UNSC Alexander

"Welcome to the war efforts boy."

- Captain Marcus Locke. The UNSC Alexander was a  that served as part of the 51 Fleet of the  from 2511 till its destruction in mid 2552 during the Battle of Los Ares. The ship was originally commanded by Wolfgang Franklin and later by Marcus Locke.

The ship's original purpose was to combat Insurrectionist in the outer and inner colonies but was later repurposed to defeat the Covenant Empire and protect Humanity from extinction.

Construction
The UNSC Alexander began its construction in 2508 on the color world of Langton by Sonar Shipyards with their contract from the UNSC to combat the growing Insurrection. The ship was outfitted with latest technology and weaponry with the original task to eliminate the growing Insurrectionist threat on Mykeyo. The construction was overseen by Admiral Maria Katsenberg and was meant to be the first ship to be commanded by Wolfgang Franklin. The Alexander was also meant to serve as a replacement for the loss of another ship in the 51st fleet by the Insurrection.

The ship was finished with construction in mid 2510 and began its final checkoffs in early December the same year. Once the Alexander passes its final inspection, the ship was approved by the UNSC and Katsenberg and deployed with the 51st Fleet out to combat the Insurrection.

Mission to Mykeyo
After a week in slip-space, the 51st Fleet arrived at the colony world, Mykeyo. The Alexander was tasked with linking with two other ships to investigate a local disturbance nearby one of Mykeyo's four moons. The the three ships arrived they were ambushed by an Insurrections destroyer which was able to throw one of the frigates off guard and destroyed. Franklin and his crew used rotary guns and several archer pod missiles to combat the destroyer. However, another Insurrectionist ship came to the location and a warning beacon was dropped by the Alexander. After the beacon was dropped, the ship was then boarded and attacked by Insurgents.

Franklin and his local troops prepared for combat. As the ship was boarded, reinforcements from the 51st arrived. However, the Insurgents were able to swiftly break into the bridge and attacked the local crew and officers. Though a small firefight broke out, the Insurgents proved to be equal match for the UNSC. ODST forces moved to the bridge location but were stopped by the captain and killed by Insurgents. Wolfgang then reviled himself to be an Insurrectionist along with several others onboard the ship. Their task was to get the ship to conduct an attack on the 51st Fleet.

Upon hearing this, a lieutenant named Marcus Locke and several other bridge crew members opened fire at all Insurrectionist and swiftly began to kill the remaining Insurgents. Locke contacted Katsenberg and informed her of the attack. Marcus then continued to lead the bridge crew and chased the Insurgents back to their destroyer. However, before Franklin was able to board his new ship, he was cut off by Katsenberg and a squad of soldiers arresting the local Insurgents and stopping them in their path and protected the entire 51st Fleet.

New Crew and Command
After the Insurrection crew and Franklin were arrested or killed, both Katsenberg and the UNSC Navy High Command agreed to reform and remake the crew of the Alexander. Katsenberg informed High Command about Locke's courage and leadership and thus, he was promoted to Captain of the Alexander. Along with his promotion, Locke also received a new crew and new hands to combat forces opposing the UEG and UNSC.

Human-Covenant War
During a regular patrol in 2525 around Neptune, Locke was ordered to return to Titan to regroup with the 51st Fleet and receive new orders and recruits. When Locke asked about the assignment, he and his fleet learned about the Covenant and were quickly deployed to Harvest.

Harvest Campaign
In 2531, the UNSC Alexander attacked the Covenant fleet orbiting Harvest. As the ship attacked, their navigational lieutenant, Hardy, was knockout and thus acting on pure instinct, James T. Avery took up Hardy's position and navigated the ship's way through a Covenant barrage of fire. As James flew the ship, the weapons officers opened fire and destroyed the majority of ships surrounding the planet, causing the Covenant to retreat.

Afterwards, James was then optioned a promotion for his acts which he declined stating "I didn't do anything but my duty. If that is why I get promoted then we all should be admirals". Returning to Earth, both Captain Locke and Vice Admiral Cole agreed and James was ordered to take the promotion as Locke needed another lieutenant and advisor.

Battle of Lotus
On June 2nd, 2531, Locke, Avery and the Alexander crew arrived to reinforce the local defenses of Lotus against the Covenant. Avery and Locke had orders to send troops to both the orbital defense platform and local forces on the planet. However, James denied the order and sent troops directly to the planet's surface, not due to rash behavior but rather that he realized the Covenant were about to break through into the line.

Locke concurred and the Alexander's main force went to the planet were they were engaged by Covenant forces minutes after they landed and caught them off guard. Avery then had the Alexander use its main port guns to the city of the deployment. Locke had the city evacuated and just as a corvette flew underneath, Avery let fire and the corvette was gunned down and crashed into the city below. James then turned the ship to an incoming strike force and engaged them via MAC rounds and fighters he had placed on the station months ago.

Locke then had a frigate the UNSC Defender's Crest deployed and placed Avery in its command. With his own ship, Avery moved it towards a clearing the planet's defenses and had all guns prepare to fire. Within minutes a Covenant convoy came through with the Crest gunning them down and destroyed the resources needed. The Alexander's main attack force was also able to make a cruiser retreat to the outer atmosphere with Avery giving chase. Just before the cruiser was able to make it to slip-space, Avery personally piloted a Longsword and placed a tracker on the ship's hull.

Avery had recommended to Locke that the ship be tracked, but Avery was placed on leave for disobeying orders and was ordered to return to Mars and await future deployment.

Battle of Sigmus-6
In July 2532, Locke and his ship were deployed to Sigmus-6 to assist in evacuation efforts while other UNSC ships held the Covenant at bay. However, as the evacuation went under way, Locke noticed Covenant breakthrough in the UNSC line and saw an incoming cruiser towards his area. Locke had ordered the commander of the UNSC Rockefeller to join him on charging the cruiser.