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{{disline|For other articles on subjects with this name, see: [[Hephaestus]].}}
{{disline|For other articles on subjects with this name, see: [[Hephaestus]].}}


'''''Hephaestus''''', known affectionately by its crew as '''The Forge'''<ref name="p113">{{Cite book/RH|1|113}}</ref>, is the {{TOS-RH|The Fleet|fugitive Fleet}}'s manufacturing ship.
'''''Neptune''''' is the {{TOS-RH|The Fleet|fugitive Fleet}}'s crisis-control ship, operating under military service<ref name="p164">{{Cite book/RH|1|164}}</ref> in {{TOS-RH|7360}}.


By way of materials from an unnamed planet the Fleet encounters during its exodus, an obsolete freighter is both repurposed and rechristened as ''Hephaestus'' circa {{TOS-RH|7352}}. Using these materials, ''Hephaestus'' becomes the Forge from whence the construction of two new {{TOS-RH|Viper}} classes and updated technologies<ref name="p81">{{Cite book/RH|1|81}}</ref>, including {{TOS-RH|laser pistol}}s that can only be used by their owners as of {{TOS-RH|7358}}<ref name="p117">{{Cite book/RH|1|113}}</ref>, came.
A bomb planted on a transport shuttle by [[Paris]] and his [[blackshirt]] cohorts inflicts damage to ''[[Hephaestus]]'', trapping Major {{TOS-RH|Boomer}} aboard. ''Neptune'' dispatches a crisis response crew to board the burning ''Hepahestus'', only to be be besieged by seditionist elements and trapped aboard despite Boomer's assistance<ref name="p200">{{Cite book/RH|1|200}}</ref> {{RH|Armageddon}}.  
 
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 name="p162">{{Cite book/RH|1|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 name="p200">{{Cite book/RH|1|200}}</ref> {{RH|Armageddon}}.  


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 21:33, 11 January 2021

This article has a separate continuity.
This article is in the Richard Hatch continuation separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.

Neptune is the fugitive Fleet's crisis-control ship, operating under military service[1] in 7360.

A bomb planted on a transport shuttle by Paris and his blackshirt cohorts inflicts damage to Hephaestus, trapping Major Boomer aboard. Neptune dispatches a crisis response crew to board the burning Hepahestus, only to be be besieged by seditionist elements and trapped aboard despite Boomer's assistance[2] (RH: Armageddon).

References

  1. Hatch, Richard; Golden, Christopher (1997). Armageddon. Byron Preiss, p. 164.
  2. Hatch, Richard; Golden, Christopher (1997). Armageddon. Byron Preiss, p. 200.

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