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{{infobox vessel | {{infobox vessel | ||
| image-top = Hyperion_(BD).jpg | | image-top = Hyperion_(BD).jpg | ||
| - | | caption-top = The flagship '''Hyperion''' ({{d|796|uc}}) | + | | caption-top = The flagship '''{{i|Hyperion}}''' ({{d|796|uc}}) |
| affiliation = [[Iserlohn Republic]]<br />[[El Facil Revolutionary Government]] (former)<br />[[Free Planets Alliance]] (former) | | affiliation = [[Iserlohn Republic]]<br />[[El Facil Revolutionary Government]] (former)<br />[[Free Planets Alliance]] (former) | ||
| flag-officer = {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} [[Merkatz]]<br />{{rank|fpa|fleet admiral}} [[Yang Wen-li]] (former) | | flag-officer = {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} [[Merkatz]]<br />{{rank|fpa|fleet admiral}} [[Yang Wen-li]] (former) | ||
| - | | | + | | type = Battleship |
| - | | purpose = Flagship ([[IRF]], [[Merkatz Squadron]])<br />Flagship ([[EFRRF]], [[Merkatz Squadron]] | + | | purpose = Flagship <small>([[IRF]], [[Merkatz Squadron]])</small><br />Flagship <small>([[EFRRF]], [[Merkatz Squadron]] — former)</small><br />Supreme Flagship <small>([[Free Planets Star Fleet]] — former)</small><br />Flagship <small>([[Yang Fleet]] — former)</small><br />Flagship <small>([[13th Fleet]] — former)</small> |
| + | | pennant = 144M | ||
| length = 911 metres{{ffc|3}} | | length = 911 metres{{ffc|3}} | ||
| width = 70 metres{{ffc|3}} | | width = 70 metres{{ffc|3}} | ||
| height = 284 metres{{ffc|3}} | | height = 284 metres{{ffc|3}} | ||
| - | | armament = 32 forward cannons<br />40 port cannons<br />40 starboard cannons | + | | armament = 32 forward cannons<br />40 port cannons<br />40 starboard cannons<br />24 [[Spartanian]] fighters {{ffc|3}} |
| crew = 915{{ffc|3}} | | crew = 915{{ffc|3}} | ||
| status = Destroyed in combat | | status = Destroyed in combat | ||
| destroyed = 1 June {{d|801|uc}} | | destroyed = 1 June {{d|801|uc}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
| - | + | The '''{{i|Hyperion}}''' (Japanese: '''ヒューベリオン''') was the flagship of [[Yang Wen-li]] throughout his career in the [[Free Planets Alliance|Alliance]] military, and, later, the flagship of {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} [[Willibald Joachim von Merkatz]]. | |
| - | The '''Hyperion''' (Japanese: '''ヒューベリオン''') was the flagship of [[Yang Wen-li]] throughout his career in the [[Free Planets Alliance|Alliance]] military, and, later, the flagship of {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} [[Willibald Joachim von Merkatz]]. | + | |
==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
| - | === | + | ===Alliance–Imperial War=== |
| - | The Hyperion began its career as the flagship of {{rank|fpa|rear admiral}} Yang Wen-li and the newly formed [[13th Fleet]] in {{d|796|uc}}. It participated in the capture of [[Iserlohn Fortress]], and went on to invade Imperial territory that same year. In the course of the Imperial counter-attack led by Count [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]], the Hyperion was engaged against the [[ | + | The ''Hyperion'' began its career as the flagship of {{rank|fpa|rear admiral}} Yang Wen-li and the newly formed [[13th Fleet]] in {{d|796|uc}}. It participated in the [[Seventh Battle of Iserlohn|capture]] of [[Iserlohn Fortress]], and went on to invade Imperial territory that same year. In the course of the Imperial counter-attack led by Count [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]], the ''Hyperion'' was engaged against the [[Kempff Fleet]] in the [[Battle of Jafnhár]], and then the [[Kircheis Fleet]] in the [[Battle of Dverger]], before rendezvousing with the much reduced remnants of the Alliance invasion fleet for the [[Battle of Amritsar]]. At Amritsar, the ''Hyperion'' was critical in pushing back the Imperial offensive by dropping multiple [[fusion bombs]] into the [[Amritsar (star)|Amritsar]] star, which sent the 13th Fleet ascending rapidly upward and forcing the [[Mittermeyer Fleet]] to temporarily withdraw. The ''Hyperion'' escaped the battle with the rest of the 13th Fleet. ({{logh|006|015}}) |
===Alliance Civil War=== | ===Alliance Civil War=== | ||
| - | Following the disaster at Amritsar, the 13th Fleet became the [[Yang Fleet]], permanently stationed at Iserlohn, with the Hyperion serving as flagship for {{rank|fpa|admiral}} Yang. In {{d|797|uc}}, it sortied against the forces of the [[National Salvation Military Council]] in the [[Alliance Civil War]], culminating in the defeat of the [[11th Fleet]] and the liberation of [[Heinessen]]. ({{logh|019|021|024}}) | + | Following the disaster at Amritsar, the 13th Fleet became the [[Yang Fleet]], permanently stationed at Iserlohn, with the ''Hyperion'' serving as flagship for {{rank|fpa|admiral}} Yang. In {{d|797|uc}}, it sortied against the forces of the [[National Salvation Military Council]] in the [[Alliance Civil War]], culminating in the defeat of the [[11th Fleet]] and the liberation of [[Heinessen]]. ({{logh|019|021|024}}) |
