair Insurgency
In late 2368, Commodore Bast began an operation that he hoped would demonstrate the value of hybrid shivan-terran and shivan-vasudan technology. It was his belief that a small but significant number of shivan vessels were left in a hibernating state throughout GTVA space after the core of the shivans' Great War fleet was destroyed. His plan was to surreptitiously take control of the central communication node of the Alliance, on Delta Serpentis II, in order to send a 'wake up' signal to these hibernating shivan vessels. To deal with this small, manageable threat, he would order the Altair fleet to deploy the GTD Galen, retrofitted with a wide range of shivan technology.
Unfortunately for this plan, the cruiser he ordered deployed for this purpose suffered from technical troubles in Alpha Centauri, and the transport it escorted was captured by local criminals. Dissatisfied with how easily this plan was foiled, Bast opted for the more direct approach of deploying the entire Altair fleet to capture the communication node on Delta Serpentis II. By utilizing the de facto communications blackout in Altair, Bast convinced the military personnel under him that the alliance was facing a widespread rebellion.
Bast's intention during his offensive was to blackout communications in each system the fleet passed through, while avoiding heavily defended areas. This plan failed, first in Aldebaran, when the elements of the Aldebaran fleet individually intercepted the Altair fleet and had to be destroyed. More spectacularly, the Altair fleet faced a blockade just inside Alpha Centauri, at which point, Bast realized that it was going to be impossible to spend the time in each system necessary to deploy communication jamming equipment, without facing counterattack. Though the goal remained the same, the nature of Bast's campaign changed. The Altair fleet proceeded to charge, at top speed, toward Delta Serpentis, destroying whatever stood in its way.
The Altair fleet's offensive was stopped just a few thousand kilometers from the surface of Delta Serpentis II, where Bast's command ship, the GTD Galen, was critically damaged and forced to retreat.
Post-Insurgency
The Galen was last sighted in Ross 128, retreating from the Delta Serpentis jump node. It is unclear if Commodore Bast survived the final assault on the destroyer. In any case, contact with the Galen was lost in Ross 128, and by 2373, ongoing search operations had yet to pick up the destroyer's trail.
Internal Evolution of the GTVA
In 2367, the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance stopped a pair of shivan attacks. At the end of the Great War, it was thought that the shivans had been destroyed, and would not be seen again. Their return in Gamma Draconis and Altair was, in itself, a disturbing surprise. Coupled with the undisputable defeat, measured by the loss of two star systems, over two-hundred-and-fifty million civilian lives, and massive materiel losses to every system's fleet, there was an understandable level of concern among the upper eschelons of the GTVA military authority.
The shivans demonstrated that they were capable of military production beyond the wildest dreams of the terrans or vasudans. A simple, extreme, and apparent solution became the goal of Allied military forces. They would seal jump nodes leading to uncharted star systems, find new jump nodes, and seal them as well. Unfortunately, the destruction of a jump node required large and expensive explosive devices, and seeking out new jump nodes would require numerous ships equipped with similarly expensive sensor equipment. With criminal organizations and Neo-Terran Front holdouts exploiting the weakened GTVA fleet, resources never materialized. Threats from within were simply more immediate than external threats, and so node-sealing operations were placed on the backburner.
Only about a year after the shivan incursions into Capella and Altair, the Alliance's troubles were compounded. With little apparent reason, the entire Altair fleet, under the direction of Commodore Daniel Bast, carved a path of destruction through systems from Aldebaran to Delta Serpentis. In the Altair fleet's wake was more than just a string of corpses and debris, but a power vacuum in three systems and a further-weakened GTVA fleet. Both of these factors further increased the relative strength of bandit and renegade factions.
Given the constant state of military conflict, the constituent states of the GTVA came to concensus that their defense was being compromised in some capacity by the decentralized nature of the civilian government. Planetary and system governments began turning over more and more authority to the GTVA General Assembly between 2369 and 2372. Though the General Assembly had more power handed to it, it made no radical changes, until April, 2372.
