Under the command of Captain Stark and Lieutenant-Commander Sears in 2297 the Hammer was transferred to the Imperial 8^th Colonial Fleet to assist in Operation Hammer Fall – the invasion of Hoyle.

The following year the Hammer went into dry-dock for further upgrades, mainly the upgrade of her hull. Imperial 8^th Colonial Fleet Command after the discovery of the Dakota super-cannons at the Battle of Van Gaal VI two years earlier, sought to upgrade the armour of their vessels from the ageing Multi-Layered P.E.S.C.A.H. (Plasma Enriched Super-Chobam Armoured Hull) to the more powerful and newly created P.H.A.R.A.O.H. (Plasma Heat-Active Reinforced Agent On Hyperplatinum) Armour.

In 2299 the Hammer was assigned to Operation Red Dirt – the invasion of Toyr’diablo, the Hammer was thus transferred to the Reinager Invasion Group.

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