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[[Image:GTVA Colossus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|GTVA Colossus]]

'''GTVA Colossus''' is a spacecraft from the video game [[Freespace 2]]. 

== Background ==
The result of a joint Terran-Vasudan venture, the Colossus was built with the goal of protecting the GTVA from the threat of future invasion of GTVA space, especially a renewed [[Shivan]] incursion.

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To cover the demolition operations, the GTVA Colossus and its battle group launched a feint toward the Capella-Gamma Draconis jump node, drawing Shivan ships away from the Vega and Epilson Pegasi nodes (Their Finest Hour).  Having taken down several Shivan cruisers and a Ravana-class destroyer, a damaged Colossus was no match for 
the juggernaut designated Sathanas 17, which arrived from the Gamma Draconis nodeSathanas 17, which broke off the main juggernaut fleet surrounding [[Capella]] to engage the Colossus.  With hull integrity heavily compromised, the Colossus was ordered by Allied Command to engage its jump drives and withdraw to safety.  Instead, the commander of the Colossus stood his ground, informing Command that he will attempt to hold back the Shivans for as long as possible, buying the Bastion the time it needed to reach its destination.  

The final transmission from the Colossus ended with the words "Just get the Bastion through", moments before the Shivan juggernaut destroyed the GTVA Colossus.

The destruction of the Colossus struck a heavy blow, with the loss of 30,000+ officers and crew and twenty years of Terran-Vasudan engineering.  However, the actions of the Colossus gave enough time for the Bastion to close in on the Epilson Pegasi node.  The player is scrambled to defend the Bastion and reinforce its fighter escort on the last leg of its run toward the node.  The arrival of the Bastion at the node successfully seals off the subspace link between Capella and Epsilon Pegasi, preceding the final Shivan-induced supernova of the Capella star.

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