Asculum

"You know what they say about old dogs."

- Dustin Ayers

The Asculum is the flagship of the OmniMundus 7th Fleet's Asculum Strike Group. It is the ancestor and progenitor of the Intervention-class of OmniMundus vessels, built by Hyden-MAI Consolidated and was commissioned during the opening stages of the OmniMundus Reorganization Plan after the Throne War.

Following its construction, it was used as a model to launch the Intervention-class Cruiser for the OmniMundus. With the end of the Reorganization Plan, the Asculum was decommissioned and laid to reserve fleet in Astranori's orbital shipyards.

It was not until Dustin Ayers' promotion to Commander several years later that the Asculum would see permanent use, operating under the flag of the "Keraunos" Fleet. The Asculum's callsign is "Blue Jay".

Behind the Scenes

 * The Asculum was named after Asculum, a city in Greece and the site of the Battle of Asculum during the Pyrrhic War. This battle, while won by the Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus, was won at the price of an exceptionally high Greek casualty rate, which served as the inspiration behind the phrase "Pyrrhic Victory".
 * The Asculum-class was designed by Jack Sananikone, based on the original Asculum concept design by Vincent Gordon.