Rising Dawn

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Rising Dawn

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Production information
Manufacturer

Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC)

Designer

CEC

Model

Gozanti Cruiser

Class

Cruiser

Cost

220,000 ICs

Modified by

Imperial Navy R&D

Technical Specifications
Length

41.8 M

Width

20.6 M

Height/depth

10.8 M

Megalight (MGLT)

64 MGLT

Hyperdrive rating
  • Class 2 w/ backup Class 8
Hyperdrive system

CEC H2-1 hyperdrive

Hull

72 RU

Armament
  • 4 Retractable Heavy Laser Cannons
  • 2 Retractable Quad Laser Cannon Turrets
  • Proton Torpedo Launcher
Complement

External mounting allowing for various configurations, based on mission parameters

  • 4 TIE/int Interceptor Starfighters (primary configuration)
  • 4 TIE/ln Front Line Starfighters
  • 4 All-Terrain Scout Transport/assault Walkers
  • 4 All-Terrain Personal Transports
  • 2 All-Terrain Tactical Enforcer
Crew

12

Minimum crew

6

Passengers

12

Cargo handling systems

100 Tons

Consumables

1 Months

Life support

Yes

Usage
Role(s)

Transport Ship, Fighter Carrier

Year introduced

2 ABY

Era(s)
  • Galactic Civl War
  • Cold War
Affiliation

The Rising Dawn is the personal transport of Warrant Officer 1st Class Cayden Tavers. She is of standard Imperial configuration, carrying a complement of 4 TIE/int Interceptor Starfighters during most operations. Current Marine Force Commander is Captain Oron Rezkul.


Characteristics[edit]

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Layout of the Rising Dawn.)

The Gozanti-class cruiser was a 64-meter long starship that could act as a freighter and cruiser. It sported a twin laser turret in a dorsal mount and a heavy laser cannon on its ventral side. The Gozanti also had a loading elevator on the bottom near the nose and docking ports to the side near the cockpit section. The ships had a hyperdrive and three engines. The ships could fit in the main hangar of a Separatist supply ship.

The Imperial version could choose to carry either four TIE/ln space superiority starfighters, or have one swapped for a TIE/sa bomber, two All Terrain Defense Pods[5] or even two All Terrain Armored Transports on underside-mounted docking clamps which were connected to corridors inside the vessel. The Imperial ships were wider than standard ones, with new side extensions stretching over the engines, and the dorsal radar dish being moved to the center. The large, ventral, double dish radar was abandoned in favor of docking struts for the ship's complement.

The Rising Dawn, however, was outfitted to carry a complement of four TIE/int Interceptor Starfighters during most operations, however has also been known to carry the usual complement of four TIE/ln Front Line Starfighters, four All Terrain Scout Transport/assault Walkers, four All Terrain Personal Transport Walkers, or two All Terrain Tactical Enforcer Walkers.

History[edit]

Commissioned in 2 ABY, the Rising Dawn was in service to the Galactic Empire, under the command of Captain Corr Varos. The Rising Dawn was stationed in the Outer Rim, patrolling the system of Tatooine for several months, before it was attacked by ships aligned with the Hutt Cartel. Suffering severe damage, Captain Corr Varos ordered the evacuation of the crew to the planet surface, staying behind to lure the ship away from his crew to ensure their escape. The ship made the jump into hyperspace, but due to damage sustained to the hyperdrive, the ship dropped out early of its intended destination. Captain Corr Varos attempted to effect repairs to the ship, however dwindling supplies and a lack of proper knowledge of hyperdrive systems doomed the young Imperial captain.

