RWI Discovery

The **RWI *Discovery*** is a Venture-class Science Cruiser built by Red Wood Industries (RWI). It was commanded by Captain Sarah Hawk and was destroyed during the Green Drone War.

## History

At some point prior to the Green Drone War, two Venture-class Science Cruisers were commissioned and built by RWI - the RWI *Discovery* and its sister ship, the RWI *Challenger*. The *Discovery* was completed and served for some time prior to the war, whilst the *Challenger* was still under construction and/or retrofit when the war began.

### The Green Drone War

#### Battle of Demus

After RWI Captains Jack Roberts and Jonathan Hunter were successful at stealing the mysterious obelisk known as the Artifact from the Green Drone Armada during the Battle of Ravcor, albeit at high cost to RWI personnel, the crew of Roberts’ ship, the RWI *Eclipse*, hijacked a GDA transmitter station above the ice planet Demus and sent out a distress call to RWI and its allies. The *Discovery*, under Captain Sarah Hawk, was sent to reinforce them, as the ship was close by and able to help.

The *Discovery* used its experimental laser PDCs to help drive off the attacking GDA Destroyers, Captain Roberts and his two XOs, Commanders Sam Reed of RWI and Craz of CNL (Crazy North Logistics), met aboard the *Discovery* and talked with Captain Hawk about their situation. Because the *Discovery* was not carrying any additional cargo, Roberts and Hawk decided to evacuate the heavily damaged flagship of the injured Captain Hunter, the Daedalus-class Battleship RWI *Valiant*, and transfer them and the Artifact aboard the *Discovery*, so the *Discovery* could transfer the Artifact, Hunter, and his surviving crew safely back to Icarus, RWI's capital world. After a brief but intense battle, the *Valiant* took even more damage and was forced to crash-land on Demus, with Roberts, Reed, and two other crewmen aboard. While the *Eclipse* traveled down to assess the situation, the *Discovery* retreated to Icarus.

#### Scouting Mission

Unfortunately for RWI, during the Battle of Icarus, the Artifact was stolen back by the GDA from RWI’s Black Vault facility. Grand Admiral Adam Williams, leader of RWI, dispatched the *Discovery* to locate the Artifact using a tracking device planted on it upon its arrival at Icarus. The *Discovery* located the Artifact some time later on the rumored GDA capital world of P3-X2.

However, as the *Discovery* entered the system and confirmed the Artifact's location, it was ambushed by several upgraded GDA Destroyers and heavily damaged. Hawk was informed that the ship’s FTL core was offline, preventing them from escaping. As the *Discovery* began to drift into P3-X2’s atmosphere, Hawk ordered the evacuation, though she and most of the bridge crew stayed aboard as it crashed.

#### Invasion of P3-X2

When the RWI and CNL invasion fleet arrived three days later, the RWI *Osiris* was sent to find the *Discovery*’s crash site and evacuate the survivors. The crew of the *Eclipse* was later diverted to assist them when the Artifact left the planet aboard the GDA Super-Dreadnought. However, when the *Eclipse* crew arrived and made contact with Captain Hawk, the *Osiris* was being attacked by two GDA Scourge-class Carriers and a large detachment of fighters. The crew managed to cover the *Osiris*’s shuttles long enough to finish ferrying Hawk and her crew to the *Osiris* before evacuating the planet on the *Eclipse*. The *Discovery*’s remains were left on the planet, and it is possible that they were salvaged or recovered and towed back to Icarus by RWI at some point after the war.