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|We were nomads among the stars then... We were a community made up of communities, traveling the stars together. Part mercenary fleet, part trade fleet. Our own people.
 
|We were nomads among the stars then... We were a community made up of communities, traveling the stars together. Part mercenary fleet, part trade fleet. Our own people.
|[[Gran-Gran]] telling [[Spensa]] of the Defiant fleet{{book ref|sky1|45}}
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== Fleet ==
 
== Fleet ==
The fleet is comprised of one main ship, the Defiant, four smaller ships, and thirty starfighters, and made up of a combination of trade and mercenary vessels.{{book ref|sky1|45}} One of the gunships that accompanies the Defiant is the [[Antioch]].{{book ref|sky1|7}} The Defiant is the only ship capable of faster than light travel using a [[cytonic]] controlled hyperdrive, with the other ships attaching to the Defiant before the jump occurs.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
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The fleet is comprised of one main ship, the ''Defiant,'' four smaller ships, and thirty starfighters, and made up of a combination of trade and mercenary vessels.{{book ref|sky1|45}} One of the gunships that accompanies the ''Defiant'' is the [[Antioch]].{{book ref|sky1|7}} The ''Defiant'' is the only ship capable of faster than light travel using a [[cytonic]] controlled hyperdrive, with the other ships attaching to the ''Defiant'' before the jump occurs.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
   
 
The ships hyperdrive and engines are controlled by a cytonic. The ship can move without a cytonic, however, its FTL capabilities are inaccessible.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
 
The ships hyperdrive and engines are controlled by a cytonic. The ship can move without a cytonic, however, its FTL capabilities are inaccessible.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
   
The ships crew is made up of many divisions including; command, scientists, engineers, marines, and gunners. The engineers of the Defiant are treated as outsiders by the rest of the fleet's crew due to their ability to control the engines. As this group was also the first to be able to explore space, this distrust may also stem from jealousy.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
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The ships crew is made up of many divisions including; command, scientists, engineers, marines, and gunners. The engineers of the ''Defiant'' are treated as outsiders by the rest of the fleet's crew due to their ability to control the engines. As this group was also the first to be able to explore space, this distrust may also stem from jealousy.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
   
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
The Defiant fleet avoided the war with the Krell, being neither the people to begin the war or propagate it. As the war continued, the Defiant found it increasingly more difficult, as well as dangerous, to contact space stations and planets, and as such did not know who the Krell were at the time that they were attacked.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
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The ''Defiant's'' fleet avoided the war with the Krell, being neither the people to begin the war or propagate it. As the war continued, the Defiant found it increasingly more difficult, as well as dangerous, to contact space stations and planets, and as such did not know who the Krell were at the time that they were attacked.{{book ref|sky1|45}}
   
The day the Defiant crashed, the engineers, along with the scientists, mutinied against the command and military staff aboard the ship, after the Krell had surrounded the fleet and begun to attack the vessels. At some point during the battle, an explosion occurred on the bridge. The captain called down to the engine room, giving [[Spensa's great-grandmother]] her commands, however, she disobeyed, instead bringing the fleet to Detritus, using abilities to perform faster than light travel. However, the jump she made proved to be beyond her capabilities and she died. The ships were damaged and crashed onto the surface of the planet, with the engines in the Defiant being broken. It is unclear whether the ships crashed due to damage they had sustained before, or during the jump, or whether they was fired upon by the active guns found in the planets shielding. {{book ref|sky1|45}}
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The day the ''Defiant'' crashed, the engineers, along with the scientists, mutinied against the command and military staff aboard the ship, after the Krell had surrounded the fleet and begun to attack the vessels. At some point during the battle, an explosion occurred on the bridge. The captain called down to the engine room, giving [[Spensa's great-grandmother]] her commands, however, she disobeyed, instead bringing the fleet to Detritus, using abilities to perform faster than light travel. However, the jump she made proved to be beyond her capabilities and she died. The ships were damaged and crashed onto the surface of the planet, with the engines in the ''Defiant'' being broken. It is unclear whether the ships crashed due to damage they had sustained before, or during the jump, or whether they was fired upon by the active guns found in the planets shielding. {{book ref|sky1|45}}
   