The ship lay derelict for almost two years, drifting through space, before it was rediscovered by the Empire. Discovered by Imperial Star Destroyer Guardian, the Rising Dawn was tractored into the ventral hangar and secured before the star destroyer jumped into hyperspace. A repair crew from the Guardian began to make repairs to the Rising Dawn, fixing the hull damage, but was unable to repair the hyperdrive due to a lack of parts. A temporary skeleton crew was stationed onboard the Gozanti Cruiser, which piloted the craft to dock with an Imperial station in orbit of Spirana. After several more months of repairs, the Rising Dawn was certified to return to service. However, with the signing of the Galactic Concordance, Spirana was no longer protected by the vast and powerful Imperial Navy. Relegated to a fringe world within Imperial Space, Spirana fell under pirate attack several times. During ones of these attacks, the Rising Dawn was sent out to defend, but suffered damage which resulted in the ship making an uncalculated jump into hyperspace, resulting in the deaths of the entire crew. After the jump, the ship came out of hyperspace near the planet of Tague, in the Vectra System. Scouts with the Vast Empire detected the vessel and brought the ship to Abrae, where the ship once again came under repairs.

Five years later, in 9 ABY, a young Cayden Tavers purchased the aging ship from the Vast Imperial Naval Shipyards, and piloted the craft to Onderon to serve as a staging ground for his return home. The Rising Dawn has participated in two known events during this time: Operation: Onderonian Liberation (Amacuse: Onderonian Liberation) and the Escape from the Unnamed Planet (Amacuse & Company: Forensis Universum).

Since then, the Rising Dawn has served as the personal transport of Cayden's when traveling between Onderon and Vast Imperial space.

Crew[edit]

Captain[edit]

XO[edit]

2nd Officer[edit]

Pilot[edit]

Co-Pilot[edit]

Tactical Officer[edit]

Sensors Officer[edit]

Chief Medical Officer[edit]

Teams[edit]

EV-1[edit]

EV-1 (Drexl Squad): Flagship Team- Advanced Recon
Position Rank Name Specialty
Team Leader (regular) Lieutenant Colonel Angie Tavers Command Tactics
Team Leader (in absence of regular) Colonel Cayden Tavers Command Tactics, Astronomy, Archaeology, Pilot, Diplomacy
Team Member Major Avery Jones Archaeology/Ancient Cultures
Team Member Captain Lisa Nivix Astrophysics/Electronics
Team Member 2nd Lieutenant Tamran Overnage Explosives/Heavy Weapons Specialist

History[edit]

EV-1, or Drexl Squad as they are also known, was once a Special Forces team of the Onderon Royal Air Force until Colonel Cayden Tavers had them transferred under his command. He called it "keeping the band together," but the Ruling Council called it "favoritism." EV-1's loyalty has been brought into question over this, but has proved time and time again that they are truly loyal to the Onderon Government and to Cayden.

Avery Jones[edit]

Major Avery Jones is the ship's history buff. He is fluent in over 30 different languages, and is capable of understanding a dozen more. Aside from ancient history, Jones is known to be a great cook. He can be found either in the ship's kitchen, or in the cargo hold working on some ancient text or artifact.

Lisa Nivix[edit]

Captain Lisa Nivix is Onderon's chief Astrophysicist. She is responsible for the modifications to the ship's main reactor, and for the modifications to the weapons, shields, and hyperdrive. She can be found in the cargo hold working on new technology to aid in the war, or the reactor room working on modifying the reactor.

Tamran Overnage[edit]

2nd Lieutenant Tamran Overnage is the ship's Quartermaster. He is in charge of maintaining, distributing, and keeping track of every weapon on board the ship. He can be found in the ship's Armory, tinkering with his heavily-modified Mandalorian Heavy Repeater.

EV-2[edit]

EV-2 (Lacun Squad): Special Ops. Team- Infiltration and Assassination
Position Rank Name Specialty
Team Leader Chief Master Sergeant Natan Bowman Archaeology/Command Tactics
Team Member 1st Sergeant Peggy Zythor Sniper
Team Member Senior Master Sergeant Cynthia Secura Intelligence
Team Member Master Sergeant Ben Ardmore Advanced Recon/Scouting

History[edit]

EV-2, or Lacun Squad, first entered service under Cayden during Onderonian Liberation, and has been working with him ever since.

They were first conceived in the Royal Army Academy, during a training mission between the 5 soldiers, then-2nd Lieutenant Cameron Tavers, then-1st Sergeant Natan Bowman, then-Senior Master Sergeant Peggy Zythor, then-Master Sergeant Cynthia Secura, and then-Technical Sergent Ben Ardmore. The 5 of them would later become the Spec. Forces team of the Royalist Army during the war, due to their actions and contributions during numerous battles. Later, Cam would leave the team to assist his father, placing Natan in command and making Lacun a 4-man team.

