Editing White Star fleet

[[image:White Star fleet.png|thumb|300px|The first wave of the White Star fleet, [[2260]]]]
The '''White Star fleet''' was a force of 100 - 150 or so ships built by the [[Minbari]] in secret in [[2260]].<ref>[http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-16471 JMS post on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (1/20/2002)]</ref>
Each ship was assigned a number rather than the more usual practice of unique names, however some [[Anla'Shok]] [[Captain]]s have chosen unofficial names for their ships.

==Prototypes==
{{Main|Prototype Hybrid Fighter}}
Before the White Star 1 was fully developed three scaled down fighter sized White Star prototypes were produced in order to test the viability of mating [[Vorlon]] and Minbari technology. After a number of delays, the three ships were finished in November [[2259]] and they were soon put into action when they were used to prevent the [[Shadow]]s from using the [[temporal rift]] in [[Sector 14]]. The three fighters were piloted by the newly qualified Ranger [[Marcus Cole|Cole]] and Ranger [[Catherine Sakai|Sakai]] with [[Entil'Zha]] [[Sinclair]] piloting the third. The mission was a success, though it came at the cost of Ranger Sakai, whose fighter fell into the time distortion. Entil'Zha Sinclair's ship was hit by shrapnel which penetrated his canopy and left him with a deep scar on his cheek.<ref name=tdrmcos>[[To Dream in the City of Sorrows]]</ref>

==The Fleet==
* '''[[White Star 1]]''': The prototype and first of the line, developed in secret by the [[Anla'Shok]], under the supervision of [[Ulkesh]] [[Naranek]] and [[Chosen One]] [[Jenimer]] and completed in January [[2260]]. The ship was destroyed in December that same year when Captain [[John Sheridan]] caused it to [[Attack on Z'ha'dum|crash]] into [[Z'ha'dum]].<ref name="tdrmcos"/><ref>[[Matters of Honor]]</ref><ref>[[Z'ha'dum (episode)]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star 2]]''': Sheridan's personal flagship following the destruction of the original ship.<ref name=ittf>[[Into the Fire]]</ref> During the [[Earth Alliance Civil War]], Sheridan modified the paint job for the vessel to stand out as his own.<ref name=nsnr>[[No Surrender, No Retreat]]</ref> White Star 2 was destroyed when it collided with a sizable chunk of battle debris, just after defeating a [[Earthforce]] [[Advanced Omega class destroyer|advanced destroyer]] group.<ref name=btdatl>[[Between the Darkness and the Light]]</ref>

* '''White Star 4''': Engaged Earthforce [[Advanced Omega class destroyer|advanced destroyer]] group alongside White Stars 2 and 9 in [[2261]].<ref name="btdatl"/>

* '''[[White Star 7]]''': One of the three White Stars dispatched to Earth space as a distraction for the liberation of [[Proxima III]].<ref name="nsnr"/>

* '''[[White Star 9]]''': Part of a fleet of White Stars that destroyed a Vorlon observation post just prior to the battle of [[Coriana VI]].<ref name=ittf>[[Into the Fire]]</ref> Engaged Earthforce [[Advanced Omega class destroyer|advanced destroyer]] group alongside White Stars 2 and 4 in [[2261]].<ref name="btdatl"/>

* '''[[White Star 12]]''': One of the three White Stars dispatched to Earth space as a distraction for the liberation of [[Proxima III]].<ref name="nsnr"/>

* '''[[White Star 14]]''': Commanded by Ranger [[Ericsson]]. Dispatched along with four other White Stars to attack a Shadow base on [[Dorak VII]]. The ship and crew are intentionally sacrificed as part of a ruse to provoke the Shadows into attacking [[Coriana VI]] space at the same time the Vorlons were set to arrive in early.<ref>[[The Long Night]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star 14 (II)|White Star 14]]''': A new "White Star 14" participated in the liberation of Proxima III in [[2261]].<ref name="nsnr"/>

* '''[[White Star 16]]''': Destroyed by the [[Drakh]] in Delenn's first encounter with them.<ref>[[Lines of Communication]]</ref>

* '''White Star 18''': One of the three White Stars dispatched to Earth Alliance space as a distraction for the liberation of [[Proxima III]].<ref name="nsnr"/>

* '''White Star 20''': Took minimal damage and had to temporarily withdraw while engaging a loyalist Earth Fleet that included the {{EAS1|Cadmus}}, {{EAS1|Delphi}} and {{EAS1|Hydra}} in [[2261]].<ref name=tfote>[[The Face of the Enemy]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star 26]]''': Dispatched to the [[Drazi homeworld]] by [[Delenn]] to extract [[Michael Garibaldi]] after a botched covert operation in [[2262]].<ref>[[The Ragged Edge]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star 27]]''': Designated the ''Maria'' by its Captain, [[Enrique Montoya]], in honor of his deceased sister.<ref>[[Meditations on the Abyss]]</ref> [[Lennier]] trained aboard this ship near the border of Centauri space after joining the [[Rangers]] in [[2262]].<ref>[[Darkness Ascending]]</ref>

* '''White Star 40''': The ship that brought [[Susan Ivanova]] from Babylon 5 to the Resistance fleet when she had to assume command of it during the [[Earth Alliance Civil War]].<ref name="tfote"/>

* '''[[White Star 43]]''': One of several White Stars assigned to monitor the Centauri border in [[2262]]. Came upon a confrontation between Centauri and [[Drazi]] forces but was unable to make contact with Babylon 5 to call for reinforcements. Forced to confront the fleet alone it was unable to prevent the fleets from engaging in open battle.<ref>[[And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star 90]]''': Heavily damaged by [[Raiders]] after discovering what they were doing to the [[Enphili]] homeworld near the border of Drazi space in [[2262]]. It managed to return to Babylon 5 though only one crew member survived just long enough to deliver the information.<ref>[[The Paragon of Animals]]</ref> In [[2267]] it was assigned to the [[Victory class destroyer]] project, under the authority of [[Michael Garibaldi]]. Ferried [[Sheridan]] from a rendezvous point to the construction site, then on to [[Babylon 5]].<ref>[[A Call to Arms]]</ref>

* '''[[White Star Prime]]''': Callsign for the lead White Star of the first squadron to arrive in hyperspace prior to the liberation of Proxima III. Commanded by Marcus Cole.<ref name="nsnr"/>

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