1st Fleet

## Pre - Outlands

The First Expeditionary Fleet is a military organization originating from the initial three expeditionary fleets launched from Sol to colonize candidate systems approximately a century before the Outlands series, First having been sent to Pioneer. At some point, the First Fleet's gate closed and lost contact with Earth, causing a large percentage of the original fleet to dissolve, splinter, and decay. Currently, the First Fleet is a shell of its former self.

Most vessels constructed in the inner system's shipyards were still rooted IMDC 5th-generational philosophy but, following the Enfield Conflict and the Supremacy War, First Fleet design doctrines changed radically from the slow-moving, armored cruisers that characterized 5th-generation IMDC ships, to the more mobile and surgical doctrine many Pioneer navies used.

The loss of contact with Earth caused unrest amongst the colonists of The First Fleet. Unable to handle the humanitarian crisis, The Admiralty ordered the Fleet to exile a large group of convicts and undesirables to the outer system's asteroid belts and to isolate the inner system of Pioneer. This resulted in the formation of the Khans Enclave and provided the foundations for the Civilian Defense Force.

Infuriated with the corrupt and stubborn nature of the martial law of the First Fleet, an officer named "Rhodor" mutinied, stealing a Titan-class Battleship named *Ravager* and escaping to the outer system where he started Rhodor's Riders. During his escape, Rhodor and other members of his mutiny destroyed a Titan-class Battleship named *Iron Will*, which would later be rebuilt, and then destroyed again during the Enfield Conflict.

The First Fleet had already probed the outer system of Pioneer several times after the Khan exile to the point of even having connections with the admiralty of the CDF, likely to prepare for the Khan's Enclave.

## Outlands S1

The First Fleet's apathy towards outer system politics began to rapidly change when the Eternity's Advent first arrived in Pioneer. The CDF, likely due to ties with the First Fleet or distrust towards Captain Brock, maintained tight secrecy on the topic of the First Fleet. The only direct presences of the First Fleet's government were Captain Roberts of the IMDC Atlas, Two Strikes Silence, who was operating in the outer system under orders from the First Fleet Admiralty to establish a forward outpost, and Captain Rhodor, who had participated in a mutiny against The Fleet. Abandoned infrastructure of the First Fleet would occasionally be found by Captain Brock during the CDF-Rider conflict.

## Outlands S2

The advent of the Khan's Enclave upon the formation of the CDF-Rider coalition correlated with little to no First Fleet activity during the entire Belt War conflict. Aside from Captain Roberts, no known First Fleet assets were known to be operating in the outer system of Pioneer until the Belt War ended.

In response to the fall of the Civilian Defense Force during the Belt War, the 1st Fleet launched Task Force Deliverance into the outer system. Despite being launched early into the conflict, The First Fleet would not arrive until long after the conflict had ended and The Eternity's Advent had constructed a new gateway to Earth.

## Outlands S3

By the time The Eternity's Advent had constructed and destroyed a gateway back to Earth, Task Force Deliverance had established itself in former CDF territory with the Battlement Class *Bastille* to directly initiate contact with the powers of Pioneer's outer system. CDF Drydock Enfield, and Safina was claimed in this process. A Valkyrie Pioneer Company branch had been sent with Task Force Deliverance to stimulate the outer system's economy following the Belt War but was eliminated shortly after arrival before Deliverance had organized itself.

Following a disastrous conflict with The Phoenix Coalition after their raid of Drydock Enfield, Task Force Deliverance would co-found the Intersystem Union with the Confederated Pioneer Republic to fight the Supremacy War against the Pioneer Military Alliance. Though flaws with The First Fleet's Doctrine were apparent during the brief Enfield conflict, it was not until the Supremacy War that Task Force Deliverance began to adopt the strategies of the modern Pioneer navies.

Despite the major presence of the Pioneer Freedom Front during the Supremacy War, Task Force Deliverance would go on to be relatively uninvolved in the side conflict.

Following the end of The Supremacy War, Task Force Deliverance was left with the planet Safina as the only connection from the Outer to Inner Pioneer.

## Outlands S4

After the Supremacy War, The First Fleet Admiralty began to take a more active role in Pioneer, their behavior diverging from the isolationism that had been followed for decades prior. Mega Shipyard Justice had been re-activated as well as much of the mothballed navy.

To destabilize the Outer System, Admiral Gridley ordered the officers of Task Force Deliverance to activate Operation Brochet, a false flag operation that would detonate a bomb on a Rider trade station to start a war between the Riders and Khans United. Disgusted, Deliverance revolted, causing the Fleet to temporarily splinter for a second time. Along with TFD, Valkyrie Pioneer Company, The 'Disciples', and several other factions separated.

## Trivia

* The CDF Alysium is based on a 1st Fleet Cerberus that was left in the outer Pioneer system.
* The 1st Fleet was originally slated to appear in Season 1 of Outlands but was unable to due to a lack of players.
* The 1st Fleet was the first faction to lose a battleship in standard play.