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'''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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== Shivan Campaign ==

The Shivan Sathanas-class juggernaut would be the downfall of the Colossus.  The first such juggernaut, designated [[SJ Sathanas]], was first encountered in 2367 in the Shivan-controlled nebula. A Vasudan strike force had just finished eliminating a Shivan gas mining operation when the Sathanas jump
sed into the system, destroying the GVCv Tatenen in a matter of seconds with its powerful forward beams (The Fog of War).  A full retreat was issued, and the GTVA declared a [[state of emergency]].  Terran and Vasudan forces detonated newly developed meson bombs into destroy the Knossos subspace device that linked Gamma Draconis to the nebula in an effort to avert the coming invasion, but to no availdestroying the device had no effect on the jump node, wich had stabilised.  The SJ Sathanas emerged in Gamma Draconis via a newly stabilized subspace jump node, moving on to decimate Allied forces defending the node leading to the inhabited Capella system.  In response, Allied Command deployed the Colossus to engage the Shivan juggernaut in a one-on-one showdown in Capella.

To give the Colossus an advantage in the engagement, Vasudan bombers from the [[GVD Psamtik]] and the Terran destroyer GTD Phoenicia attacked the Sathanas in Gamma Draconis, attempting to neutralize the 4 primary beam cannons of the Shivan vessel (Bearbaiting).  The successful bombing run leftThough the Phoenicia was forced to retreat (sometimes, while playing the mission, it is instead destroyed) the bombing run was successful leaving the Sathanas without its main weapons, though the Shivan vessel continued its incursion into GTVA space.  

Finally, in Capella, the GTVA Colossus destroyed the SJ Sathanas (High Noon).  The Colossus sustained minor damage during the engagementto it's weapon systems during the engagement from straining it's beam cannons; several months would be required to repair its systems.

== Destruction ==

After the Sathanas was neutralized, the GTVA returned to the nebula to continue its exploratory missions, and the Colossus returned to GTVA space for repairs to its hull.  However, while pursuing the NTF rebel leader Admiral Bosch and his command ship, the Psamtik encountered a second Knossos subspace portal in the nebula and was promptly destroyed by a new Sathanas-class juggernaut.  Allied Command once again ordered a full retre(contracted; show full)w 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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