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{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Richard Hatch continuation|lcont=:Category:Books (Richard Hatch)}} | {{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Richard Hatch continuation|lcont=:Category:Books (Richard Hatch)}} | ||
{{ | '''''Hephaestus''''', known affectionately by its crew as '''The Forge'''<ref name="p113">{{cite_book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Hatch|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden]]|year=1997|title=[[Armaggedon]]|publisher=Byron Preiss|pages=pg. 113}}</ref>, is the {{TOS-RH|The Fleet|fugitive Fleet}}'s manufacturing ship. | ||
By way of materials from an unnamed planet the Fleet encounters during its exodus, an obsolete freighter is both repurposed and rechristened as ''Hephaestus''. Using these materials, ''Hephaestus'' becomes the Forge from whence the construction of two new {{TOS-RH|Viper}} classes and updated technologies<ref>{{cite_book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Hatch|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden]]|year=1997|title=[[Armaggedon]]|publisher=Byron Preiss|pages=pg. 81}}</ref> , including {{TOS-RH|laser pistol}}s that can only be used by their owners as of {{TOS-RH|7358}}<ref>{{cite_book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Hatch|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden]]|year=1997|title=[[Armaggedon]]|publisher=Byron Preiss|pages=pg. 117}}</ref>, came. | |||
By way of materials from an unnamed planet the Fleet encounters during its exodus, an obsolete freighter is both repurposed and rechristened as ''Hephaestus'' | |||
In its reconstruction, ''Hephaestus'' features a lounge overseeing the construction and repair berths, so that operators of their vessels may wait while repairs are underway. For longer repairs, a shuttle is available to return operators and Warriors to their assigned vessels<ref name="p113"/>. | In its reconstruction, ''Hephaestus'' features a lounge overseeing the construction and repair berths, so that operators of their vessels may wait while repairs are underway. For longer repairs, a shuttle is available to return operators and Warriors to their assigned vessels<ref name="p113"/>. | ||
In {{TOS-RH|7360}}, its captain, [[Heimdall]], and his crew back the movement to install Ambassador [[Puck]] as commander of both ''{{TOS-RH|Galactica}}'' and the Fleet<ref | In {{TOS-RH|7360}}}, its captain, [[Heimdall]], and his crew back the movement to install Ambassador [[Puck]] as commander of both ''{{TOS-RH|Galactica}}'' and the Fleet<ref>{{cite_book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Hatch|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden]]|year=1997|title=[[Armaggedon]]|publisher=Byron Preiss|pages=pg. 162}}</ref>. This is likely due to the fact that ''Hephaestus''{{'|s}} crew were paid notoriously low wages<ref name="p113"/>. | ||
A bomb planted on a transport shuttle by [[Paris]] and his [[blackshirt]] cohorts inflicts damage to ''Hephaestus'', trapping Major {{TOS-RH|Boomer}} aboard. A crisis response crew from ''[[Neptune]]'', the Fleet's crisis response ship, is subsequently trapped aboard despite Boomer's assistance<ref | A bomb planted on a transport shuttle by [[Paris]] and his [[blackshirt]] cohorts inflicts damage to ''Hephaestus'', trapping Major {{TOS-RH|Boomer}} aboard. A crisis response crew from ''[[Neptune]]'', the Fleet's crisis response ship, is subsequently trapped aboard despite Boomer's assistance<ref>{{cite_book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Hatch|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden]]|year=1997|title=[[Armaggedon]]|publisher=Byron Preiss|pages=pg. 200}}</ref> {{RH|Armageddon}}. | ||
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