===Imperial invasions=== | ===Imperial invasions=== | ||
| - | The Hyperion next saw active combat during the [[Eighth Battle of Iserlohn]] in {{d|798|uc}} | + | The ''Hyperion'' next saw active combat during the [[Eighth Battle of Iserlohn]] in {{d|798|uc}} — with Admiral Yang having been called away to attend an inquiry on Heinessen, the ''Hyperion'' came under the command of High Admiral Merkatz, who deftly led the Yang Fleet in delaying Imperial forces long enough for Yang himself to return. ({{logh|016|033|034}}) |
| - | When | + | When Duke Lohengramm commenced his operation to conquer the Alliance in late {{d|798|uc}}, the ''Hyperion'' again battled a combined Imperial fleet led by High Admiral [[Reuenthal]]. In the early stages, Yang used the ''Hyperion''{{'}}s notoriety with Imperial forces against Reuenthal, pretending to sortie the ''Hyperion'' out of Iserlohn Fortress to entice Reuenthal to attempt to kill Yang. In reality, Yang never boarded the ''Hyperion'' and remained behind on the fortress, whilst the distraction allowed the [[Rosen Ritter]] to board Reuenthal's flagship, the ''[[Tristan]]''. ({{logh|034}}) |
| - | When Yang chose to abandon Iserlohn, the Hyperion led the Yang Fleet in the subsequent battles of the war, culminating in the decisive [[Battle of Vermilion]]. With victory moments away and | + | When Yang chose to abandon Iserlohn, the ''Hyperion'' led the Yang Fleet in the subsequent battles of the war, culminating in the decisive [[Battle of Vermilion]]. As Yang was given complete control over remaining available fleet assets, the ''Hyperion'' thus became the Star Fleet's supreme flagship for the last few months of the war. With victory moments away and Duke Lohengramm's flagship ''[[Brünhild]]'' in the ''Hyperion''{{'}}s gun sights, the Alliance government issued the order to surrender. ({{logh|053}}) |
| - | ===El Facil Revolutionary Reserve Force / Iserlohn Republic Forces=== | + | ===El Facil Revolutionary Reserve Force/Iserlohn Republic Forces=== |
| - | As part of the [[Treaty of | + | As part of the [[Treaty of Ba‘alat]], the Alliance fleet was required to scrap all of its battleships and carriers, including the ''Hyperion''. However, before it could be dismantled, the [[Second Alliance–Imperial War]] began, and Admiral [[Chung Wu-Cheng]] provided it to {{rank|fpa|vice admiral}}s [[Edwin Fischer]], [[Murai]], and [[Fyodor Patrichev]] to join Yang, along with 5559 other warships. After an arduous, round-about journey, the fleet joined Yang's [[El Facil Revolutionary Reserve Force]] at the newly re-captured Iserlohn Fortress in January {{d|800|uc}}. However, Yang had already taken the battleship ''[[Ulysses]]'' as his new flagship. ({{logh|061|068|073}}) |
| - | Instead, the Hyperion was provided to High Admiral Merkatz as his own flagship, and remained as such for the remainder of its service. Its first battle in this capacity was the [[Battle of the Corridor]]. Following that, it fought as part of the fleet of the [[Iserlohn Republic]] | + | Instead, the ''Hyperion'' was provided to High Admiral Merkatz as his own flagship, and remained as such for the remainder of its service. Its first battle in this capacity was the [[Battle of the Corridor]]. Following that, it fought as part of the fleet of the [[Iserlohn Republic]] in the [[Eleventh Battle of Iserlohn]] in {{d|801|uc}}. ({{logh|079|102}}) |
===Final battle=== | ===Final battle=== | ||
| - | Having never been damaged in battle before, at the [[Battle of Shiva]] in {{d|801|uc}}, the Hyperion's good fortune came to an end. High Admiral [[Bittenfeld]]'s [[Black Lancers]] charged the Iserlohn fleet whilst the [[Eisenach Fleet]] raked the | + | Having never been damaged in battle before, at the [[Battle of Shiva]] in {{d|801|uc}}, the ''Hyperion''{{'}}s good fortune came to an end. High Admiral [[Bittenfeld]]'s [[Black Lancers]] charged the Iserlohn fleet whilst the [[Eisenach Fleet]] raked the Iserlohn formation with stand-off fire. With the Iserlohn fleet's formation in disarray, a barrage of cannon fire struck the ''Hyperion'', overwhelming its shields and wrecking the ship. Internal explosions ripped through the ship's corridors, and High Admiral Merkatz was killed in the process. ({{logh|108}}) |
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | <gallery widths=160px> | ||