On April 1, 2372, the GTVA Security Council authorized the first new ship classes since the loss of Capella. They further called for a comprehensive upgrade of aging point-defense systems used in existing warships. The General Assembly concurred that these changes were necessary, but did not see how the introduction of new ship and weapon production lines could be possible in the so-called 'post-Capella' economy. There was little profit to be made building weapon systems for an indebted government using an increasingly worthless currency. The General Assembly set out to purchase, or failing reasonable offers, commandeer manufacturing centers and resource extraction facilities.
Almost overnight, the GTVA transitioned from a largely free-market economy to a state-controled economy. Within the military realm, this change proved a resounding success. In under a year, upgraded point-defenses had been installed in over sixty percent of warships and installations in the GTVA, and production of the redesigned GTCv Iceni-class corvette had begun.
Coalition for Free and Open Trade
As the GTVA General Assembly was given more and more governing power between 2369 and 2372, they hesitated in making any major changes to the government's status quo. There was a fear that any kind of major change brought about by the newly-centralized government would come with major backlash, which would increase the risk of providing bandit factions a single cause to unify around. When dramatic change was deemed necessary in mid-2372, those risks were realized, albeit not as was widely accepted.
In Ross 128, during the economic reformation, military units, sympathetic to local labor organizations, defected to existing bandit groups, and reorganized them into a new faction. This marked the beginning of the Coalition for Free and Open Trade, a capitalist bandit faction, though it was not where they set themselves apart from other bandit organizations.
As with most all other bandit organizations, the Coalition fought its war against the GTVA at the same time as it competed with other bandit factions for resources and piracy territory. This only began to change in October, 2372, when the Coalition began signing non-aggression pacts and resource-sharing treaties with other factions. Though this was only a tiny step toward unifying bandit groups galaxy-wide, these diplomatic inroads allowed the Coalition to become the dominant bandit faction in Ross 128.
Though dominant, by February, 2373 the Coalition was still not the sole faction in Ross 128, opposed to the GTVA. In their first overture for actual unification, rather than making their individual agenda the impetus for unification, as other bandit groups had, they made opposition to the GTVA the idea behind unification. The core of the message that Coalition diplomats delivered was that a new governing system could be decided upon after the existing GTVA government is overturned.
The message met with success. On February 9, remaining bandit factions within Ross 128 merged with the Coaltion. The unified Coaltion launched its first operation that day, attempting to capture cruisers in the region around the GTI Good Hope. This operation ultimately culminated in a direct attack on the Good Hope and the capture of the GTCv Boston, one of the first of the redesigned Iceni-class corvettes. Though the station survived, and the Boston was recaptured, the attack demonstrated the threat that a unified bandit faction could pose and gained the Coalition some level of renown among bandit groups across the whole of GTVA space.
Coupling the de-emphasis of their capitalist message with more demonstrations of their capabilities within Ross 128, the Coalition began rapidly absorbing additional bandit factions in numerous star systems. By September, 2373, the only systems without a Coalition presence were Altair, Aldebaran, and Alpha Centauri, though the dominant factions within each of these systems carried large numbers of Coalition-sympathizers. In early 2374, internal pressures within these factions began to sway them toward finally joining the Coalition.
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
- Tables ordered from most recent events to oldest.
- Status
- Status indicated represents the ship's status at the end of that particular campaign.
- 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.
