ISC-6385   Vermillion Stance

• Azhanti High Lightning class Imperial Scout Cruiser (60,000 dtons)
• Owner = IISS
• Builder = Gashidda No. 3
• Laid Down = 223-0998
• First Flight = 171-1001
• Note = Transferred to IISS on 010-1040
• Status = In Service

(FI-6385, later ISC-6385) was transferred to the Scouts following its retirement from the Five Sisters Flotilla. After a refit and refurbishment at Mora/Mora (taking 16 months) the ship was sent spinward in a mission to the client-states beyond the borders. Its mission was to distribute technology to these systems as "a gift from the Emperor," in an effort to forestall Zhodani influence. The Zhodani obtained an itinerary for the ship and arranged a clandestine reception for it at Garonne. There, they perpetrated a ruse and took over the ship. For years, the fate of the vessel was unknown, with details surfacing only after a prisoner exchange following the Fourth Frontier War.

Supplement 5, GDW