Ship of the Week: U.S.S. Dallas
The Dallas was the first ship of the Battle of Toyr’diablo to be destroyed. Upon entering the Reinager System the Dallas along with the rest of the Invasion Group took up high orbit of Toyr’diablo amidst badly co-ordinated Dakota planetary defense fire. The idea that these blasts would fine any targets was dismissed and therefore the invasion group did not even take evasive action.
Unfortunately for the Dallas, one slow moving blast managed to find its target and ripped the Dallas in two. Taken so by surprise the crew of the Dallas perished with the ship. There were some reports of life-pods ejecting from the ship however no Search and Rescue teams were able to locate these.
Kinda reminded me of the book Starship Troopers (no not the crappy film) I can’t remember which ship it was but in Operation Bug House as soon as the Federation Naval Fleet came out of Hyper Drive, a transport got hit.