Battle of Good Hope
| Ship Name | Ship Class | Status | Serving System | Faction | Role and Major Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | GVG Anuket | Destroyed | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Boston | GTCv Iceni | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Captured by Coalition forces and recaptured by GTVA forces shortly thereafter. |
| Caligula | GTT Elysium | Operational (?) | Ross 128 | CFOT | Carried Coalition capture teams to the GTCv Boston. |
| Eclipse | GTT Elysium | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Recaptured a Coalition freighter in the Battle of Good Hope. |
| Good Hope | GTI Arcadia | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Major shipyard in Ross 128. Came under massive attack as Ross 128 bandit factions began to unite under the Coalition for Free and Open Trade. |
| Hubertus | GTM Hippocrates | Destroyed (?) | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Ionia | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Kelsan | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Ross 128 | GTVA | One of three cruisers assigned to defend the GTI Good Hope. Destroyed during the defense of Good Hope. |
| Lydia | GTC Fenris | Destroyed | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Naxos | GTCv Deimos | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Deployed to the GTI Good Hope to reinforce defending vessels. |
| Nefaarud | GVD Typhon | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Deployed to the GTI Good Hope to reinforce defending vessels. |
| Prudhoe | GTG Zephyrus | Destroyed | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Serendipity | GTC Fenris | Destroyed | Ross 128 | CFOT | Involved in direct attack on the GTI Good Hope. |
| Seshat | GVA Setekh | Operational | Ross 128 | GTVA | Deployed as part of the ongoing search operation to find the GTD Galen. Withdrawn for repairs at the onset of the Battle of Good Hope. |
| Tsar | GTC Aeolus | Destroyed | Ross 128 | GTVA | Deployed as part of the ongoing search operation to find the GTD Galen. Served in all parts of the Battle of Good Hope, including the defense of the station and the recovery of the GTCv Boston. |
| Zeppelin | GTFr Triton | Operational | Ross 128 | CFOT | Deployed in a quickly-aborted attempt to capture the GTC Tsar at the onset of the Battle of Good Hope. |
Altair Insurgency
| Ship Name | Ship Class | Status | Serving System | Faction | Role and Major Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | GTC Aeolus | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Attacked rival bandits vying for control of GTI Chimera. |
| Avid | GTFr Triton | Operational | Multiple | Private Owner | Incidental involvement in a battle near the GTI Chicago. |
| Baltoris | GVFr Bes | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | Local Bandits | Attempted to steal cargo from GTVA forces in Alpha Centauri. |
| Battilus | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Multiple | GTVA | Delivered Mjolnir beam platforms from Vasuda to Beta Aquilae to slow the insurgent fleet. |
| Belmar | GTI Ganymede | Operational (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Renegade staging ground attacked by GTVA bombers. |
| Benedicta | GTT Argo | Operational (?) | Aldebaran | GTVA | Evacuated personnel from Aldebaran. |
| Bilbeis | GVD Hatshepsut | Operational | Delta Serpentis | GTVA | Defended Delta Serpentis against the GTD Galen. |
| Cambria | GTT Argo | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Carried marines intended to attack the GTVA capitol in Delta Serpentis. |
| Chicago | GTI Arcadia | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Responsible for security of the Aldebaran jump node in Alpha Centauri. Destroyed by the Altair fleet early in the Altair Insurgency. |
| Chieftain | GTFr Poseidon | Operational (?) | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Removed a large bomb from the GTI Chicago's cargo depot. |
| Chimera | GTI Celestia | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Primary GTVA outpost in Altair. Focal point of conflict between local bandit factions in Altair after being abandoned. |
| Colt | GTFr Poseidon | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Attempted a suicide-bombing against the GTI Chicago. |
| Corsair | GTC Fenris | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
| Cygnet | GTT Argo | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Carried marines intended to attack the GTVA capitol in Delta Serpentis. |
| Esso | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Multiple | GTVA | Delivered Mjolnir beam platforms from Vasuda to Beta Aquilae to slow the Altair fleet. |
| Faiyum | GVCv Sobek | Operational (?) | Beta Aquilae | GTVA | Attacked and destroyed the GTCv Lonestar and GVCv Thutmose. |
| Firestorm | GTC Aeolus | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Fell under bandit attack in Alpha Centauri, just prior to the Altair Insurgency. Destroyed by GTVA forces in an operation near the Delta Serpentis-Beta Aquilae jump node. |
