RWI Dawn

The CSS Dawn, also called the RWI Dawn, was an SS-1 Serenity-class Freighter modified for combat owned by Typhun. The Dawn was first seen when it came to provide backup to Captain Jack Roberts and his Colonist crew at the end of the First Battle of the Old Colony Base during the final hours of the Cold War between the Colonists and the Drone Reactionary Force (DRF). Using its modified weaponry to overpower the DRF defense cannons, Typhun and the Dawn landed and rescued the crew, carrying them back into space to their station, Watchtower Station.

Once they arrived, the prepared for a massive DRF attack. The Dawn was rearmed and repaired, and even modified with a Spinal Laser Cannon on the bow. However, the Dawn and the Watchtower were still no match for the DRF forces, and after emergency-jumping away, the Dawn docked to the Watchtower and merged shields and firepower to defend themselves against the DRF Hive's forces.

Eventually, Captain Roberts ordered the remaining crew to scuttle the station and evacuate on the Dawn, but the Dawn was badly damaged as it attempted to flee the area. Its engines were damaged and the vessel began spiraling down into the planet's atmosphere. The Dawn crashed on the surface, splitting the hull in two, and over time it was salvaged to construct the Colonists' new base and warships. A portion of the Dawn 's hull was left as part of a memorial built by Typhun and Finn, which read "Remember the Dawn, lest we forget."

One of the Colonists' key warships in the Colony War, the CSS Dawnbreaker, was named along the same lines as the Dawn in order to honor the vessel. Several months later, during the Green Drone War, Captain Roberts and his new crew stumbled upon a crashed unmodified Serenity-class Freighter which reminded Roberts and Finn of the Dawn.