Editing David Dinh

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| rank                = ''[[Sho-sa]]''
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| profession          = [[Aerospace]] pilot<br>Technician
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'''David Dinh''' was a [[wing]] commander in the [[DCMS]] during the [[Second Succession War]].<ref name="SPGIIp3">''Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II'', p. 3: "Escort"</ref>

==History==
Born as a lower-class citizens, David Dinh cames from a family of skilled technicians. Though he was naturally skilled as a tech, his desire was to fly in combat. Through perseverance and making the right contacts he was able to get into the [[Aerospace and Interstellar Institute]] where he graduated as an [[aerospace fighter]] pilot. He slowly worked his way up to ''Sho-sa'' and he was leading the aerospace contingent attached to the ''DCS [[Galedon II]]''.<ref name="SPGIIp4">''Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II'', p. 4: "Sho-sa David Dinh"</ref>

He command what on paper are two Wings, but regularly fight Combine fighter wings contains twice as many fighters as most other wings. 
To gain versatility the ''Galedon II'' carries fighters of all weight classes, mostly designs that originate in Combine space.<ref name="SPGIIp3">''Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II'', p. 3 "ESCORT"</ref>

Thanks to his rank and skill as a tech, he has been able to have some of the fastest turnaround times for rearming his fighters in the Combine.<ref name="SPGIIp4"/>

In [[2853]] the ''Galedon II'' took part in an offensive against [[Hesperus II]], later dubbed the sixth, seventh and eighth battles of Hesperus II where the Draconis Combine enacted a blockade of the Hesperus system.<ref name=BCSToDI/> His men to good use, capturing both recharge stations in the initial attack and boarding several Lyran DropShips that attempted to run the blockade.<ref name="SPGIIp3"/>

The Lyran Commonwealth famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser [[LCS]] ''[[Invincible (Individual Tharkad-class WarShip)|Invincible]]'' to break through the Combine siege. It jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military [[DropShip]]s and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying most of them. Only the ''Galedon II'' escaped by means of a preplanned jump to an irregular jump point close to Hesperus II at the last minute, taking the [[DropShip]]s ''[[Katana (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Katana]]'', ''[[Rapier (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Rapier]]'', ''[[Broadsword (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Broadsword]]'' and ''[[Sabeeh]]'' plus a few squadrons of aerospace fighters with it.<ref name=BCSToDI>BattleCorps scenario ''Tactics of Desperation I''</ref> 

On 10 November 2853, the ''Invincible'' and the relief fleet accompanying it arrived at Hesperus II and engaged the Draconis Combine's planetary blockade fleet which had been reinforced by the ''Galedon II'' and its DropShips as well as a trio of corvettes that had been recalled from the zenith jump point blockade fleet. However, the Draconis Combine fleet was quickly routed (implicitly with heavy losses).<ref name=BCSToDII>BattleCorps scenario ''Tactics of Desperation II''</ref> All Draconis Combine WarShips that had participated in the blockade were destroyed.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', PDF p. 64</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I|Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II|Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Ship Profiles#Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II|Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|Dinh, David]]