| Frantic | GVFr Bes | Operational (?) | Multiple | Local Bandits | Attacked by renegade forces near the Aldebaran jump node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Galen | GTD Orion | Missing | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Flagship of the Altair fleet. Led the Altair Insurgency and played a large part in the destruction of the GTVA fleets in Aldebaran and Alpha Centauri and numerous other vessels en route to Delta Serpentis. After a major engagement in Delta Serpentis, disappeared into Ross 128. |
| George Smeed | GTT Argo | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Carried marines intended to attack the GTVA capitol in Delta Serpentis. |
| Haruspex | GTCv Deimos | Destroyed | Aldebaran | GTVA | Only military vessel from the Aldebaran fleet to reach Alpha Centauri during the Altair Insurgency. Suffered a catastrophic hull failure shortly after entering Alpha Centauri. |
| Hedetet | GVD Typhon | Operational (?) | Beta Aquilae | GTVA | Assisted in an attempt to stop the GTD Galen from reaching the Delta Serpentis jump node in Beta Aquilae. |
| Helena | GVT Satis | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Attacked rival bandits vying for control of GTI Chimera. |
| Hella Fos | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Multiple | GTVA | Delivered Mjolnir beam platforms from Vasuda to Beta Aquilae to slow the Altair fleet. |
| Hellcat | GTC Fenris | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
| Hurricane | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Ironsides | GTT Argo | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Carried marines intended to attack the GTVA capitol in Delta Serpentis. |
| Kharga | GVC Mentu | Destroyed | Beta Aquilae | GTVA | Attacked by the GTCv Lonestar and GVCv Thutmose. |
| Kinetic | GTFr Poseidon | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | Local Bandits | Attempted to steal cargo from GTVA forces in Alpha Centauri. |
| Labre | GTM Hippocrates | Operational (?) | Aldebaran | GTVA | Evacuated personnel from Aldebaran. |
| Lawrence | GTT Elysium | Operational | Multiple | GTVA | Part of a Special Operations reconnaissance unit that passed through Aldebaran and Altair, after the Altair fleet left the two systems. |
| Lederman | GTSC Faustus | Operational | Multiple | GTVA | Part of a Special Operations reconnaissance unit that passed through Aldebaran and Altair, after the Altair fleet left the two systems. |
| Lonestar | GTCv Deimos | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Destroyed by GTVA forces in Beta Aquilae. |
| Magnitude | GTFr Triton | Operational | Multiple | Private Owner | Incidental involvement in a battle near the GTI Chicago. |
| Memnon | GVT Satis | Operational | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Recovered the GTC Firestorm from Alpha Centauri just prior to the Altair Insurgency. |
| Meteor | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Mirage | GTC Mentu | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Destroyed by GTVA forces in an operation near the Delta Serpentis-Beta Aquilae jump node. |
| Mustang | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Ambushed the GTC Spitfire on its approach to Alpha Centauri III. Later attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
| Nevis | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Multiple | GTVA | Delivered Mjolnir beam platforms from Vasuda to Beta Aquilae to slow the Altair fleet. |
| Odysseus | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Attacked rival bandits vying for control of GTI Chimera. |
| Ohio | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Destroyed in Antares, during the Altair Insurgency. |
| Omaha | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Destroyed in Antares, during the Altair Insurgency. |
| Orestes | GTC Fenris | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Attacked rival bandits vying for control of GTI Chimera. |
| Palamedes | GVG Anuket | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Attacked rival bandits vying for control of GTI Chimera. |
| Phoenicia | GTD Hecate | Operational | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Flagship of the Alpha Centauri fleet, prior to the Altair Insurgency. Led most critical operations against the Altair insurgents, up to the final assault on the GTD Galen in Delta Serpentis. |
| Portcullis | GTD Orion | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Putnam | GTFr Triton | Destroyed (?) | Multiple | NTF Remnant | Attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
| Raneb | GVCv Sobek | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Ranger | GTFr Poseidon | Operational | Multiple | Private Owner | Incidental involvement in a battle near the GTI Chicago. |
