The REF Liberty Fleet was a defense fleet that was made up of REF Starships that were damaged during the Battle of Reflex Point and were assigned to protect Space Station Liberty. The Liberty Fleet first saw combat against the Haydonites during the Battle of Space Station Liberty during the Fourth Robotech War. The fleet was under the command of a human female captain of a Garfish-class frigate.
History[]
Fourth Robotech War[]
The REF Liberty Fleet was part of the REF fleet which fought during the Third Robotech War, in their attempt to liberate Earth. It suffered heavy losses, but a major portion of it survived. The damaged but still functional ships were sent to Space Station Liberty for repairs.(Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles)
Battle of Space Station Liberty[]
The fleet had barely any time to react before they were attacked by a unknown large fleet, which they were unaware were the Haydonites, one of the Sentinels races "allied" with the REF which had gave them the Shadow Technology, Synchro Cannons and Neutron-S missiles. When the fleet attempted to fight the invaders, they found their ships crippled and easily destroyed, as unknown to most of the REF, all of the Haydonites' gifts were in reality Trojan horses which allowed them to neutralize them. Due to the sabotage, most of the ships' weaponry began to explode, destroying at least eighty-nine percent of the fleet.
However, unknown to the Haydonites, the Icarus under Vince Grant boarded the space station to dispose of all Veritechs and ships with Haydonite technology. Inside the station, they activated the station's Neutron-S Missiles and fled inside the cargo ship Ark Angel with all of the station's personel, apparently annihilating the invading Haydonite fleet.
There were no known survivors of the Space Liberty fleet, except those which may have escaped with the Icarus' crew, onboard the Ark Angel.(Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles)
Starships of the REF Liberty Fleet[]
- Ikazuchi class x8
- Garfish class x~50