Excalibur
From The Babylon Project
- Excalibur has other uses. Please see Excalibur (disambiguation) for other meanings.
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The Excalibur was a Victory class destroyer built for the Interstellar Alliance in a joint project with the Earth Alliance along with it's sister ship, the Victory.
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[edit] History
[edit] Battle To Save Earth
Built alongside it's sister ship at a shipyard overseen by Michael Garibaldi and Samuel Drake the Excalibur was the culmination of a joint ISA/EA project to produce a Destroyer class White Star. In late 2266, President John Sheridan took a tour of the nearly complete Excalibur. During the shakedown cruise, the Excalibur suffered engine troubles, but was towed by twelve crew shuttles to the weapons test range.
President Sheridan returned in the EAS Charon, and took command of the vessel with crewmembers from the Charon becoming a part of the Excalibur's crew. The Excalibur and the Victory, which was under the command of Captain Leonard Anderson, formerly the commander of the Charon, went to Daltron VII. The Excalibur and the Victory discovered that the planet was devastated by a Shadow planetkiller in the hands of the Drakh.
The Excalibur and the Victory engaged a Drakh scouting force. The Excalibur followed the Drakh vessels to the main staging area of the Drakh Fleet. The Excalibur returned to the Victory and both vessels escaped into Hyperspace. The Excalibur and the Victory joined a large force at Earth in preparation against the Drakh.
The Excalibur was heavily damaged at the Drakh attack of Earth, and witnessed the Drakh releasing a plague in the atmosphere of Earth. Afterward, the Excalibur went to Babylon 5 and was repaired with research labs added to help find a cure for the Drakh plague. [2]
[edit] Locating A Cure
Shortly after the plague was released ISA President John Sheridan loaned the ship to the Earth Alliance to be converted into a travelling research centre for a joint mission to find a cure for the Drakh plague somewhere in uncharted space. The mission was co-sponsored by Earthgov, Interplanetary Expeditions, the Earth Alliance Health Organization and the Interstellar Alliance with support from the Anla'shok. By March 2267 the Excalibur crew were able to develop an anti-virus which could allow people to walk among those who are infected for up to 48 hours.[3]
[edit] Crew
[edit] Senior Crew
- Captain Matthew Gideon - Earthforce
- First Officer Lieutenant John Matheson - Earthforce
- Chief Medical Officer Sarah Chambers - E.A.H.O. (Civilian)
- Senior archaeological and linguistics expert Max Eilerson - IPX
[edit] Junior Crewmember
- Stewart Greenberg - Guard (KIA) [4]
- Trace Miller - Pilot
- Janey - Med Tech [4]
- David Arkham - Junior officer (KIA) [4]
[edit] Other Crewmembers
 The Victory and the Excalibur in the shipyard |
 The Excalibur at the Battle of Earth |
 The Excalibur in refit at Babylon 5 |