| Serket | GVCv Sobek | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Sorkal | GVFr Ma’at | Operational | Multiple | Private Owner | Incidental involvement in a battle near the GTI Chicago. |
| Spitfire | GTC Fenris | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Led the assault against NTF remnants based on Alpha Centauri III. Shortly thereafter, placed on the blockade of the Aldebaran jump node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Telephim | GVFr Bes | Operational | Multiple | Private Owner | Incidental involvement in a battle near the GTI Chicago. |
| Thebes | GVCv Sobek | Destroyed | Vasuda | GTVA | Outmaneuvered by the Altair fleet, shortly after its entry into Vasuda. |
| Thunderbolt | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Attacked the GTC Firestorm in Alpha Centauri, during a recovery operation. Later attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
| Thutmose | GVCv Sobek | Destroyed | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Destroyed by GTVA forces in Beta Aquilae. |
| Torro | GTT Argo | Operational (?) | Alpha Centauri | Local Bandits | Attempted to capture civilian shipping vessels operating near the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Troy | GVC Aten | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Local Bandits | Stolen from an Altair scrapyard and used to vie for control of the GTI Chimera. |
| Tura | GVC Mentu | Destroyed | Alpha Centauri | GTVA | Blockaded the Aldebaran node in Alpha Centauri. |
| Xanos | GTT Elysium | Destroyed (?) | Altair | Altair Insurgency | Carried repair teams to the GTCv Lonestar, after the corvette was disabled in Beta Aquilae. |
| Zed | GTT Argo | Destroyed (?) | Alpha Centauri | NTF Remnant | Attacked by GTVA bombers at the RTI Belmar. |
Second Shivan Incursion (Altair)
| Ship Name | Ship Class | Status | Serving System | Faction | Role and Major Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Argoth | GVT Satis | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Carried repair crews to the GVC Mirage. |
| Athena | GTSC Faustus | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Monitored the collapse of one jump node beyond Altair. |
| Capital | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Carried a meson bomb to collapse a jump node in the system beyond Altair. |
| Chimera | GTI Celestia | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Primary GTVA outpost in Altair. The station became the last line of defense against the shivans. |
| Coal | SC Cain | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Destiny | SD Ravana | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | One of the ships leading the shivan attack on Altair. |
| Detonation | SD Lucifer | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | One of the ships leading the shivan attack on Altair. |
| Diamond | SC Cain | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Electrode | GTSC Faustus | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Monitored the collapse of one jump node beyond Altair. |
| Expedience | GTS Hygeia | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Captured a shivan bomber during an operation to seal jump nodes in the system beyond Altair. |
| Falcon | GTG Zephyrus | Destroyed | Exploration Fleet | GTVA | Attempted to run the blockade of the Altair jump node. |
| Firestorm | GTC Aeolus | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Led an operation to seal jump nodes in the system beyond Altair. Served on the line at the GTI Chimera. |
| Galen | GTD Orion | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Flagship of the Altair fleet. Deployed to Capella but was turned back after the star was destroyed. Secured the system beyond Altair after shivan control of that system was broken. |
| Ghoul | GTFr Triton | Destroyed | Exploration Fleet | GTVA | Destroyed at the onset of the shivan incursion in Altair. |
| Golem | GTM Hippocrates | Destroyed | Exploration Fleet | GTVA | Destroyed at the onset of the shivan incursion in Altair. |
| Granite | SC Cain | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Guardian | SC Rakshasa | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Escorted the SD Destiny into position near the Altair jump node. |
| Hydra | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Altair | Private Owner | Carried a meson bomb to collapse a jump node in the system beyond Altair. |
| Lead | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Lonestar | GTCv Deimos | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Led an operation to seal jump nodes in the system beyond Altair. Served on the line at the GTI Chimera. |
| Mirage | GTC Mentu | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Deployed to Capella but was turned back after the star was destroyed. Secured the system beyond Altair after shivan control of that system was broken. |
| Moridor | SC Cain | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Sent to interfere with node-collapsing operations in the system beyond Altair. |
