| “ | 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. | „ |
| — Persepolis Rising, chapter 22 - Bobbie | ||
The Gathering Storm, or simply the Storm, is a Laconian Pulsar-class fast-attack destroyer.
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 for Duarte's breakaway fleet from Mars, Sol and the rest of humanity.[1]
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 plan that breached a hole in Medina and damaged the Gathering Storm.
As part of the insurgency's mass escape plan from Medina, 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, the part of the plan was so successful that they managed to capture the undercrewed vessel.[2]
The new crew joined the Rocinante in its flight out of the slow zone through the Freehold gate.
References
- ↑ The Expanse Novel: Persepolis Rising, chapter 3 - Singh
- ↑ The Expanse Novel: Persepolis Rising, chapter 49 - Bobbie