| + | File:Hyperion ventral (DVD-CA).jpg|Ventral ({{d|797|uc}}) | ||
| + | File:Hyperion bridge.jpg|Bridge ({{d|799|uc}}) | ||
| + | File:Hyperion last.jpg|Bow ({{d|801|uc}}) | ||
| + | File:Hyperion starboard(DVD-CA).jpg|Starboard ({{d|796|uc}}) | ||
| + | File:Hyperion rear(DVD-CA).jpg|Stern ({{d|796|uc}}) | ||
| + | File:Hyperiondocked.jpg|Docked ({{d|798|uc}}) | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==Appendices== | ==Appendices== | ||
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===Name variations=== | ===Name variations=== | ||
| - | *'''Hyperion''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr> | + | *'''Hyperion''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr><span class="lr-1px">/</span><abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles) |
| - | *'''ヒューベリオン''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr> | + | *'''ヒューベリオン''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr><span class="lr-1px">/</span><abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles — Japanese) |
===Background information=== | ===Background information=== | ||
| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28mythology%29 Hyperion] | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28mythology%29 Hyperion] is one of the twelve Titan gods of Ancient Greek mythology. |
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| + | ====Licensed sources==== | ||
| + | The ''Hyperion'' was a second line battleship from the generation of ships preceding the ''Ajax'' class, and its design dates from the {{d|760|uc}} era. The ''Hyperion'' was originally assigned as flagship of the 3rd Border System Security Squadron but was hurriedly transferred to Heinessen, upon the decision to form the 13th Fleet. A rushed modernisation and refit was undertaken. Most of its antennas were added at this period. The pennant number was meant to be 1301 as flagship of the 13th Fleet but it was not changed due to the limited time available for refitting, so it went on to capture Iserlohn Fortress under its old pennant number of 144M. After the enormous success and fame associated with capturing Iserlohn Fortress, it was decided to keep the old pennant number permanently. | ||
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| + | At the time of its initial design, combat fighters had not been developed yet. The [[Spartanian]] launch facilities were a later addition once the development of compact high performance fusion reactors in early {{d|770|uc}} allowed for space combat fighters. | ||
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| + | ''[[Masasoite]]'' is another battleship from the same era as ''Hyperion''. ({{ffc|3|full}}) | ||
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| + | [[File:Hyperioninternal.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Internal structure]] | ||
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| + | ===Apocrypha=== | ||
| + | ====DVD features==== | ||
| + | A sketch of the {{i|Hyperion}}'s internal structure appears in the extra features of the DVD box set. The DVD features also confirm the ''Hyperion'' as an old battleship. | ||
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| + | ====Fleet File Collection==== | ||
| + | The ''Hyperion'' is included as a model in {{ffc|3|full}}. | ||
| + | [[File:Hyperion (FFC).jpg|thumb|right|190px|FFC drawing]] | ||
| + | {{navbox/flagships/Alliance}} | ||
| - | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Alliance vessels|Hyperion]] |
Latest revision as of 02:20, 10 December 2013
.jpg) The flagship Hyperion (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) | |
| Affiliation: | Iserlohn Republic El Facil Revolutionary Government (former) Free Planets Alliance (former) |
| Flag officer: | High Admiral Merkatz Fleet Admiral Yang Wen-li (former) |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Purpose: | Flagship (IRF, Merkatz Squadron) Flagship (EFRRF, Merkatz Squadron — former) Supreme Flagship (Free Planets Star Fleet — former) Flagship (Yang Fleet — former) Flagship (13th Fleet — former) |
| Pennant number: | 144M |
| Length: | 911 metres(FFC3) |
| Width: | 70 metres(FFC3) |
| Height: | 284 metres(FFC3) |
| Armament: | 32 forward cannons 40 port cannons 40 starboard cannons 24 Spartanian fighters (FFC3) |
| Crew: | 915(FFC3) |
| Status: | Destroyed in combat |
| Destroyed: | 1 June 801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE) |
The Hyperion (Japanese: ヒューベリオン) was the flagship of Yang Wen-li throughout his career in the Alliance military, and, later, the flagship of High Admiral Willibald Joachim von Merkatz.
