Jarett (Individual Essex-class WarShip)

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This article is about the Essex-class destroyer. For the inhabited system, see Jarett.
Vessel Profile
Type WarShip
Class Essex
In service until April 2787


The DCS Jarett was a Essex-class destroyer in service with the Draconis Combine Admiralty during the First Succession War. In April 2787 the Jarett was part of a six-ship WarShip squadron assigned to the defense of Dieron. Dieron was a key system for the Draconis Combine, possessed of partially-operational former Star League Defense Force shipyards and supporting both the Combine naval forces operating in the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth. Due to Dieron's importance the system was guarded by a squadron led by the Samarkand II-class fighter carrier DCS Radstadt, the lead ship of the Draconis Combine Admiralty's Sixth Fleet during the Star League era. The other ships of the squadron were older, but still active; the heaviest was the Aegis-class DCS Selene, accompanied by two pairs of destroyers - the Lola-class DCS Akiko and DCS Maja, and Jarett and her sister ship DCS Sawyer. The Radstadt was undergoing routine maintenance in dry-dock, but the other ships of the squadron were actively training and exercising within a region known as the Junkyard, a cloud of debris around Nebulos, Dieron's outermost moon. The Junkyard was a mix of asteroid fragments, radioactive debris and fragments of wrecked ships lost during the battles of the Amaris Civil War. The Combine was also working hard to restore two Bastion-class defense stations to working order, and supporting the WarShip squadron were two squadrons of combat DropShips.[1]

Following the huge naval battle at Skondia in February and March 2787 that was one of the largest and costliest naval engagements between the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth of the Succession Wars, the Lyran Commonwealth attempted to retaliate against the Combine with a pair of daring raids. One of these was a deep raid on Luthien, the capital of the Combine; the second was an attack on Dieron. The LCAF struck at Dieron swiftly and with considerable strength; leading the assault was the Tharkad-class battlecruiser LCS Coventry, supported by the Commonwealth II-class light cruisers LCS Gallery and LCS York, the Aegis-class LCS Ironwood, and the Mako-class corvettes LCS Anthemius and LCS Heraclius. Supporting the Lyran WarShip squadron was a squadron of DropShips, predominantly fighter carriers, and both the Gallery and the York were heavily armed with nuclear-tipped anti-ship missiles; in addition to the nuclear ordnance carried by the two Commonwealths, many of the fighters transported by the DropShip squadron were also equipped with nuclear weapons.[1]





As of 2765 all of the Essex-class destroyers in service with the DCA were Essex Is, making it likely - but not certain - that the Jarett and her sister ship Sawyer were Essex Is themselves.[3][4]


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 First Succession War, p. 48-49, "Steiner Strikes Back: Luthien and Dieron"
  2. First Succession War, p. 49, "What Happened Out There?"
  3. Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Admiralty"
  4. Official Errata Thread