TCS Midway (CVX-1)

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Name	TCS Midway (CVX-1)
Class	Midway class Heavy Carrier
Note	Midway class Heavy Carrier
Christened	2681
Faction	Terran Confederation
About	The TCS Midway was the first Midway class carrier to be launched. Launched in a time of peace, the Midway had only the Demon's Eye Pack pirates to deal with in the beginning, however things soon changed. While investigating a distress call from a Kilrathi fleet, a wing of fighters is attacked by an unknown race. The Midway is forced to hold off the unknown race dubbed Nephilim, and make them retreat with only a partial complement of ships. Upon reaching the G'mar system, the Midway received reinforcements in the form of a third squadron, the Wolf Pack, and a supply of Vampire fighters and Devasatator bombers. Shortly afterwards, Confederation marines manage to capture a Kraken class shipkiller, and mount the ship's huge plasma weapon on the Midway's hull. By the time the Midway reaches Hrissith system, the plasma weapon is tied in to the Midway's systems and with the aid of a targetting disk which acted as a catalyst when attached to an alien ship, the Midway destroys a number of alien capital ships with the plasma weapon. Unfortunately the drain on Midway's power plant resulted in the plasma weapon being unusable due to the chance of a fatal overload. The Midway forces the aliens to retreat back to the Kilrah system, where the aliens have a large wormhole which enables them to jump straight in to Confederation space. Confederation ships, with the aid of marines, are able to shut the wormhole down temporarily removing the alien threat. After this initial Nephilim encounter, the Midway returns to Sol system for a refit and a tour of the colonies.