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The Omega Class Destroyer E.A.S. Pollux was an Earth Alliance starship in the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. She was named after Pollux from Greek Mythology , who was a son of Leda and the Swan - who was the God Jupiter in disguise. In the latter half of 2261, President Morgan Clark began ordering his forces to attack civilian targets in order to force the surrender of those who opposed him. He may have also done this to provoke rebel leaders into attacking him. Two large commercial liners that held a combined total of 10,000 refugees were intercepted by the ''Pollux'' at a jump gate. The two ships tried to identify themselves as commercial liners, but the ''Pollux'' came out of the jump gate firing, and quickly destroyed the two refugee ships. Over 10,000 innocent people died in the attack. A transport in the area managed to make a video record of this, which was smuggled out of the area. It made its way to Babylon 5. Both Commander Susan Ivanova and Captain John Sheridan were absolutely furious upon seeing the video. Sheridan then decided to take the war to Earth. His first act was to go to Proxima III to help free them from the Earth Alliance forces blockading the planet. The ''Pollux'', EAS ''Heracles'', and EAS ''Nemesis'' engaged Sheridan's forces. The other vessels in the blockade (EAS ''Vesta'', EAS ''Furies'', and EAS ''Juno'') decided to stay out of the fight. The ''Pollux'' hit and seriously damaged a White Star. The White Star spun out of control and hit the ''Pollux'' head on. She was destroyed in the subsequent explosion. Sheridan's forces proceeded to liberate the remaining Earth colonies. Clark's orders backfired in that most of EarthForce defected and joined with Sheridan. Eventually Clark committed suicide when it was obvious that he would be arrested. |
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