Patoroklos

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The flagship Patoroklos (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE))
Affiliation:	Free Planets Alliance
Flag officer:	Vice Admiral Paetta
Type:	Battleship
Purpose:	Flagship (2nd Fleet)
Pennant number:	201
Length:	1159 metres(FFC2)
Width:	72 metres(FFC2)
Height:	358 metres(FFC2)
Armament:	40 forward cannons 74 port cannons 74 starboard cannons
Crew:	1226(FFC2)
Status:	Unknown

The Patoroklos (Japanese: パトロクロス) was the Alliance flagship of the 2nd Fleet under Vice Admiral Paetta.

Service history

The Patoroklos was assigned to lead the 2nd Fleet in a mission to evade the enemy and attack Iserlohn Fortress in 795 UC (486 IC / 3595 CE). It was met in battle by the Lohengramm Fleet in the atmosphere of the gas giant Legnica. The Patoroklos engaged Admiral Lohengramm's flagship Brünhild at close range, sustaining some superficial damage. When the Lohengramm Fleet rapidly ascended and ignited Legnica's volatile atmosphere, the Patoroklos itself was only saved by a timely ploy by Commodore Yang Wen-li and Lieutenant Commander Dusty Attemborough to make the ship ascend. The Patoroklos went on to fight in the Fourth Battle of Tiamat with the rest of the Alliance fleet. (My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars)

Surviving the battle, the Patoroklos sortied again at the head of the 2nd Fleet to engage the Lohengramm Fleet at the Battle of Astarte in January of 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE). With the 2nd Fleet at an immediate disadvantage against the numerically superior foe, the Patoroklos was struck by enemy fire near the bridge, wounding Vice Admiral Paetta. Commodore Yang took command of the fleet and forced a stalemate against the Imperial force. In the process, the Patoroklos engaged and destroyed the Imperial battleship Wallenstein, and scraped hulls with the battleship Kärnten. (Overture to a New War)

Presumably being absorbed into the newly formed 13th Fleet along with the rest of the survivors of the 2nd, 4th and 6th fleets, the Patoroklos was subsequently observed at the Battle of Doria Starzone in 797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE) as part of the Yang Fleet. (LOGH: 'The Battle of Doria Starzone, And...')

Gallery

Starboard fore (795 UC (486 IC / 3595 CE))

Starboard (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE))

Fore (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE))

Appendices

The Patoroklos in LOGH: 'In the Eternal Night'

Production sketch

FFC drawing

Appearances

Name variations

• Patoroklos (LD/DVD subtitles)
• パトロクロス (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)

Background information

The name Patoroklos is a mistranslation of Patroklos (aka Patroclus), a figure in Greek mythology who was the closest friend of Achilles.

Apocrypha

MCISS/OVA/ONW appearance differences

The Patoroklos appears slightly different in Overture to a New War in comparison to its LOGH: 'In the Eternal Night'. Particularly, the pennant numbers differ. In My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars, the Patoroklos bears no pennant numbers at all.

DVD features

A sketch of the Patoroklos appears in the extra features of the DVD box set.

Fleet File Collection

The Patoroklos is included as a model in Fleet File Collection Vol.2.