Lacun would later temporarily gain a 5th member during Onderonian Liberation in the form of newly-commissioned Colonel Cayden Tavers.

They now serve under Cayden as the second team onboard the Etere Videum, as it's infiltration and assassination team.

Peggy Zythor[edit]

1st Sergeant Peggy Zythor is an expert marksman, according to her fellow teammates. However, she herself doesn't think she's as good as they say she is, and is always constantly training in an attempt to be better her skills with the sniper rifle.

She is extremely serious about her work, going so far as to reprimand even superiors who joke around one time too many, earning her the nickname "Rabidus", meaning "crazy" in Ancient Onderonian. She is also skeptical about anything new told to her that is considered "science fiction" to the galactic community. Basically, everything that goes on in Fort Tuk'ata makes her skeptical about the sanity of her co-workers and her commanding officers.

Cynthia Secura[edit]

Senior Master Sergeant Cynthia Secura was an Intelligence officer for the Onderon Intelligence Agency, before being transferred to the Onderon Royal Navy to assist in gathering intel on the Imperialists. After her transfer, she was assigned to the Navy's Intel and Assassination squad, Lacun Squad. She would be the one to gather the intel about the hidden hypervelocity cannon in the forests of Onderon.

Cynthia is not like her teammate Peggy at all. She's more fun-loving, tends to be more adventurous, and gathers intel on things hardly considered relevant (such as stocks on Muunilist, ship prices over Mon Calamari, and even food ration supplies on Tatooine). She loves to joke around, even going as far as joking with Peggy time and time again. She also takes her job seriously, and is considered the top intel officer onboard the Etere Videum. She is currently in a well-hidden relationship with Master Sergeant Ben Ardmore.

Ben Ardmore[edit]

Master Sergeant Ben Ardmore is the finest scout ever produced by the Onderon Military. He has successfully survived a whole week in the forests of Dxun, even besting many Mandalorians. Ben was recruited by the Onderon Royal Navy, given the rank of Technical Sergeant, and assigned to Lacun Squad as the team's scout. During Onderonian Liberation, Ben would save Cayden's life more than once, earning both Cayden's thanks and trust. Afterwards, he would be promoted to Master Sergeant, and be assigned to serve under Cayden on the Onderonian colony world of Bimmiel.

Ben is the type of person who likes helping people. He likes to know how people are doing, and if they aren't doing well, he tends to offer any aid he can. He doesn't disclose his emotions with people often, only with those closest to him. He respects authority and the Chain of Command, and is a big supporter of Bimmiel and Cayden.

EV-3[edit]

EV-3 (Derentis Squad): Mobile Infantry- Ground Assault and Support
Position Rank Name Specialty
Team Leader 1st Lieutenant Cameron Tavers Heavy Weapons/Command Tactics
Team Member 2nd Lieutenant Krig Oldin Explosives
Team Member 2nd Lieutenant Lorianna Coral Medic
Team Member Chief Master Sergeant Rebar Oligard Heavy Assault
Team Member Senior Master Sergeant Alana Oldin Heavy Assault

History[edit]

"EV-3, because of your betrayal to the Chevin society, we brand you all derentis!
Thank you, Overseer. I am glad that we're not the only ones who think so.
"
―Conversation between one of the Chevin Overseer's and 1st Lieutenant Cameron Tavers.

EV-3 is led by 1st Lieutenant Cameron Tavers. They earned the name Derentis Squad during a mission to Vinsoth, where they aided the Chev species achieve freedom from millions of years of slavery.

Derentis Squad was first formed in the aftermath of the Civil War, by executive order of temporary monarch Cayden Tavers (among other things). Initially, there were only 4 members: 1st Lieutenant Cameron Tavers, 2nd Lieutenant Krig Oldin, 2nd Lieutenant Lorianna Coral, and Chief Master Sergeant Rebar Oligard. Their first mission as a team was to the planet of Toprawa, where they attempted to overthrow the Imperial presence there. But, the untimely arrival of High Admiral Torti forced Derentis to leave the planet, failing the mission.

