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Echidna

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The first Cielcin worldship captured and impounded by the Sollan Empire for study. A dwarf planet converted into a starship by the Cielcin Prince Zamahara*ZAMAHARA*. Captured by Imperial forces under the command of Lord CASSIAN POWERS after the Second Battle of Cressgard in ISD 15797. Archaeological digs found the bones of a Watcher amongst the Vaiartu writing and graven images. Best estimates place the ship and its indwelling tombs at fourty-thousand standard years in age—more than twice the age of the Sollan Empire.

Following the worldship's capture by Legion forces, the unnamed Cielcin prince was taken by Lord Powers back to Forum in triumph, paraded before EMPRESS TITANIA AUGUSTA III, and beheaded by the Chantry's White Sword.

* Ashes of Man's Index of Worlds in the original text lists the Echidna as having been settled by the Cielcin Prince Laramnaina.

Although a larger ship’s warp engine would warp space more efficiently once it fired, it was well known that the larger the vessel, the slower the jump to warp. The Cielcin worldships were notoriously slow to jump. It made catching them in a rout more possible. That was how Cassian Powers himself had caught the vessel-moon called Echidna at Second Cressgard, crippling her engines before she could jump to warp.

Disquiet Gods, Chapter 52: A New Order

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