The Sri Lanka Incident

TTS Sri Lanka (FFG-122A) was a scout frigate belonging to Trinova Technologies that was lost during the opening battles of the Trinovan expansion into the LvD galaxies, and the center of a relatively newly-formed sun cult.
=== Backstory ===
The Sri Lanka incident, as it came to be known, occurred during a routine pacification operation by a Trinovan fleet into Dominion Prime space. The Sri Lanka, being the lead vessel of the UIS fleet (comprised of two Cascade class frigates, two Iroquois class corvettes, and one Aethi frigate) was designated as the first ship to make the jump to the Dominion homebase. Due to a combination of navigational error and the strategically defensible location of the Dominion Prime homebase, the vessel was lost inside of the system's parent star. The Sri Lanka released one final transmission as it emerged into realspace directly above the surface of the star: "PRAISE THE SUUUUUUUUUN"
No more transmissions were detected from the Sri Lanka and the ship was confirmed lost fifteen minutes later.
=== In Pop Culture ===
Mention of the Sri Lanka in bars and naval communities throughout Trinovan and UIS space will result in at least a few immediately present observers to respond with the rallying cry of the Cult of Sri Lanka: "PRAISE THE SUUUUUUUUUN!"; this rallying cry has been confirmed by cult leaders as the last known transmission of the Sri Lanka and is believed by cultists to be the captain's exclamation upon seeing firsthand the radiant paradise that resides inside of all stars.
=== The Cult of Sri Lanka ===
Sri Lankan cultists are an offshoot of the Solairian religion, which believes that stars are the source of all that is good and pure, and that paradise itself resides within the cores of stars. This religion accepts that stars are large fusion processes and many scientifically inclined members have attempted to validate the prevailing theory that the extreme conditions at a star's core are enough to open a dimensional gate to their believed paradise. Sri Lankan cultists reject this notion, instead claiming that each star is a gate to a higher dimensional paradise; this is confirmed, they claim, through the fact that all stars are aligned on a perfect three dimensional grid and are equally spaced from one another: This, they claim, can only be the work of an omnipotent Creator, who dispersed these gates into His realm equally so that all may have equal chance to enter.
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