RWI Prometheus

The RWI *Prometheus* was a massive, unique starship developed and built by Redwood Industries (RWI). It was designed as an exploration ship in order for RWI and its allies to explore any threats in the galaxy. It was commanded by Captain Steven Dawson and his second-in-command, Michael Lynch, although during its service with the Joint Expedition Task Force (JETF), Dawson and Lynch were given higher orders by the mission leader, Admiral Jack Roberts.

## Characteristics

### Armament

Being primarily designed for exploration and not for combat, the *Prometheus* was lightly armed, considering its size. Nevertheless, it had powerful weapon systems that were used to defend itself during the Battle over Chrome II, including M-61 Vulcan turrets and Mk1 Battleship cannons. A large Mk3 Battleship cannon server as the main gun of the vessel. It also featured several long-range Mark V torpedo launchers for orbital bombardment.

### Complement

The *Prometheus* featured multiple hangar bays and launch pads for a large amount of landing ships and dropships for JETF forces and supplies. It could carry at least four Pioneer-class Landing Ships on the exterior hull. On either side of the ship were two launch bays for the *Prometheus*’s V-203 Fighter squadron, Blue Squadron. At least one large hangar bay was inside the ship, which could contain several RWI and RCSP Valkyrie-class Dropships and CNL Dropships, as well as cargo and supplies. There was also another hangar for both fighters and dropships at the aft section of the ship, with an entrance facing forward on the prt and starboard sides. In the lower levels of the ventral spire were the storage bays for the Project X-12 Drones.

### Other Systems

The *Prometheus*’s bridge was located on the central spire on the bow of the ship. At the very bottom of the central spire was an observation deck. There was also a large engine room containing at least three main reactors. The *Prometheus* was also capable of FTL travel and presumably had a powerful FTL core. The ship was shielded and boasted communications equipment and scanners, for both long and short-range activity. Since it was also partially a support ship, it could launch drop pods of supplies to ground forces from orbit.

## History

### Battle of Chrome II

Approximately one year after the Green Drone War, the *Prometheus* was built and launched to carry a large crew whose mission was to locate and investigate a mysterious signal in the Chrome System. Admiral Jack Roberts was put in charge of the JETF, which included RWI, CNL (Crazy North Logistics), and RCSP (Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection), and the *Prometheus* became the lead vessel of the task force’s fleet.

Upon arriving in the Chrome System, the *Prometheus* began orbiting the second planet. Captain Steven Dawson and his crew began scanning for the signal’s origin point, but the ship’s scanners and long-range communications were soon blocked. An unknown warship appeared out of nowhere and began shelling the *Prometheus* with high-powered missiles, which rapidly drained its shields. Admiral Roberts ordered the expedition forces to deploy while the *Prometheus* and its fighters covered them. After the landing forces were on the ground of Chrome II, the attacking battleship took some damage and retreated, leaving the *Prometheus* severely damaged.

Some time later, Admiral Roberts and Lieutenant Timedoctor sent information to the *Prometheus* via an abandoned communications center in a mountain range, regarding the mysterious signal they’d been chasing. A few minutes later, Roberts and his companions came under attack by a carrier and gunships belonging to the same unknown faction as the battleship, who were known simply as the Remnant. He requested a “Danger Close” missile strike from the *Prometheus*, which launched several of its long-range Mark V torpedoes and destroyed the carrier’s engines, causing it to crash. Despite continual repairs, the *Prometheus*’s FTL drive and long-range comms were still out, leaving it stranded in the system and unable to contact the rest of its support fleet for aid. To add to the ship’s problems, Commander Lynch had seemingly vanished from the ship. As repairs went on, the short-range comms and scanners were brought back online, albeit still damaged, and the *Prometheus* was able to deploy several drop pods full of equipment to support Admiral Roberts’ team.

#### X-12 Emergency

Sometime after the attack, Dawson realized that Commander Lynch had disappeared from the ship; he was not listed as dead, but he could not be found. Subsequently, Lieutenant Commander Kyan was made the new XO of the *Prometheus*. Dawson had also been deliberating with Admiral Roberts for some time on the activation of Project X-12, which was a squadron of repurposed GDA drones reprogrammed to serve RWI, however Roberts kept shooting down the request until Dawson took matters into his own hands, as he believed drastic measures were needed to save the *Prometheus* before it ran out of supplies or was attacked again. Unfortunately, the X-12 drones went rogue and began wreaking further havoc aboard the ship. Security teams led by Major Wilson tried to defend crucial areas from the drones but it was no use. The *Prometheus* lost its engine power and began drifting into the planet's gravity well. Dawson ordered the evacuation order and prepared the *Prometheus* for its devastating crash-landing.

### Crash Landing

Upon its entry into atmosphere, the *Prometheus*’s superstructure began to weaken at the midsection, breaking the ship in half as it crashed. Somehow, many of the X-12 drones survived the crash and attacked survivors. About twelve hours after the crash, Admiral Roberts and Captain Tevin Myers of RCSP, who had rendezvoused with the remaining RCSP forces at the ancient city they had discovered earlier in the mission, both intercepted the *Prometheus*’s distress call and set out for the coordinates at once.

However, the Remnant forces made it there first and began fighting the X-12 Drones for control over the *Prometheus*’s crash. Roberts, Myers, and their forces arrived shortly after and battled both the enemy groups for control of the area. They fought their way to the bridge and found that Dawson, Kyan, and the rest of the bridge crew were gone. Lieutenant Timedoctor downloaded data from the *Prometheus*’s computers and the crew evacuated to the dorsal landing bay, where a Pioneer-class Lander was stored, where they fought off Remnant fighters and soldiers and were evacuated by Myers’ Wyvern-class Gunship, leaving the *Prometheus*’s wreck behind.