RWI Eclipse

RWI Eclipse landing at The Black Vault

The **RWI Eclipse** is a modified one-of-a-kind science corvette belonging to Red Wood Industries. The *Eclipse* became the temporary flagship for Grand Admiral Jack Roberts after his previous flagship, the RWI *Phantom* was destroyed. Following its disappearance after the First Battle of Epsilon Base the Eclipse Class was created following the design of the *Eclipse*.

## History

### Getting DJ

Some time after the destruction of the RWI *Phantom*, Grand Admiral Roberts and Captain Ryan "Venom" Kazz used the *Eclipse* to pick up DJ, an experimental AI on the RWI Homeworld of Icarus. During a test they thought they failed to boot up the AI, it actually initialized.

### Epsilon

While stationed at a shipyard, Commander Sam Ryan receives a distress call from the RWI *Ethon*. Under the command of Jack Roberts, the ship went and investigated. Upon arrival at the ship, they found that it was attacked by an unknown enemy. Jack ordered a complete search and the weapons markings on the hull sent to the RWI Database. The *Eclipse* moved on to its scheduled rendezvous at Epsilon Base to receive an unknown Artifact from the base. Upon arrival, the transaction occurred as planned however an unknown ship attacked the base and destroyed the surrounding ships and the base. The RWI *Orion* and the *Eclipse* managed to escape, and they both crashed on an Earth-Like Planet.

### Planet Wars

The *Eclipse* escaped the battle at Epsilon Base and eventually crash-landed on an Earth-Like Planet. The only known survivor of the crash was Grand Admiral Roberts.

During Jack's time on the planet, the *Eclipse* was slowly being dismantled. The parts and materials from the *Eclipse* were used to create a base. Over time, during the *Eclipse* stay on the planet, the ship received several messages and coordinates to locations on the planet that assisted Jack and Finbar Hawkes. Such messages included the coordinates of the crash sites of the RWI *Orion* and *Reliant,* as well as communiques from Commander Ryan via a communication tower and Captain Venom from the RWI *Ardent Moon**.*

It was later decided by Jack, after rescuing Finbar and hijacking the Shadow's helicarrier, that the *Eclipse* was to be repaired and enhanced in order to escape the planet and the Shadows. Unfortunately, after rescuing Venom from the destruction of the *Ardent Moon*, Shadow forces attacked the *Eclipse* crash site and severely damaged Jack's Base with fighters and a helicarrier. Jack had determined escape was the best option and set the self-destruct to the *Eclipse*.

It was later discovered that the *Eclipse* self-destruct failed (possibly by *DJ*) and was captured. The *Eclipse* was then slowly repaired by Shadow forces. Once all of the main systems (apart from an uninstalled Jump Drive) aboard the *Eclipse* were repaired and turned on, the artificial intelligence program *DJ* took control of the ship and used its weapons systems to destroy the nearby Shadow fighters and the surrounding dock supports to escape.

Some time later, after the RWI *Serenity* was under attack by the Shadow Command Carrier, the *Eclipse* arrived in time to rescue Jack before Venom crashed the helicarrier into the Shadow command carrier.

Having defeated the current Shadow threat, the *Eclipse* and *Serenity* crews decided to travel back to RWI space. However, due to the *Eclipse's* FTL drive being incomplete and the *Serenity's* drive having been destroyed by a Shadow strike team, it was decided both ships would travel back to RWI space with normal propulsion while the crew utilizes cryo-pods for the long trek.

### Serenity

The *Eclipse*, along with the RWI *Serenity*, is still currently traveling in deep-space towards RWI-controlled space.

## Crew

### Command Crew

* Commanding Officer
	+ Grand Admiral Jack Roberts | (???? - )
* Executive Officer
	+ Commander Sam Ryan | (???? - ????) (Former)
	+ Captain Ryan Kazz | (???? - ) (Current)
* Security Chief
* Science Officer
* Helmsman/Conn Officer
* Chief Communications Officer
* Operations Officer
* Chief Medical Officer
* Chief Tactical Officer
* Chief Engineer
	+ Commander Scott | (???? - )

### Legacy

According to Commander S. Malek, a new class of covette, the Eclipse Class, has been designed following the disappearence of the Eclipse herself. It is unknown if this events happend during or following the Shadow War.