Senior Master Sergeant Alana Oldin temporarily joined the team on it's mission to Vortex, in a successful attempt to overthrow the Imperial stranglehold on the planet. The New Republic came in and helped the emotionless Vors rebuild what was destroyed in the battle. Alana would later join the team on it's mission to Kalee in an attempt gain information from the Imperial Remnant outpost on the whereabouts of High Admiral Torti's base-of-operations. The mission was a failure, though the team (and by extension, Bimmiel) gained the respect and trust of the Imperial Remnant. After the Kalee mission, Cameron formally requested that Alana be transferred to Derentis Squad.

They now serve under Cayden as the third team onboard the Etere Videum, as it's ground assault and support team.

EV-4[edit]

EV-4 (Hak'tyl Squad): Heavy Assault- Heavy Weapons and Vehicle Specialists
Position Rank Name Specialty
Team Leader Lieutenant Colonel Corinna Brodi Pilot/Command Tactics/Medical Officer
Team Member Lieutenant Colonel Miko Varik Vehicle Operator
Team Member Major Jewel Angavel Explosives/Rocketry
Team Member Captain Kal Brodi Assistant Medical Officer/Heavy Ordnance

Background[edit]

EV-4, otherwise called the Hak'tyl Squad by the indigenous population of Ilum, are a group of soldiers who's one goal is to put an end to the Imperial threat once and for all.

Formed from the remaining 4 members of the 27th Imperial Stormtrooper Battalion of the Imperial Remnant, Hak'tyl Squad has dedicated their entire existence into helping those who truly deserved to he helped. Their name, "Hak'tyl," means "liberation" in the long dead Ilum language, giving not only meaning to who they are, but also giving hope to those they are aiding.

Loadout[edit]

Their gear loadout consists of 4 sets of heavily modified Imperial Cold Assault Trooper Armor, 2 modified DC-15 Blaster Rifles, 1 DC-17M Interchangeable Combat System, 1 BLR-06 Hadra MRL, 4 M32 Combat Knives, 4 7-PrG Proton Grenades, 3 C-22 Fragmentation Grenades, 9 Mk 1 Fragmentation Grenades, and 4 White Phosphorous Grenades.

Corinna Brodi[edit]

Lt. Col. Corinna Brodi is the leader of Hak'tyl Squad, and the older sister to Captain Kal Brodi. She is also the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) onboard the Etere Videum.

Corinna is a former Stormtrooper in the Imperial Military. She was once a member of the 27th Stormtrooper Battalion, until a mission in which all but four, including herself, were all killed in action. After that botched mission, she decided to take command of the survivors and begin anew... this time, as Hak'tyl Squad. She made it their goal to fight for freedom, justice, and liberty.

Miko Varik[edit]

Lt. Col. Miko Varik is a member of Hak'tyl Squad, and is in a relationship with Major Jewel Angavel.

He is the team's vehicle specialist. He can operate pretty much every vehicle ever made, from a simple 74-Z speeder bike to the All-Terrain Armored-Transport. He is also considered the team's "conscience," because he is the one who looks at the morals of everything.

Jewel Angavel[edit]

Major Jewel Angavel is the team's explosive and rocketry specialist, and is the girlfriend of Lt. Col. Miko Varik.

Jewel was only on the team for a week before they were sent on the Ilum mission. However, though her time with them was short, she felt like a member of the family after the mission was considered a failure. She is the heart and soul of the team, being the one who always knows how to lighten the mood.

Kal Brodi[edit]

Captain Kal Brodi is the final member of Hak'tyl Squad, and is the younger brother of team leader Lt. Col. Corinna Brodi. He is also the Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) onboard the Etere Videum.

Kal is the team's heavy ordnance operator. He can use just about every piece of artillery ever created. Kal never knew the other members of his team existed in the Battalion, but once he did, he was known as the "fun uncle" to Miko and Jewel. He is the strong arm of the team, using his size, strength, and knowledge of artillery to their advantage.

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