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Service history
Alliance–Imperial War
The Hyperion began its career as the flagship of Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li and the newly formed 13th Fleet in 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE). It participated in the capture of Iserlohn Fortress, and went on to invade Imperial territory that same year. In the course of the Imperial counter-attack led by Count Reinhard von Lohengramm, the Hyperion was engaged against the Kempff Fleet in the Battle of Jafnhár, and then the Kircheis Fleet in the Battle of Dverger, before rendezvousing with the much reduced remnants of the Alliance invasion fleet for the Battle of Amritsar. At Amritsar, the Hyperion was critical in pushing back the Imperial offensive by dropping multiple fusion bombs into the Amritsar star, which sent the 13th Fleet ascending rapidly upward and forcing the Mittermeyer Fleet to temporarily withdraw. The Hyperion escaped the battle with the rest of the 13th Fleet. (LOGH: 'The Rosen Ritter', 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone')
Alliance Civil War
Following the disaster at Amritsar, the 13th Fleet became the Yang Fleet, permanently stationed at Iserlohn, with the Hyperion serving as flagship for Admiral Yang. In 797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE), it sortied against the forces of the National Salvation Military Council in the Alliance Civil War, culminating in the defeat of the 11th Fleet and the liberation of Heinessen. (LOGH: 'The Yang Fleet Goes Out', 'The Battle of Doria Starzone, And...', 'Victory for Whose Sake?')
Imperial invasions
The Hyperion next saw active combat during the Eighth Battle of Iserlohn in 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) — with Admiral Yang having been called away to attend an inquiry on Heinessen, the Hyperion came under the command of High Admiral Merkatz, who deftly led the Yang Fleet in delaying Imperial forces long enough for Yang himself to return. (LOGH: 'New Trends', 'Fortress vs Fortress', 'The Return')
When Duke Lohengramm commenced his operation to conquer the Alliance in late 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE), the Hyperion again battled a combined Imperial fleet led by High Admiral Reuenthal. In the early stages, Yang used the Hyperion's notoriety with Imperial forces against Reuenthal, pretending to sortie the Hyperion out of Iserlohn Fortress to entice Reuenthal to attempt to kill Yang. In reality, Yang never boarded the Hyperion and remained behind on the fortress, whilst the distraction allowed the Rosen Ritter to board Reuenthal's flagship, the Tristan. (LOGH: 'The Return')
When Yang chose to abandon Iserlohn, the Hyperion led the Yang Fleet in the subsequent battles of the war, culminating in the decisive Battle of Vermilion. As Yang was given complete control over remaining available fleet assets, the Hyperion thus became the Star Fleet's supreme flagship for the last few months of the war. With victory moments away and Duke Lohengramm's flagship Brünhild in the Hyperion's gun sights, the Alliance government issued the order to surrender. (LOGH: 'Sudden Change')
El Facil Revolutionary Reserve Force/Iserlohn Republic Forces
As part of the Treaty of Ba‘alat, the Alliance fleet was required to scrap all of its battleships and carriers, including the Hyperion. However, before it could be dismantled, the Second Alliance–Imperial War began, and Admiral Chung Wu-Cheng provided it to Vice Admirals Edwin Fischer, Murai, and Fyodor Patrichev to join Yang, along with 5559 other warships. After an arduous, round-about journey, the fleet joined Yang's El Facil Revolutionary Reserve Force at the newly re-captured Iserlohn Fortress in January 800 UC (2 NIC / 491 IC / 3600 CE). However, Yang had already taken the battleship Ulysses as his new flagship. (LOGH: 'Invitation to an Opera', 'To El Facil', 'The Edict of the Winter Rose Garden')
