The Wyvern

'' The Wyvern. GXR-001.''

A fast, light corvette designed to be the last word in Eliosian ship design. Compact, yet comfortable; Sleek, yet spacious.

Built initially as a prototype for the Compact Trans-Enduran Warp Engine, or ‘Ghost Drive’, the Wyvern was intended to usher in a new era of Eliosian starship technology: one where a single ship no larger than a Scamper-Class shuttle could perform the roles of a dozen different vessels all at once. A perfect blend of form, function, and unparalleled technology. A true showcase of what the Eliosians were capable of.

That is, until the Attack of 3117 suspended the Wyvern Program, seemingly indefinitely, as the problems the ship’s engineering team had faced with the Ghost Drive’s gravitational manipulation generators had proven too much to overcome, even before the attack. As a result, the push to move the project over to the Campus dropped lower and lower on the list of priorities, until the project dissolved completely.

While the project was never officially cancelled, the ship itself sat dormant in its hangar bay collecting dust for nearly eight years, until the rescue operation of Nara Makure from Facility 11-6 necessitated the use of the largely still-functional ship, thanks in part to its lack of an EoU transponder.

Later, in the Second Raid of 11-6, the Wyvern was used again, both because to its still-unmatched speed and maneuverability for its size class, and to serve as an additional de-conditioning trigger for the still vulnerable Andromeda Xaris-Auvora, whose rescue was a critical part of that operation.

[TBC]