Rescue Ship - The Oracle, a Rescue Vessel that was stationed at The Oracle in Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55
A Rescue Vessel is a type of Flight Operations Carrier Megaship mostly owned and operated by the Pilots Federation, which deploys them to damaged stations. Unlike other known Megaships, Pilots Federation's Rescue Vessels lack unique names or designations, and are temporarily assigned the name of the station they are currently evacuating. As with all Flight Operations Carriers, these ships are equipped with 1 large, 2 medium, and 4 small Landing Pads.
Pilots who are docked within a station that becomes damaged are extracted and transferred to the local Rescue Vessel free of charge. Rescue Vessels have missions that request the recovery of salvage commodities from a damaged station's interior, and damaged stations have passenger missions that request the transportation of refugees to the Rescue Vessel. When repair work is begun on a damaged station the week following an attack, pilots still aboard are returned to the station and the Rescue Vessel departs.
In December 3308, when the Second Thargoid War got more intense and the Thargoids started pushing towards the core systems, this time accompanied by Thargoid Titans, the galactic superpowers (through aligned minor factions) and an independent organisation deployed their Rescue Vessels.[1] These have unique names and are permanently stationed in safe systems. Their purpose is to coordinate humanitarian support for afflicted systems, process millions of refugees and act as hubs for defence operations, offering AX weapons and equipment. They do not fly to evacuate damaged structures, which proved too dangerous for them. They rely on smaller ships to transport rescued people to them instead. Ships on stations in Thargoid controlled systems are also transferred into their hangars. In September 3309, they were moved closer to the front in a reaction to military successes.[2]
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There are 11 Rescue Vessels not operated by Pilots Federation. They are marked on the maps.
| Name | Original System | New System | Status | Affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Haven | Altair | Sol | Destroyed[3] | Federal Rescue Corps | |
| Imperial Sanctum | Cemiess | Hixkaramu | Imperial Rescue Service | ||
| Allied Solace | Ross 112 | Sun Wen | Allied Rescue Team | ||
| Rescue Ship Bertschinger | Tarach Tor | Sol | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition | |
| Rescue Ship Cavell | Antai | Alpha Centauri | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition | |
| Rescue Ship Cornwallis | Elli | V886 Centauri | Independent Rescue Coalition | ||
| Rescue Ship Foerster | Yenistani | Sol | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition | |
| Rescue Ship Hutner | Enayex | Luyten's Star | Independent Rescue Coalition | ||
| Rescue Ship Kisseih | Blest | Wolf 359 | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition | |
| Rescue Ship Seacole | Kanawas | WISE 1506+7027 | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition | |
| Rescue Ship Yoshida | Upsilon Aquarii | Barnard's Star | Destroyed[3] | Independent Rescue Coalition |
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- ↑ GalNet: Final Maelstroms Advance Thargoid Occupation
- ↑ GalNet: Rescue Megaships Scheduled to Redeploy
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Rescue Megaships Decimated by Thargoid Fleet - 06 Dec 3310 - Elite Dangerous