| Mortu | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Sent to interfere with node-collapsing operations in the system beyond Altair. |
| Nova | SC Lilith | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Sent to interfere with node-collapsing operations in the system beyond Altair. |
| Ohio | GTC Leviathan | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Served on the line at the GTI Chimera. |
| Omaha | GTC Leviathan | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Blockaded the Altair node against the exploration fleet, prior to the shivan incursion into Altair. Served on the line at the GTI Chimera. |
| Platinum | SC Cain | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Razor | SC Rakshasa | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Sent to interfere with node-collapsing operations in the system beyond Altair. |
| Relinquish | SD Ravana | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | One of the ships leading the shivan attack on Altair. |
| Retorphim | SC Cain | Captured | -- | Shivan Forces | Abandoned by the shivans during their attack on Altair and subsequently captured by GTVA and Special Operations forces. |
| Silver | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of the support fleet attacking Altair. |
| Sly | SFr Dis | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Attacked during a mop-up operation in the system beyond Altair. |
| Spectre | GTSC Faustus | Destroyed | Exploration Fleet | GTVA | Destroyed at the onset of the shivan incursion in Altair. |
| Swiftwind | GTT Elysium | Operational | Altair | GTVA | Carried capture teams to the SC Retorphim. |
| Thesius | SCv Eris | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | First shivan vessel spotted in the system beyond Altair. Destroyed the exploration fleet and later fell under attack by GTVA bombers. |
| Thutmose | GVCv Sobek | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Served on the line at the GTI Chimera. |
| Titan | GTFr Triton | Operational (?) | Altair | Private Owner | Carried a meson bomb to collapse a jump node in the system beyond Altair. |
| Torment | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Attacked by GTVA bombers just beyond the Altair node. |
| Troy | GVC Aten | Operational (?) | Altair | GTVA | Recovered from a scrapyard for use in an attack against the shivan fleet in Altair, then re-mothballed. |
| Wind | GTA Charybdis | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Part of a suicide attack against the smaller shivan warships sent to attack Altair. |
Second Shivan Incursion (Capella)
| Ship Name | Ship Class | Status | Serving System | Faction | Role and Major Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo | GTC Leviathan | Operational (?) | Displaced (Capella) | GTVA | Sortied to defend the GVD Koreth in Gamma Draconis. |
| Alexandria | GTC Aeolus | Operational (?) | Displaced (Capella) | GTVA | Engaged shivan forces leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Armor | GVT Satis | Operational (?) | Displaced (Capella) | GTVA | Carried repair crews to the GVD Koreth. |
| Babylon | GTCv Deimos | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Destroyed while on assignment in Capella. |
| Cairo | GVD Hatshepsut | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Destroyed while on assignment in Capella. |
| Calypso | GVCv Sobek | Operational (?) | Displaced (Capella) | GTVA | Sortied to defend the GVD Koreth in Gamma Draconis. |
| Comar | SC Lilith | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Dormen | SD Demon | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Elexis | GVCv Sobek | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Destroyed while on assignment in Capella. |
| Elub | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Eris | SCv Eris | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Encountered and destroyed by a GTVA patrol in the nebular theater. |
| Ezor | SC Lilith | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Gore | SD Ravana | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Attacked the GVD Koreth in Gamma Draconis. |
| Koreth | GVD Hatshepsut | Operational (?) | Displaced (Capella) | GTVA | Aided the attack against the SJ Twilight in Gamma Draconis. |
| Krag | SC Lilith | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Reaper | GVA Setekh | Destroyed | Capella | GTVA | Part of a suicide attack against the SJ Twilight. |
| Reken | SC Rakshasa | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Renewal | GVC Mentu | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Destroyed while on assignment in Capella. |
| Selamf | SCv Moloch | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Tormet | SC Rakshasa | Destroyed | -- | Shivan Forces | Part of a task force leading the juggernaut fleet to Capella. |
| Whit | GTC Leviathan | Destroyed | Altair | GTVA | Destroyed while on assignment in Capella. |
