Port Victoria
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| Port Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Carrack |
History[edit]
The Port Victoria was a Carrack-class corvette in service with the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns during the First Succession War. In May 2788 the Port Victoria was assigned as one of two escorts to the Eighth Syrtis Fusiliers and supporting conventional forces drawn from the Marlette Combat region for an assault on Elbar. Elbar had been captured by the Draconis Combine in a massive invasion that had begun in May 2787, and the attack on Schedar was one of three major strikes launched by First Prince John Davion on the Terran flank of the DCMS advance in an effort to disrupt the invasion, particularly the front being commanded personally by Coordinator Minoru Kurita.[1][2]
The Fusiliers didn't encounter any WarShips on entering the Elbar system, and proceeded to launch their DropShips and proceed with their WarShip escort towards Elbar while their JumpShips recharged. Before the JumpShips could finish recharging they were attacked by the Narukami-class destroyer DCS Tsutsuji which proceeded to destroy all eight JumpShips with assistance from two squadrons of aerospace fighters.[1][2]
The destruction of their JumpShips made the Fusiliers aware that they were heading into a trap, with the DCMS forces on Elbar well-prepared and dug-in; the two WarShips escorting the Fusiliers didn't have enough docking collars to transport the entire assault force away, so the Fusiliers abandoned more than a dozen DropShips after transferring as many of the crews, passengers and equipment as possible aboard the Port Victoria before jumping back to a safer system. Similar assaults on Cartago and Schedar were also major defeats for the AFFS, leaving SOLAR SHIELD as an abject failure that cost the Federated Suns men, ships and resources it couldn't afford to lose.[1][2]