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| class      = [[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)]]
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| serviceuntil = 10 November [[2853]]
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==History==
The DCS '''''Galedon II''''' was the last of the [[Draconis Combine]]'s ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]''-class carrier [[WarShip]]s, and one of the few remaining WarShips in the [[Inner Sphere]] following the [[First Succession War]].

In [[2853]] the ''Galedon II'' under ''Cho-sho'' [[Greg Hossu]], who had commanded her since [[2840]],<ref name=BSP>''BattleCorps Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II''</ref> took part in an offensive against [[Hesperus II]], later dubbed the sixth, seventh and eighth battles of Hesperus II where the Draconis Combine enacted a blockade of the Hesperus system.

The [[Lyran Commonwealth]] famously reactivated their ancient battlecruiser [[LCS]] ''[[Invincible (Individual Tharkad-class WarShip)|Invincible]]'' to break through the Combine siege. It jumped to the Hesperus system's nadir jump point on 25 October 2853 with six military [[DropShip]]s and smashed through the Combine blockade vessels, destroying most of them. Only the ''[[Galedon II]]'' escaped by means of a preplanned jump to an irregular jump point close to Hesperus II at the last minute, taking the [[DropShip]]s ''[[Katana (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Katana]]'', ''[[Rapier (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Rapier]]'', ''[[Broadsword (Individual Achilles-class DropShip)|Broadsword]]'' and ''[[Sabeeh]]'' plus a few squadrons of [[aerospace fighter]]s with it.<ref>BattleCorps scenario ''Tactics of Desperation''</ref>

On 10 November 2853, the ''Invincible'' and the relief fleet accompanying it arrived at Hesperus II and engaged the Draconis Combine's planetary blockade fleet which had been reinforced by the ''Galedon II'' and its DropShips as well as a trio of corvettes that had been recalled from the zenith jump point blockade fleet. However, the Draconis Combine fleet was quickly routed (implicitly with heavy losses).<ref>BattleCorps scenario ''Tactics of Desperation II''</ref> All Draconis Combine WarShips that had participated in the blockade were destroyed.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', PDF p. 64</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I|Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II|Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Ship Profiles#Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II|Ship Profile: DCS Galedon II]]''

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