RWI Pegasus

The **RWI *Pegasus*** (X0X or 000), was a Daedalus-class Battleship belonging to the RWI (Red Wood Industries) Navy, and is the seventh canon Daedalus-class in the Colony Universe. Its primary role was to conduct black-ops missions and test experimental technology created by RWI's Science Division. The ship was commanded by Admiral Markus, and went missing sometime during or prior to the Green Drone War in 2733, but was later located and recovered by Admiral Jack Roberts and the crew of the RWI *Tigris* a few months after the war.

## History

### Creation

Sometime prior to the Green Drone War, the RWI *Pegasus* was constructed by RWI at the shipyards over Icarus, the capital world of RWI. Due to the secretive nature and role of the vessel, it is unknown when it was created exactly, as it is not numbered like the other Daedalus-class Battleships operated by RWI. It was constructed in order to carry out black-ops missions and other classified assignments, as well as to test experimental weapons and other technology being designed at the RWI Black Vault Research and Development Center. It was placed under the command of Admiral Markus.

### Missing in Action

Sometime prior to or during the Green Drone War, the *Pegasus* was declared missing in action by RWI Command due to an unknown reason, likely due to an early conflict with the Green Drone Armada (GDA). At some point, the *Pegasus* entered the Agaris System and crashed on Agaris. It is unknown what happened to Admiral Markus and the crew, but the ship was located by the United Colonies of Agaris (UCA), a loose ally of RWI.

### Operation: Chrysaor

After the Green Drone War was over, the UCA sent a cryptic message to RWI, informing them that the *Pegasus* could be found on Agaris and that they had information concerning its disappearance. Approximately seven to nine months after the *Pegasus*' disappearance, Operation: Chrysaor was launched in order to find the *Pegasus* and its crew, and if possible, return them to Icarus. Admiral Jack Roberts and a small crew were dispatched aboard the RWI *Tigris*, bearing experimental Defender-class Frigate MK.III prototype technology, to travel to Agaris and find the lost starship.

#### Early Encounters

Shortly after arriving in the Agaris System, the *Tigris* was ambushed by Reavers, autonomous pirate-like starships accidentally unleashed by Results-Oriented Sciences (ROS). Despite near-constant attacks, the *Tigris* crew landed on Agaris and set out in a Keep-class Mobile Base until they met up with UCA forces and RWI liaison officer Bashful, a former member of Roberts' crew, who temporarily joined them in their journey to find the *Pegasus* by providing them with information given by the UCA.

#### Recovering the Pegasus

Soon, the crew returned to the *Tigris* after defending a UCA settlement from ROS and Reaver attacks, and flew to the *Pegasus*' crash site on a nearby mountain overlooking a large lake. Upon investigating the vessel, they discovered most of the crew were either missing or dead, and Markus was nowhere to be found and any onboard information left was either corrupted or classified.

Over the next few days, the crew worked on repairing the *Pegasus* using salvage from destroyed Reavers taken out around the area. The UCA soon delivered some supplies to build a makeshift drydock around the *Pegasus* and Tier-4 Atmospheric Thrusters were temporarily bolted onto the sides to make leaving the atmosphere of Agaris possible. Despite the Reavers sending multiple ships to destroy them, the crew were successful in getting the *Pegasus* space-worthy again, although it was still quite damaged and was missing its FTL drive. Both the *Tigris* and the *Pegasus* escaped the system successfully, albeit heavily damaged, when a strike group of RWI Phoenix-class Assault Frigates led by Captain Malcolm Beckett arrived in system to escort them safely back to Icarus. The *Pegasus* then underwent a full repair job at Icarus' orbital shipyards, although the fate of Admiral Markus is still unknown.

## Continuity

The *Pegasus* technically first appeared in 'Space Engineers: Colony Wars' in early 2019. At the time, Admiral Markus was the leader of RWI and was on a mission to locate Jack Roberts and his group of Colonist Survivors in the P3-X2 System, although the *Pegasus* and its support fleet were destroyed by GDA Destroyers shortly before the Battle of the Colonies. These events have since been retconned, as there are several continuity issues with the Colony timeline:

* The *Pegasus*' designation is the 002, same as the RWI *Phantom*, which, according to Captain Jack, is canon to the Colony Universe and is said to have been the previous flagship of RWI (replaced by the RWI *Apollo*) before being destroyed.
* The *Pegasus* is also the same subtype of Daedalus-class as the RWI *Apollo* (004), RWI *Valiant* (005), and RWI *Zheng-He* (006), despite being numbered 002. This does not fit with the timeline of the evolution of the Daedalus-class, since the first MK.II Daedalus is the RWI *Apollo* (004) and the last of the MK.I subtype is the RWI *Osiris* (003). If the *Pegasus* were to be numbered 002, it should have been the same subtype as the *Osiris*, but it is not in 'Colony Wars.'
	+ In the intro of 'Space Engineers: Starship Lost' Episode 1, the *Pegasus* is listed as "007," meaning timeline-wise, it should have been constructed after the RWI *Zheng-He* (006), which was built near the end of the Green Drone War, despite the *Pegasus* being in service, according to the intro of Episode 1, at the beginning of the war. This was addressed and later revised by Captain Jack in his Discord server.
	+ These continuity errors was fixed by simply not giving the *Pegasus* a numerical designation (000 or X0X), which does make sense due to its specialized purpose.
* Admiral Markus is not the leader of RWI; it is Grand Admiral Adam Williams. In 'Space Engineers: Colony Lost' Episode 15, it is briefly mentioned by Commander Sam Reed that since Markus was KIA, Williams had become the new leader. Likewise, the *Pegasus* served as Markus' flagship. However, since the majority of the events regarding Markus and the *Pegasus* in 'Colony Wars' were retconned, it is most likely safe to say that these events are also incorrect.
* It was confirmed by Captain jack that he Pegasus is still being repaired at the time of colony alliances.