CV-04 Fort Grace

This article concerns the FCU vessel. For the General Resource airport, see Fort Grace Airport.

CV-04 Fort Grace
Part Of	Federation of Central Usea Navy, 6th Fleet ISAF Navy
Leader(s)	Unknown captain
Members	Various crew members
Equipment	Aircraft carrier
Deployment	Second Usean Continental War

The CV-04 Fort Grace was a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier and flagship of the Federation of Central Usea Navy's 6th Fleet. It is the only known named ISAF aircraft carrier to serve in the Second Usean Continental War.

History

Ulysses 1994XF04 announcement

In the wake of FCU President Robert Sinclair's announcement regarding the threat of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid, all FCU military forces stationed overseas were recalled to the Federation's home territory. The Fort Grace, accompanied by the Aegis cruiser Tea Time, passed through Payton Channel and returned to its home port of Waosun as ordered.

Second Usean Continental War

Mobius 1 prepares to takeoff from the flight deck of the Fort Grace

When post-Ulysses tensions escalated between the FCU and Erusea in summer 2003, the Fort Grace became part of the newly formed ISAF coalition navy. Following the ISAF's withdrawal from the Usean mainland, the Fort Grace and other ISAF aircraft carriers compensated for the lack of airfields by serving as launching points for ISAF air operations. When Erusian bombers threatened ISAF's GHQ at North Point, multiple pilots took off from the Fort Grace to intercept the hostile aircraft.

Trivia

• The aircraft carrier is never explicitly named in-game; it is only referred to as such in media on the official AC04 website.