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The destroyer- Holden had called it Gathering Storm- looked like a natural crystal formation that someone had chipped into a knife. The colors were all translucent pinks and blues, faceted like a gem. She spotted something at the tail that probably served as the ships's drive cone but didn't look like anything like the UN or Martian designs she was familar with.
The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 22: Bobbie

The Gathering Storm, or simply the Storm, is a Laconian Pulsar-class fast-attack destroyer.

Decks & Compartments[]

  • Command (bridge)
  • Marine fireteam sleeping quarters
  • Air gap server
  • Secondary power storage
  • Engineering (reactor room)

(Exact positions unkown)

History[]

Admiral Winston Duarte, the Laconian High Consul, placed Santiago Singh in command of the Gathering Storm on the first mission ending the isolation and self-imposed exile from Sol and the rest of humanity for Duarte's breakaway fleet from Mars.[2]

While Singh was posted as governor of Medina Station, all secure communication with the Laconian fleet went through the Gathering Storm by way of an air-gap secure communication room. In order to gain access to the room and the encryption protocols, the insurgents of Medina executed a diversion that breached the hull of Medina Station and damaged the Gathering Storm.

As part of the insurgency's mass escape plan from Medina Station, Bobbie Draper led Amos Burton and a band of ten Belters to infiltrate the Gathering Storm. The primary mission was to distract the Laconian ship, however they were so successful that they managed to capture the undercrewed vessel.[3]

The new crew joined the Rocinante in its flight out of the slow zone through the Freehold gate.

Under Bobbie Draper's command the Gathering Storm became a major asset to the underground with former United Nations Navy and Martian Congressional Republic Navy personnel operating the ship along with a Spec Ops strike team consisting of Belters wearing Laconian power armor. Saba had provided Bobbie with former UNN and MCRN veterans as well as much younger people to crew the destroyer.[4]

The Gathering Storm engaged operations against the Laconian Empire in Sol at the Storm raid near Jupiter[5] and later in the Tempest Storm engagement in which antimatter was used to destroy the Heart of the Tempest[6]. During the latter engagement Captain Bobbie Draper was killed[7], and would be replaced as captain by Jillian Houston.[8]

The Storm later fought at the Siege of Laconia.[9]

During the Battle of Draper Station the Gathering Storm escaped the base with a minimal crew. Seeing Rocinante also escape, the Storm provided cover for the retreating ship. The Storm destroyed the LNS Sparrowhawk and then engaging the LNS Derecho. During this engagement the Storm was destroyed while damaging the Derecho and providing the Roci much needed time to flee.[10]

References

  1. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 7: Bobbie
  2. The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 3: Santiago Jilie Singh
  3. The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 49: Bobbie
  4. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 2: Naomi
  5. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 7: Bobbie
  6. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 32: Bobbie
  7. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 33: Alex
  8. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 37: Alex
  9. The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 44: Naomi
  10. The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 23: Jim
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