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UNS Athens (Early Picture - Small)

Destroyer, UNS Athens

The UNS Athens was a UNS destroyer and Admiral Breya Andreyasn's flagship during the Battle of the Buuthandi.

Ship History[]

Athen's was most noted for being flagship of Admiral Breya Andreyasn.[1][2] The ship was part of a coalition of allied space nation ships which were part of effort fight the Gatekeepers, which result in the Battle of Buuthandi. The Admiral some of her fleet loyal to her, took the Athens with her into hiding when General Xinchub accused her of treason, and was her ride during the Zoojack arc. It would turn out that Admiral Andreyasn was on secret mission, to investigate the gatekeeper's artifacts. During the mission to Zoojack Station, half of the ship was blown away when she approached one of the Zoojacks too closely and its Pa'anuri defenders one of its two annie-plants; it was repaired in the Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance a large spacebouund Fabber. However the reconstruction of the ship was alternated with a mass of small annie-plants, because the Scrapyard couldn't build the full-size one.[3]

UNS Athena (Post-Refit - Sideview)

UNS Athens (after is makeshift refit). It's blue section is it's aft / rear section

While teamed up with Tagon's Toughs, the Athens would end up engaging mercenary work in order drum up money to pay for the Athens' repairs. During this period the Ob'enn would end up dispatching pair of Thunderhead-Class Superfortresses and would endup intercepting her two-ship fleet as part of the Ob'enn efforts to recover their Foundry Ship stolen by the Toughs.[4] Athens would be forced to surrender to the Staff of Unyielding Order in order to rescue the crew of the captured Sarasota.[5]

Athen's AI named Athena, the shipmind, was a powerful voice in the first Fleetmind, but died when the ship was blasted by the Pa'anuri.[6] Her gestalt was reloaded onto the ship when it was repaired and Athens continued to serve Breya. After the reloading and regrowing Athena, the ship was referred to as the UNS Athens II due to the reconstruction and the return of an AI.[7]. She would continue server the Admiral until the Core War, at which point Breya would be assigned to the embassy ship Terra Firmator and Athens II joined the Fleetmind for a second time.

Athens (After it's Annie Plant's Destruction)

Athens after the Pa'anuri attack at Zoojack station.

Athens

Close up of the Athens from the front view after it was rebuilt.

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