TCS Amadeus
| TCS Amadeus | |
|---|---|
| File:Clarkson-hires.jpg | |
| Type | Clarkson-Class Transport |
| Manufacturer | |
| Primary user | Terran Confederation |
The TCS Amadeus was a Clarkson-Class Transport in the service of the Terran Confederation.
The Amadeus was a standard Terran transport refitted as a medical transport. During the Border Worlds Crisis of 2673, the Amadeus was ordered to relocate Terran refugees from the frontier to the Megaron System. It was escorted by three F-86 Hellcat V Medium Fighters labeled Green Squadron. The pilots were "Russo", "Sparky", and "Vinman".
While passing through the Hellespont System, five Dragon Heavy Fighters flown by the treacherous Black Lance assaulted the Amadeus. Their wingleader was a man named "Seether". Using their cloaking abilities, they quietly dropped in behind the unsuspecting Terran pilots, immediately killing Russo and Sparky. Vinman was killed after a failed attempt to evade the attackers. The Black Lance pilots identified themselves as Union of Border Worlds pilots, intending to paint the Border Worlds as the true culprit.
Defenseless, the Amadeus desperately sent out a distress call. Seether then launched a Flash-Pak on the vessel and his squadron retreated. The Amadeus assumed this was a withdrawal, but was completely destroyed when the Flash-Pak incinerated the vessel's internal structure, leaving no survivors. The Amadeus was just one of a long string of similar attacks intended to provoke a war between the Terran Confederation and the Border Worlds.
The TCS Lexington later arrived at the site of the Amadeus in an attempt to locate survivors. There were none to be found.
