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The '''''Leviathan''''' was a ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]] in service with the [[Taurian Defense Force]]. In [[3067]], the ''Leviathan'' was under the command of [[Space Master]] [[Vince Torio]].<ref name="GM">''Grand Masters''</ref>

==History==
The DropShip was sent to [[Bromhead]] to support the [[Second Taurian Lancers]] that had invaded and slaughtered the [[Bromhead Planetary Militia]] because even though this action had been successfully, in space a [[Federated Suns]] ''[[Leopard]]''-class DropShip ''[[Acero]]'' had badly damaged a Taurian ''[[Union]]''-class DropShip, and then managed to catch a grounded ''[[Mule]]''-class DropShip full of supplies and destroy it. Its captain, [[Piotr Majikowski]] had gambled that the loss of the supplies aboard the ''Mule'' would put pressure on the [[Taurian Defense Force]] to resupply Bromhead ahead of the inevitable [[AFFS]] counterattack.

Majikowski correctly anticipated that any Taurian resupply mission would arrive at the Bromhead zenith jump point, for a number of reasons, including that being the location of the system [[recharge station]]. Majikowski was proved right when, on 16 February 3067, the ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Starstrider|TCS ''Starstrider'']] arrived in-system, deploying the TCS ''Leviathan'' packed with essential supplies for the Lancers. What ensued was a carefully-planned series of encounters between the ''Acero'' and the ''Leviathan''. '''Vince Torio''' was able to predict a number of the unconventional tactics used by Majikowski but despite that, Majikowski was ultimately victorious, in that he prevented the ''Leviathan'' from landing on Bromhead with the supplies for the Lancers ahead of an incoming [[AFFS]] assault.<ref name="GM"/>

The tactics employed by Majikowski included using the majority of the ''Acero's'' supply of [[autocannon]] ammunition in extreme-range shots, plotted by predicting the ''Leviathan's'' course and Torio's likely response to being hit at such a distance. While the ''Leviathan'' took less damage than Majikowski had hoped in the initial attack, the ''Acero'' continued to engage, taking significant amounts of damage before deceiving Torio into chasing the ''Acero'' into a cloud of debris generated by jettisonning every possible loose item from the ''Acero'', with the debris inflicting damage on the ''Leviathan'' propotional to the ''Leviathan's'' speed. The damage taken wasn't enough to destroy the ''Leviathan'', but having lost atmosphere due to hull breaches and short on fuel, Torio was left with no choice but to negotiate with Majikowski over the future of the ''Leviathan''.<ref name="GM"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Grand Masters]]''

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