Bombing of Philadelphia

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The Bombing of Philadelphia was an attack on the city of Philadelphia that took place in June of. During a raid on an facility located within the metropolis, a hijacked  fired its  and  at dozens of points throughout the city before being destroyed by a hasty counter-strike. The resulting damage from the initial bombardment and the detonation of the frigate's fusion reactor took the lives of thousands of civilians and resulted in a city-wide evacuation and quarantine. The official report on the tragedy blamed it on terrorists and singled out two participants in the raid, Simon-G294 and Gavin Dunn, as being the perpetrators. The duo was subsequently placed at the top of every public enemy list throughout human space.

Trivia

 * As the had not been made public, ONI arranged for Simon-G294 to be listed under his birth name of Onegin. Background information provided for him stated that he was a  terrorist from the same rebel cell as Dunn.