User:BlueFlames
Contents
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 |
