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| RLS St. Roch | |
| Model: Naval Frigate | |
| Crew: Jim Hawkins (Captain), Mr. Onyx (First Officer) | |
| Fate: Varies, possibly sank after Mission 10. |
RLS St. Roch is an Imperial Frigate issued to Jim Hawkins in Mission 9 of Battle at Procyon's campaign.
Battle at Procyon[]
Mission 9[]
RLS St. Roch is issued to Jim Hawkins as his new command ship. Hawkins uses RLS St. Roch to pursue the Destroyers spotted near the nebula. When RLS St. Roch catches up to the two Destroyers, Rattler and Starfall, they exchange gunfire until the Destroyers retreat into the nebula. Hawkins orders his crew to pursue the Ironclads into the nebula, ignoring Mr Onyx's warning that this will cause the Frigate to lose power. Hawkins notices that the Ironclads' power is not effected by the nebula. After losing a significant amount of power, Mr Onyx suggests turning back and leaving the nebula, but Hawkins orders his crew to continue the pursuit, believing there to be an Ironclad base within the nebula. Eventually, RLS St. Roch runs out of power nearby a graveyard of derelict ships, Jim Hawkins then continues the persuit in a Longboat, until they found a Derelict Starhammer, Hawkins then boarded the StarHammer, and found that it still had ammunition in storage for its Nova Mortar. Mr Onyx spots the Ironclad refuelling base, Hawkins notices they are using refuelling using Dark Matter and then gives the order to fire the Nova Mortar at the refuelling station. The Nova Mortar explosion ignites the Dark Matter, Hawkins then uses the Longboat to return to the RLS St. Roch. Two Destroyers, Terror and Wind Dagger and a Dreadnought, Devastation spot the RLS St. Roch and pursue, however, the RLS St. Roch manages to escape before the Dark Matter explodes, while the Ironclads are destroyed by the explosion.
Mission 10[]
The RLS St. Roch is assigned to escort a convoy of Cargo Ships, carrying weapons to the frontier. The RLS St. Roch defends then Cargo Ships from several waves of pirate attacks until they are about to reach the current, then two Ironclads, the Destroyer, Hunter and the Dreadnought, Devastator appear and attack the Cargo Ships. RLS St. Roch and the accompanying fleet attack the Ironclads, but the Devastator rams into the Cargo Ship, SS Spirit of the West before they could stop it, the collision destroyes the SS Spirit of the West, however it also immobilises the Devastator, allowing the RLS St. Roch to catch up and board it. While boarding the Devastator, Hawkins discovers that it is a Procyon ship, and that the Ironclad attacks are a false flag operation, intending to divert the bulk of the Royal Navy to the frontier, leaving the Parliament undefended.
Mission 11[]
The RLS St. Roch tows the captured Dreadnought to Cydonia Shipyard, when Jim Hawkins explains to Admiral Hoyt that the Ironclads are a Procyon false flag operation, Hoyt, realising that Hawkins is going to require more firepower, assigns the Man of War, RLS Victory to Jim Hawkins as his new command ship. The RLS St. Roch remains in Hawkins' fleet after it is replaced as the command ship by the RLS Victory.