RWI Osiris

The **RWI *Osiris*** was the third of the Daedalus-class Battleships built by Red Wood Industies, It was the last of the Daedalus-class ships to exclude the port and starboard hangar launch tubes that would be seen on the RWI *Apollo*, RWI *Valiant*, RWI *Pegasus* and the RWI *Zheng-He*. The *Osiris* also featured a heavier amount of firepower than other ships of its class during the Green Drone War. During and after the war, the *Osiris* was commanded by Admiral Isaac Sheppard.

## History

### Green Drone War

By the start of the Green Drone War of 2733, the RWI *Osiris* was the last of the MK.I Daedalus-class Battleships in active service to the RWI Navy. The previous two, the RWI *Daedalus* and the RWI *Phantom*, had both been out of service by that time. Despite being an outdated mode, the RWI *Osiris* was a key asset during the war. At the outbreak of the war, the *Osiris* was commanded by Admiral Isaac Sheppard and was the flagship of RWI's Third Fleet.

#### Battle of Icarus

The *Osiris* and its fleet were stationed at Icarus, the capital world of RWI, for much of the war and served as its defense fleet. However, a few months into the war, the Green Drone Armada attacked Icarus with a massive invasion force, taking the *Osiris* and its fleet by surprise. The initial orbital battle resulted in much of the defense fleet being destroyed or damaged, but the *Osiris* remained operational despite being heavily damaged and outnumbered and continued to defend RWI's shipyard and Cyrus Command Station in orbit, thought many GDA forces broke through. Admiral Sheppard managed to send a distress signal to any RWI ships he could, and reinforcements led by Grand Admiral Adam Williams, leader of RWI, and his flagship, the RWI *Apollo*, soon arrived to provide assistance.

While the reinforcements dealt with the GDA fleet in orbit and sent ground forces to secure Icarus' capital city, the *Osiris* withdrew from the active warzone and regrouped with several *Phoenix*-class Assault Frigates in Icarus' atmosphere to conduct repairs. Admiral Sheppard loaned a squadron of the *Osiris*' V-203 Interceptors to Captain Jack Roberts and his team when they prepared to launch a counterattack at the RWI Black Vault Facility. However, the *Osiris* was still too heavily damaged to participate in any of the fighting, but RWI forces still managed to secure the planet. Even though the GDA Command Dreadnought escaped the Black Valut with the Artifact, the symbol of the GDA's power.

#### Invasion of P3-X2

Once repairs were complete, the *Osiris* helped lead RWI's invasion forces against the GDA's capital world, a few days after the Battle of Icarus ended in order to retake the Artifact. The *Osiris* arrived alongside the two other operations Daedalus-classes, the *Apollo* and the *Zheng-He*, and eliminated the GDA;s defense blockade. The *Osiris* the deploued multiple units of ground forces to the surface of the planet and battles GDA ships in the atmosphere during the assault on the GDA main headquarters.

The *Osiris* was also sent to find and evacuate the survivors of the RWI *Discovery*, a *Venture*-class Science Cruiser that scouted the system for the Artifact and was shot down upon trying to escape. Once it was located, the *Osiris* sent VH-121 Vulture-class Attack Helicopters to the surface to help evacuate Captain Sarah Hawk and the other survivors, but was soon engaged by two GDA Scourge-class Carriers and many GDA Falcon-class Fighters. However, Captain Roberts' team soon arrived to cover the *Discovery'*s crew as well, and the last shuttle was soon aboard the *Osiris*, which withdrew from the planet and jumped back to Icarus.

#### Battle of the Black Hole

Despite RWI's efforts, the Artifact escaped P3-X2 aboard the GDA Controller's Super-Dreadnought, which hid near a black hole with some other GDA starships. The *Osiris*, along with a combined fleet of RWI and its allies, Crazy North Logistics and Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection, attacked the GDA forces at the black hole in desperate last attempt to destroy them once and for all. The *Osiris* and the other ships fought hard, though it sustained massive damage due to a shield malfunction early on in the battle, but soon the GDA ships were destroyed and the Super-Dreadnought was pulled into the black hole, destroying the artifact for goo and ending the war. Once the battle was concluded, the *Osiris* jumped back to Icarus along with the rest of the fleet.

### Post-War Operations

The *Osiris* remained in active service after the war, helping finish off GDA remnants and secure conquered systems. In one such case three months after the war, RWI was tasked with responding to a distress call from Dawnstar Salvage Corporation, and the *Osiris* was sent to the Monus System and dropped off a task force led by Admiral Roberts (promoted after the end of the war) and Captain Jonathan Hunter at Monus III. The ship then moved along to investigate the next sector, but was seemingly attacked, leaving a piece of the hull displaying the ship's nameplate floating near some asteroids.