- Fleet recruitment slogan.(src)
The Dominion Fleet[1] (a.k.a. "Dominion Armada"[2] or "Dominion Navy")[3] is the space naval arm of the Terran Dominion military. A portion of the Armada's initial strength derived from former Confederate units.[4]
History
Early Actions
Shortly after the establishment of the Dominion elements of the fleet traveled to Char due to Sarah Kerrigan's psionic emanations. The fleet was led by General Edmund Duke and contained elements of Alpha Squadron. It engaged zerg and protoss forces in orbit but was defeated. Many ships were either overrun by the zerg or destroyed by the Protoss Expeditionary Fleet that arrived shortly after. With the ground forces suffering disaster as well the fleet fell back from Char,[5] and later another fleet was defeated by the protoss.[6]
The Brood War
The fleet did not fare well during the Brood War. The United Earth Directorate Expeditionary Force inflicted notable defeats during the raid on the Dylarian Shipyards and the conquest of Korhal. It had to be rescued by Mengsk's temporary allies.[7] By the end of the war, the fleet had been rebuilt via a "collection of interests," but was once again defeated by Kerrigan's forces at Char Aleph.[8]
Interbellum
In the years following the Brood War, credits that might have been better spent on expanding the Fleet were instead spent by Arcturus Mengsk in his hunt for Jim Raynor.[9] Even so, by the time the Second Great War broke out the fleet had been rebuilt to the point to be again a sizeable military force.
In 2503,[10] a squadron aided Valerian Mengsk in his endeavour to find and secure archaeological materials.[11][12]
The Second Great War
In 2504, the Dominion's Satellite 1 in the Char System detected preparations by the Zerg Swarm to launch a massive attack on the Koprulu Sector. The fleet was placed on alert.[13] The zerg struck shortly afterwards, and the fleet abandoned the Fringe Worlds to fortify the Core Worlds.[note 1][14]
The Dominion was unwilling to help the massive flow of refugees. The fleet was ordered to turn away refugee ships arriving in the Core Worlds.[15]
First Fleet participated in Operation Burnout early in the war.[16] Later, the First and Second Fleets were tasked with defending the Core Worlds.[17]
The fleet engages at Char.
During the fighting, Prince Valerian Mengsk had the anti-Dominion Raynor's Raiders retrieving the components to a xel'naga device; Mengsk believed the device could deinfest Kerrigan and strike a decisive blow against the zerg. Once all the components were in hand, the prince took half the fleet, without formally informing Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, to attack Char. The battle group was accompanied by Raynor's Raiders, and overall operational command was given to General Horace Warfield.[18] The fleet was heavily engaged but eventually fought its way from high orbit[19] and into the atmosphere.[20]
Known Branches
Known Members
- Prince Valerian Mengsk (affiliated)
- Fleet Admiral Hector Santiago
- Admiral Gaskaville
- General Edmund Duke
- General Horace Warfield
- Colonel Alexander Davidoff
- Captain Jon Dyre
- Captain Robert Mason
- Commander Hunicutt
Known Flagships
This is a list of the starships which at one time have become the flagship of the Dominion fleet, and thus of the Terran Dominion.
Notes
- ↑ Conversation with Matt Horner after StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty cinematic, "Escape from Mar Sara".
References
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