EAS Agamemnon

From The Babylon Project

EAS Agamemnon Captain: John Sheridan (until early 2259) James (2259 onwards) Status: Active (as of 2261) Affiliation: Earthforce Class: Omega class destroyer Length: 1714.3m Engines: 4 Beigie-Bryant 9000A Particle Thrust Engines [1] Jump Capable: Yes Gravity: Rotational sections only Weapons: Primary 4 52mm Plasma Pulse Cannons[1] 4 Laser batteries (2 fore, 2 aft)[2] Secondary 8 40mm Pulse Cannons[1] Defenses: Interceptors[2] Auxiliary Craft: 2 full squadrons of Fighters (Starfurys or Thunderbolts)[1] Hull Marking(s): "A"

EAS Agamemnon is an Earth Alliance Omega class destroyer with the registry of OCG-5. She was named after the Greek mythic figure who commanded the Greek forces during the Trojan War.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Deep Range Patrol 1.2 The Earth Civil War 2 References

[edit] History

The Agamemnon was one of the first Omega class starships to be built by Earthforce following the Earth-Minbari War.^[3]

[edit] Deep Range Patrol

In December of 2256, the Agamemnon stopped at Station Prime in orbit of Centauri Prime for a quick lay over, before embarking on a 5 year patrol of the outer sectors under the command of Captain John Sheridan.^[4] During this time, the Agamemnon patrolled and made diplomatic appearances in and around the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.^[3]

The Agamemnon made first contact with the Tikar just beyond the Saint Andre Nebula. The Agamemnon spent two days with the Tikar vessel. ^[5] At that point, Captain James was named as the next commander of the Agamemnon. A few months after Sheridan's transfer the Agamemnon took part in his rescue from the Streib. When the Streib ejected those they kidnapped into space, the Agamemnon destroyed the Streib starship. ^[6]

In January 2259, the Agamemnon came to the aid of a supply vessel that had been attacked by hijackers. Shortly after departing, Captain Sheridan was transferred to Babylon 5 to replace Jeffrey Sinclair as the station's commanding officer, leaving Commander James as the new Captain.^[7][4][8][9]

In 2260, the Agamemnon was patrolling the solar system when Sheridan took the White Star to destroy the Shadow Vessel being studied by Earth Alliance forces. The Shadow vessel had been activated when a human was merged with the ship to act as a CPU, but it was done incorrectly, and the ship went insane. The Shadow vessel was lured into Jupiter's atmosphere where it was crushed by the pressure and gravity of Jupiter. The Agamemnon was sent to investigate, and found the White Star in the atmosphere. The crew of the Agamemnon did not realize that Sheridan was in command of the White Star. Agamemnon tried to force Sheridan to surrender, but he was able to escape through establishing a jump point at the edge of Jupiter's atmosphere. President Clark used this incident as an excuse to declare martial law. Clark's actions later provoked Sheridan and a number of others in Earthforce to go to war against Clark. ^[10] A crew member named Miller was injured during the confrontation.^[9]

[edit] The Earth Civil War

In 2261, the Agamemnon was under the command of Captain James. The Agamemnon defected to Sheridan's forces during the Earth Alliance Civil War. The Agamemnon chased Sheridan's forces for days until they caught up with him at an asteroid belt. The majority of the Agamemnon was trained by Sheridan, including Captain James. The Agamemnon was upgraded, which included the updating of the DX-419 tracking system to help find Sheridan's Minbari fleet elements. Captain Sheridan remarked that the system didn't work too well.^[9] The Agamemnon fought in a fleet action near Beta IX. The Agamemnon picked up life pods from the EAS Damocles, including Duty Officer David Eisensen. The Agamemnon shuttled over Eisensen to the White Star 2, after he explained President Clark's plan about the attack on Sector 300. The Agamemnon became the flagship of Sheridan's Earthforce portions after Commander Susan Ivanova led the White Star Fleet to Sector 300. At the behest of an mortally wounded Susan Ivanova, Sheridan chose his flagship as the Agamemnon. The Agamemnon set course for Mars. ^[11]

The Agamemnon destroyed a Streib vessel in 2259

The Agamemnon exiting hyperspace in 2261

The bridge of the Agamemnon

The Seal of the Agamemnon

[edit] References

Earthforce Ship Classes
Capital Ships:	Olympus class corvette • Hyperion class heavy cruiser • Nova class dreadnought • Omega class destroyer • Advanced Omega class destroyer • Warlock class destroyer
Fighters:	SA-23E Starfury • SA-23J Thunderbolt • Stealth Starfury • Heavy Starfury • Badger-class Starfury
Transports:	Earthforce One • Magnum heavy lifter • Breaching pod • Condor class transport • Kestrel Class Atmospheric Shuttle • Crew Shuttle
Others:	Aegis orbital defence platform • Life pod • Work pod • Valkyrie Gunship • Explorer class ship • Cotten class Deep Penetration Tender • Shadow Hybrid

Omega class destroyers
EAS Acheron • EAS Achilles • EAS Agamemnon • EAS Agrippa • EAS Alexander • EAS Apollo • EAS Cadmus • EAS Cerberus • EAS Charon • EAS Churchill • EAS Damocles • EAS Delphi • EAS Excalibur • EAS Furies • EAS Heracles • EAS Hermes • EAS Hydra • EAS Juno • EAS Medusa • EAS Nemesis • EAS Nimrod • EAS Olympic • EAS Orion • EAS Persephone • EAS Pollux • EAS Pournelle • EAS Roanoke • EAS Talos • EAS Theseus • EAS Vesta • EAS Zeus