Instead, the Hyperion was provided to High Admiral Merkatz as his own flagship, and remained as such for the remainder of its service. Its first battle in this capacity was the Battle of the Corridor. Following that, it fought as part of the fleet of the Iserlohn Republic in the Eleventh Battle of Iserlohn in 801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE). (LOGH: 'The Battle of the Corridor: The Invincible and the Undefeated', 'A Challenge to Arms')
Final battle
Having never been damaged in battle before, at the Battle of Shiva in 801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE), the Hyperion's good fortune came to an end. High Admiral Bittenfeld's Black Lancers charged the Iserlohn fleet whilst the Eisenach Fleet raked the Iserlohn formation with stand-off fire. With the Iserlohn fleet's formation in disarray, a barrage of cannon fire struck the Hyperion, overwhelming its shields and wrecking the ship. Internal explosions ripped through the ship's corridors, and High Admiral Merkatz was killed in the process. (LOGH: 'The Beautiful Maiden Wants Blood')
Gallery
.jpg) Ventral (797 UC (488 IC / 3597 CE)) |
 Bridge (799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)) |
 Bow (801 UC (3 NIC / 492 IC / 3601 CE)) |
.jpg) Starboard (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
.jpg) Stern (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)) |
 Docked (798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE)) |
Appendices
Appearances
- LOGH:
(29)
- 'The Rosen Ritter' (first appearance)
- 'The Battle of Amritsar Starzone'
- 'New Trends'
- 'The Yang Fleet Goes Out'
- 'The Battle of Doria Starzone, And...'
- 'Victory for Whose Sake?'
- 'First Battle'
- 'Fortress vs Fortress'
- 'The Return'
- 'A Departure'
- 'The Sounding of Gjallarhorn'
- 'Admiral Yang's Ark Fleet'
- 'The Two-Headed Snake: The Battle of Rantemario'
- 'The Darkness Before Dawn'
- 'Battle After Battle'
- 'The Battle of Vermilion (Part One)'
- 'The Battle of Vermilion (Part Two)'
- 'Sudden Change'
- 'Long Live the Emperor!'
- 'The Edict of the Winter Rose Garden'
- 'The Battle of the Corridor: The Invincible and the Undefeated'
- 'The Battle of the Corridor: Kaleidoscope'
- 'The Battle of the Corridor: End of the Campaign'
- 'Disappointing Victory'
- 'Invitation to Rebellion'
- 'A Challenge to Arms'
- 'Planet of Confusion'
- 'The Crimson Star Road'
- 'The Beautiful Maiden Wants Blood'
Name variations
- Hyperion (LD/DVD subtitles)
- ヒューベリオン (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)
Background information
Hyperion is one of the twelve Titan gods of Ancient Greek mythology.
Licensed sources
The Hyperion was a second line battleship from the generation of ships preceding the Ajax class, and its design dates from the 760 UC (451 IC / 3560 CE) era. The Hyperion was originally assigned as flagship of the 3rd Border System Security Squadron but was hurriedly transferred to Heinessen, upon the decision to form the 13th Fleet. A rushed modernisation and refit was undertaken. Most of its antennas were added at this period. The pennant number was meant to be 1301 as flagship of the 13th Fleet but it was not changed due to the limited time available for refitting, so it went on to capture Iserlohn Fortress under its old pennant number of 144M. After the enormous success and fame associated with capturing Iserlohn Fortress, it was decided to keep the old pennant number permanently.
At the time of its initial design, combat fighters had not been developed yet. The Spartanian launch facilities were a later addition once the development of compact high performance fusion reactors in early 770 UC (461 IC / 3570 CE) allowed for space combat fighters.
Masasoite is another battleship from the same era as Hyperion. (Fleet File Collection Vol.3)
Apocrypha
DVD features
A sketch of the Hyperion's internal structure appears in the extra features of the DVD box set. The DVD features also confirm the Hyperion as an old battleship.
Fleet File Collection
The Hyperion is included as a model in Fleet File Collection Vol.3.
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