GTD Orestes

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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".