Bucephalus

The Bucephalus was a Minotaur-class battlecruiser and the Terran Dominion flagship during the Second Great War.

Construction
Bucephalus was constructed at the Ursa Shipyards, and commissioned in 2503.

Rebel Rendezvous
By the Second Great War, it had a crew complement of 8,239.

During the war, the anti-Dominion Raynor's Raiders were hired by the Möebius Foundation to recover components to a xel'naga device. Dominion Prince Valerian Mengsk, the secret owner of the Foundation, wanted to use the device to deinfest Infested Kerrigan and raise his reputation. The Foundation arranged a rendezvous with the Raiders after the recovery of the Typhon XI component. Prince Mengsk went to meet them personally aboard Bucephalus, accompanied by battlecruiser escort. The rebels were surprised to be met by the Dominion fleet.

Although the Dominion ships did not raise shields, Jim Raynor automatically assumed hostile intent; he ordered Hyperion to latch onto Bucephalus for a boarding action. The rebel leader expected to find Emperor Arcturus Mengsk aboard the Dominion flagship. Raynor personally led the charge and eventually broke into Mengsk's chambers and was surprised to find Prince Mengsk instead. Mengsk was seemingly unperturbed; he revealed his plan to deinfest Kerrigan and secured further cooperation from Raynor.

Battle of Char
When the final component was recovered, Bucephalus led half the Dominion Fleet and the Raiders to Char. The prince, General Horace Warfield, and Raynor met aboard the battlecruiser to confer. Emperor Arcturus Mengsk was contacted and formally informed of the operation. Despite Arcturus' concern that his son lacked experience to lead such an offensive, and annoyance with the alliance with Raynor, the attack was allowed to proceed.

The ship was immediately caught in the zerg spoiler attack. General Warfield initially commanded from Bucephalus, before transferring to .

Trivia
Bucephalus was the horse of Alexander the Great. The Delphic oracle claimed the rider of Bucephalus would rule the world.