URF Lafayette

History
The URF Lafayette, formerly the CMA Geryon was a Gorgon-class Destroyer in the UNSC Navy and later the Insurrection. The Geryon was laid down in 2499, two years after the first of the line, the UNSC Gorgon.

In 2518, after an engagement with rebels it set down in dry-docks for repairs only for it's location to be betrayed by a CMA informant and the Geryon was stolen by URF forces.

UNSC Service
The Geryon was constructed over Reach. Originally laid down for 2498 after the success of the UNSC Gorgon, construction delays and crew shortages kept her from active service till December 13th 2499.

It's shakedown cruise took it throughout the Outer Colonies before it began it's service in the Colonial Military Administration. Under the command of Captain Ian Dorn, the Geryon patrolled the Outer Colonies, guarding freighters from pirates and Insurrectionist activity.

Capture & Insurrectionist Service
On October 18th, 2518 the Geryon stopped and boarded a freighter suspected of smuggling weapons to the local Insurrection and was soon engaged by two armed Insurrectionist freighters. The Geryon quickly dealt with the two but not before taking several missile rounds. Damage was moderate but not threatening, either way the CMA was victorious over the rebels and Geryon set down in docks for repairs.

Hull Design
The Lafayette is heavily modified Gorgon-class Destroyer. At first glance it is far removed from what it once was as a UNSC ship, all the new armor plates and structural additions almost hide but not completely obscure her former colors.

During it's service with the United Rebel Front it was retrofitted with new features and weapons. Their specialists at Station Greene made their own tweaks to her design, outfitting the Lafayette with additional plates of armor and included concealed sally ports to repel boarders. They also upgraded the Lafayette's sole Mass Accelerator Cannon, expanding it's magazine capacity so that the ship can fire more than three rounds.

Complement
The Lafayette always carried a complement of atleast ninety URF soldiers on board to provide security, called Yankee Company. Each one was a former UNSC soldier who defected to the United Rebel Front. They were tasked with protecting the ship from boarders, be they human or alien, and to act as a policing force against dissenters.

Aboard the ship also carried a small squadron of dropships in the hangar.