The people of the Defiant fleet formed seperate colonies on Detritus after the ships crashed, until they were unified during the [[Battle of Alta]].{{cite}} Different populations from the Defiant fleet settled in different caverns with the marines colonizing Vici Cavern{{book ref|sky1|8}} and the crew from the Antioch settling in [[Bountiful Cavern]].{{book ref|sky1|7}} The modern populations in these branch caverns have lifestyles that are distinct from that of the population of Igneous - these differences may extend back to the original groups aboard the Defiant.
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The people of the ''Defiant's'' fleet formed seperate colonies on Detritus after the ships crashed, until they were unified during the [[Battle of Alta]].{{cite}} Different populations from the ''Defiant's'' fleet settled in different caverns with the marines colonizing Vici Cavern{{book ref|sky1|8}} and the crew from the Antioch settling in [[Bountiful Cavern]].{{book ref|sky1|7}} The modern populations in these branch caverns have lifestyles that are distinct from that of the population of Igneous - these differences may extend back to the original groups aboard the ''Defiant''.
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

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Defiant (starship)
Type Spacecraft
Universe Skyward universe
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We were nomads among the stars then... We were a community made up of communities, traveling the stars together. Part mercenary fleet, part trade fleet. Our own people.

Gran-Gran telling Spensa of the Defiant's fleet[1]

The Defiant is the biggest spaceship in a small, independent, nomad fleet of humans, that crashed on Detritus after being attacked by the Krell.[1]

Fleet

The fleet is comprised of one main ship, the Defiant, four smaller ships, and thirty starfighters, and made up of a combination of trade and mercenary vessels.[1] One of the gunships that accompanies the Defiant is the Antioch.[2] The Defiant is the only ship capable of faster than light travel using a cytonic controlled hyperdrive, with the other ships attaching to the Defiant before the jump occurs.[1]

The ships hyperdrive and engines are controlled by a cytonic. The ship can move without a cytonic, however, its FTL capabilities are inaccessible.[1]

The ships crew is made up of many divisions including; command, scientists, engineers, marines, and gunners. The engineers of the Defiant are treated as outsiders by the rest of the fleet's crew due to their ability to control the engines. As this group was also the first to be able to explore space, this distrust may also stem from jealousy.[1]

History

The Defiant's fleet avoided the war with the Krell, being neither the people to begin the war or propagate it. As the war continued, the Defiant found it increasingly more difficult, as well as dangerous, to contact space stations and planets, and as such did not know who the Krell were at the time that they were attacked.[1]

The day the Defiant crashed, the engineers, along with the scientists, mutinied against the command and military staff aboard the ship, after the Krell had surrounded the fleet and begun to attack the vessels. At some point during the battle, an explosion occurred on the bridge. The captain called down to the engine room, giving Spensa's great-grandmother her commands, however, she disobeyed, instead bringing the fleet to Detritus, using abilities to perform faster than light travel. However, the jump she made proved to be beyond her capabilities and she died. The ships were damaged and crashed onto the surface of the planet, with the engines in the Defiant being broken. It is unclear whether the ships crashed due to damage they had sustained before, or during the jump, or whether they was fired upon by the active guns found in the planets shielding. [1]

The people of the Defiant's fleet formed seperate colonies on Detritus after the ships crashed, until they were unified during the Battle of Alta.[citation needed] Different populations from the Defiant's fleet settled in different caverns with the marines colonizing Vici Cavern[3] and the crew from the Antioch settling in Bountiful Cavern.[2] The modern populations in these branch caverns have lifestyles that are distinct from that of the population of Igneous - these differences may extend back to the original groups aboard the Defiant.

Notes

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