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 in service with the Interstellar Alliance. Shortly after it's launch it was loaned to Earthforce, where the ship was known as the new EAS Excalibur. The Excalibur and her sister ship, the Victory, were built side by side at a shipyard overseen by Michael Garibaldi and Samuel Drake.
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[edit] History
[edit] Battle To Save Earth
In 2267, 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
As soon as the plague was released ISA President John Sheridan loaned the ship to the Earth Alliance where it was commissioned as the EAS Excalibur, to be used to find a cure for the Drakh plague somewhere in deep space. The Excalibur was turned into a travelling research center. The Excalibur was able to develop an anti-virus which could allow people to walk among those who are infected for up to 48 hours.
[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) [3]
- Trace Miller - Pilot
- Janey - Med Tech [3]
- David Arkham - Junior officer (KIA) [3]
[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 |
