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(Author’s note: During the Great War, the cruiser, DusmeAstron, was refitted after major battle damage, being reclassified a heavy frigate and renamed ‘Flagellum’, the ship displacing only 17,000 tonnes after the refit. When Admiral Sujin was Commissioner of Salvage, he ordered the Flagellum be refitted again, returning the original width and girth to its superstructure and increasing the ship’s overall length by eighteen feet, bringing it back up to its initial displacement of over 20,000 tonnes. The ship was then reclassified a light cruiser.
Under its new name, the DusmeAstron served with valor throughout the King’s War, and assisted in the final assault on Memphis, some years after the King’s War ended, it being Commander SarahCnidus’ flagship during that campaign. Decommissioned from active service shortly thereafter, the DusmeAstron was renamed ‘ReaDameia’ and became a deep space freighter. Garlock’s ballad, Never Shall They Forget, ignited a fire in the children of those veterans of the Rebel Wars to create memorials honoring the sacrifice and valor of the ones who toiled to bring the Rebellion to an end. The old cruiser, DusmeAstron, was once again returned to its former glory and delivered to the Memphis War Museum where it sits to this day, a salient monument to the heroes of those turbulent times.)