Operation: Chrysaor

Combatants| * Red Wood Industries
* United Colonies of Agaris (advisors)
* Reavers
* Imber Corporation

Commanders| * Admiral Jack Roberts
* Captain Sam Reed
* Commander Craz (briefly)
* Lieutenant Commander Bashful (RWI Liaison to UCA) (briefly)

Strength| * 1 Defender-class Frigate MK.III
	+ RWI Tigris
* 1 Keep-class Mobile Base
	+ The Bastion
* 1 Support Rover
* Multiple Repair Ships
* 1 UCA Transport
* 1 Daedalus-class Battleship (late battle)
	+ RWI Pegasus
* Defensive Turret Emplacements
* Many Reavers
* Many Imber Corporation Starships

Casualties| * All Rovers
* All Support Ships
* All Defensive Turrets
* UCA Transport
* Many Reavers
* Many Imber Ships

**Operation: Chrysaor** was a mission carried out by RWI (Red Wood Industries) with the objective of finding the RWI *Pegasus*, a black-ops Daedalus-class Battleship that went missing during or prior to the Green Drone War in 2733. Admiral Jack Roberts and the crew of the RWI *Tigris* journeyed to Agaris to find the *Pegasus* and bring it back to RWI's capital world of Icarus. After a few days of heavy fighting against Reavers and other hostile factions, the crew were successful and the operation was a success.

## History

### Launching the Mission

Sometime prior to or during the Green Drone War in 2733, the RWI *Pegasus* went missing in action and ended up crashing on the planet Agaris. This got the attention of the UCA (United Colonies of Agaris), a loose ally of RWI, and after the war, the UCA sent a transmission to RWI Command saying that they had information regarding the whereabouts of *Pegasus* and its crew. On February 11, 2734, RWI Command dispatched Admiral Jack Roberts and a small crew aboard the RWI *Tigris*, a Defender-class Frigate MK.II outfitted with specialized technology, to find and recover the *Pegasus*.

#### Journey Across Agaris

The crew of the *Tigris* was comprised of Admiral Roberts, his XOs, Captain Sam Reed and Commander Craz, a friend from CNL (Crazy North Logistics), Lieutenant Commander Castle, and Lieutenants Owen, Tigz, Collier, Timedoctor, Castro, and Totemic. Once they entered the Agaris System, they briefly stopped to investigate a civilian distress call but were soon attacked by Reavers - AI-controlled pirate-like starships that were created by Results-Orientated Science (ROS), an enemy of the UCA, using technology taken from the Green Drone Armada (GDA) after their defeat. Despite sustaining some damage, the *Tigris* soon landed at an abandoned UCA outpost destroyed by ROS and came across a Keep-class Mobile Base, which they called the *Bastion*. Due to the heavy Reaver warship presence, they left the *Tigris* at the camp and set out in the *Bastion* to meet up with the UCA.

Although they were attacked multiple times by Reavers, the crew managed to keep moving across the planet. A short way into the journey, Commander Craz left the team, likely to return to CNL. At one point, the *Bastion* suffered heavy damage and was left stranded, but thanks to the timely arrival of UCA forces and an RWI liaison officer, Bashful, an old crew member and friend of Roberts, they were able to rendezvous at a UCA settlement, where they fended off attacks from Reavers and ROS forces using railgun turret emplacements. The UCA told Roberts that if they promised to destroy an ROS facility near the settlement, they would give them the coordinates of the *Pegasus*. Once the area was clear, they travelled back to the *Tigris* in a UCA shuttle and destroyed the ROS base. The UCA held up the bargain and transmitted the location of the *Pegasus*.

#### Repairing the Pegasus

When the crew arrived at the *Pegasus*' crash site, they investigated the vessel to find the crew and computer data, but Admiral Markus, the CO of the *Pegasus*, was missing, most of the crew were either dead or missing, and the computer data was either corrupted or encrypted. Nevertheless, Roberts ordered the crew to begin repairs on the *Pegasus* immediately. Using the wrecks of several Reavers and Imber Corporation vessels, another hostile faction in the area, they salvaged supplies and attempted to patch up the flight systems of the *Pegasus*. The UCA also sent over enough supplies to construct a makeshift shipyard around the *Pegasus* to make construction easier, and turret emplacements were constructed on the surrounding mountains. During one engagement, the *Tigris* was forced to unveil its secret weapon - a new variant of the Atlas Superlaser concealed behind hull panels on the bow.

#### Escaping Agaris

Once the *Pegasus* was repaired enough to travel through space and hold its own in a fight, the crew manned both the *Tigris* and the *Pegasus* and abandoned the planet. Once in space, they jettisoned the externally-mounted Tier-Four Atmosphere Thrusters from the *Pegasus* and prepared to make their way to a set of coordinates near another planet or moon in the system in order to jump away, although the area was infested with Reavers and Imber ships, which slowly but surely dealt a heavy amount of damage to the RWI ships. Eventually, the *Tigris* lost its shields and was crippled while defending the *Pegasus*, which had also been disabled due to power loss, though the attackers were destroyed. Fortunately, Roberts received a transmission from Captain Malcolm Beckett of RWI's Battlegroup "Sword," which was comprised of three Phoenix-class Assault Frigates, the RWI *Sabre*, RWI *Epee*, and RWI *Foil*, which arrived in the system to render aid and safely escort the damaged ships back to Icarus.

### Aftermath

A short time later, the *Pegasus* and *Tigris*, as well as the crew, were all safely back at Icarus, getting some much-needed repairs and rest. The fate of Admiral Markus and the *Pegasus*' crew were still a mystery. Admiral Roberts recorded an audio log in his office on Cyrus Command Station, in which he reflected on the operation and the confusing relationships between RWI, ROS, and the UCA, as well as the threats that may arise from them. After a meeting with Grand Admiral Adam Williams, Commander-in-Chief of RWI's Navy, Roberts learned that he would be put in charge of the new Joint Expedition Task Force, an RWI exploration effort along with their allies CNL and RCSP (Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection), which would launch a few months later. He was also due to inspect both the RWI *Prometheus*, flagship of the JETF, and the RWI Odyssey-class prototype, RWI's new flagship design being constructed.

## Behind-The-Scenes

Operation: Chrysaor is the entirety of the plot of 'Space Engineers: Starship Lost' (2022), a miniseries set between 'Space Engineers: Colony Lost' (2019-2020) and 'Space Engineers: Colony Alliances' (2021-2022), acting as a "filler series" during the production hiatus of the latter series.

The word *Chrysaor* (cry-SAY-yor) comes from the Greek mythological figure of Khrysaor, twin brother of Pegasos, son of the god Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. Khrysaor is often depicted as a winged boar or pig; likewise, Pegasos is depicted as a winged horse (a pegasus). (Source: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Chrysaor/chrysaor.html)