UNSC Kosciuszko

tThe UNSC Kosciuszko (hull code CBC-8) is a Valiant-class large cruiser in service with the . Laid down in the 2490s as a part of UNSC efforts to maintain a numerical and technological advantage over the , the Kosciuszko would serve through the Insurrection dutifully in an unremarkable service life. In the , the Kosciuszko would begin to earn honours and see a distinguished career, leading UNSC fleets in fleet actions and campaigns across the Outer Colonies, when it would finally be recalled to lead the UNSC's concerted efforts to defend and retain control of the colony world of Tirana. Serving in theatre for seven years, the Kosciuszko would be involved in the last actions of the war, before continuing to serve the UNSC post-war until the , where she would flee Cortana's reign with the rest of Task Force Buccaneer.
==Operational History==
===Construction and Trials, 2488-2495 ===
Laid down at Adelaide slipways on the 4th of January 2488, the first pieces of what would become the UNSC Kosciuszko were assembled. The eighth ship of the UNSC's newest build plan, the Valiant-class large cruiser, the Kosciuszko would have a relatively ordinary construction period, with manufacturing progressing relatively quickly upon the docks. Launched on the 5th of April 2493, the super-cruiser would spend a further sixteen months fitting out, commissioned into the UNSC fleet officially on the 9th of November 2494. It was here that the Kosciuszko would first fire her guns, in an accidental misfire of a M810 Helix point defence battery that would damage the neighbouring slipway and its occupant, the CMA Galicia. The ship would be delayed entry into frontline service for two weeks due to the incident, as the battery was replaced and any further adjustments to the point defence network were made.
Assigning Captain Haley Smirnova to command the cruiser, the Kosciuszko would undergo ship trials for two months, operating around the Sol System with the Live Wire. In these trials the Kosciuszko would perform in several flexibility tests ordered by UNSC NAVCOM, pertaining to the overall agility and possibility of Valiant-class large cruisers being outfitted with outboard manoeuvring thrusters to assist in quick movements and course corrections. Whilst the idea would be scrapped, the tests of the Kosciuszko would encourage the possibility of equipping the Valiant-class with emergency thrust boosters, which would be retrofitted onto all Valiant hulls in the late 2510s. 
===Insurrection Service, 2495-2525===
The Kosciuszko, after completing her trials, would be assigned to the UNSC Home Fleet as the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron. Leading UNSC heavy capital units such as other Valiants and Vanguard-class battleships, the Kosciuszko would serve in this capacity for five years, until she would be replaced in this role by the UNSC Vanguard herself. Reassigned to the Epsilon Eridani Fleet, she would act as the command vessel for the 2nd Carrier Division, an oddity due to the fact that the Kosciuszko was not a carrier. Nevertheless she would act in this role, with Captain Smirnova replaced with Zac Nguyen in 2501.
The Kosciuszko would see her first combat mission in 2505, when she would lead a task force to liberate the planet of Taberna, subjugated by a neo-fascist rebel group known as the National Front. The campaign would only take four days, as the group was destroyed and the miniscule naval presence of the National Front easily swatted away. Returning to Reach, the Kosciuszko would then assume the title of the flagship of the Epsilon Eridani Fleet for three months, until she was replaced in this role by the Punic-class supercarrier UNSC Jutland. Forming part of the 3rd Battle Squadron afterwards, the Kosciuszko would remain around Reach for another nine years, not seeing as much action as her other counterparts.
==Kosciuszko - Rex Regi Rebellis==
The history of the UNSC Kosciuszko remains unchanged, until the 11th of March 2554, when she is officially transferred to the Commonwealth of New South Wales' new, independent naval force as its flagship.
Category:Cruisers
Category:Human-Covenant War