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The LNS-Akhetaten was constructed at Juneau Shipyard, [REDACTED]. The battleship has been in service since before 811 A.S. with multiple successful assignments on her name, the most notable ones being a number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) of operations in deep Rheinland space and the Tau systems. The Akhetaten was repurposed multiple times during her service, primarily operating as a deep space self-sustainable reconnaissance unit. It is believed the battleship fell victim to the Gallic forces during the war and was disabled after an unsuccessful operation by the Carcassonne and her fleet at 824 A.S. however no intelligence downloaded from the on-board black box confirms this incident. The Akhetaten was towed back from the Manchester system suffering heavy damage and multiple casualties, destined to spend the rest of her time forgotten in one of Juneau Shipyard's dry-docks.

No more than 2 years later, a former crew-member and Commander on board the battleship woke up from a coma only to find out that the Akhetaten was never repaired, abandoned by the admiralty as a failed project. After spending the next months recovering from his injuries his immediate goal was to get the Akhetaten repaired and battle-ready once again. The former Commander contacted the 1st and 5th Fleets as well as the LSF requesting clearance for the Akhetaten to return in active duty. His request was accepted under the condition that he would be the one to take command of the vessel, being the most capable man alive out of the few survivors. Christopher Edwards gladly accepted the admiralty's proposal and begun overseeing the Akhetaten's repairs for the next two months before the battleship was in full combat-ready state. Captain Edmund Mallory, a respected officer within the Navy and a friend of Christopher, offered his help in the Akhetaten's re-purposing through the recommendation of capable crew members for Edwards to assign into the Osiris-class battleship. Numerous training exercises would follow to ensure that the battleship's crew were ready for the task that was at hand - optimal operation of a prototype warship - with Commander Jeremiah Sawyer of the First Fleet taking part in the most notable of the exercises.

The Akhetaten would resume serving the Republic, taking part in many operations over the next few months, including defending allied installations, recconnaisance missions in the newly discovered Omicron Nu system, responding to an emergency within Alaska and wiping a sizeable invading Nomad fleet, and taking down the Discovery, a well known Insurgency asset and a considerable threat to Liberty. All of the missions the Akhetaten would partake in and the numerous incidents of direct cooperation with vessels of the Fifth Fleet as well as the ship's history with it would eventually lead Edwards to request the Akhetaten's return to the Fifth.

Now part of the Liberty Navy Fifth Fleet, being deployed in multiple high-interest areas such as Coronado, Kansas, Vespucci and Kepler, the battleship has proven to be highly capable in dealing with everything thrown at it. With her work being recognized by the Republic the battleship is expected to have the ability to operate under harsh conditions and is equipped to be able to independently carry on operations should the need arise. Most of the equipment the Akhetaten is equipped with is highly classified, featuring the most advanced counter-intelligence and cyber-warfare systems known to humanity with a vast array of sensors at her disposal. Coupled with her deadly weaponry arsenal and hull hardness, the battleship is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, the battleship's purpose goes beyond combat alone, with the warship taking part in numerous diplomatic talks, intelligence sharing and even reporting troublesome individuals to the Liberty Police Incorporated. The most notable task the Akhetaten has managed to achieve is the cooperation between the Fifth Fleet and the Section Eight, documented for ease of reference by the Fleet. The warship's actions and all the tasks related to it would directly effect the future of Liberty, shaping it in the way that was deemed by the Fifth Fleet to yield the best results for the Republic.

With the ship's fame and responsibilities increasing over time, Edwards quickly realized that being able to rapidly move around key systems was mandatory. With the Akhetaten's already installed jump-drive, all the warship needed was a way to access up-to-date coordinates, which Edwards would leave to The Starfliers to handle. However, it would become apparent to both him and the Fleet's Command that the Akhetaten was beginning to face even bigger issues, issues related to the age of the vessel. It was no secret to anyone that the Akhetaten is an old ship, commissioned on May 1st of 803. Scrapping the project however would seem to be a rather foolish idea after seeing the great successes it has been bringing to Liberty so far. Instead, Command decided to approve of a re-purpose of the ship to match today's standards, bringing it up-to-date with the warships she has to face and the tasks she must accomplish. Edwards would be tasked with contacting Deep Space Engineering, Ageira Innovations and Universal Shipping Incorporated in order to handle supplying the materials that were necessary for the completion of Project Akhetaten.

With the ship's commanding officer, Christopher Edwards, resigning from the Navy on the 17th of September of 828, after the vessel's XO, Maria Uhmen, convinced him that his conduct would be harmful not only to him but the entire warship, she took charge with the goal of learning from Edwards' mistakes and making sure they will never be repeated again. The warship would continue it's tradition of reinforcing the diplomatic relations between the different fleets of the Navy, including ships of the secondary fleet, and was also the leading force that would be moved into California in order to ensure the safety of the system, ensuring that curious Freelancers would not get involved in the Navy's business in the vicinity.

With the Forty-Sixth Fleet requesting assistance in Vespucci, the Akhetaten would be ordered to resupply at Norfolk shipyard and be re-deployed in Kansas, following Battleship Delaware and her invasion deep inside Insurgency space. The Akhetaten would remain with the Delaware at all times, with the two battleships and the battlegroup following them managing to cleanse the entirety of Kansas system from any unlawful entities before marching into Vespucci for the final push against the Insurgency. The Akhetaten would pull away from the Delaware in order to return to the California system, with LIBWESTCOM being left in a weak state after the Osiris-class was deployed into Kansas. The Delaware would be destroyed by the Insurgency during the final assault, granting them some degree of freedom of movement in the region. The LSF would soon acquire worrying intelligence regarding movements of large Insurgency fleets through Magellan and contacted the Akhetaten to warn the battleship of a possible Insurgency invasion within California. Uhmen, seeing the currently weak state of California after the Navy's resources were allocated into Vespucci would send an emergency transmission to all Liberty forces operating within the Akhetaten's vicinity, requesting their presence in the California system. To nobody's surprise, the Insurgency would in fact invade the system, managing to inflict massive damage on the Akhetaten and putting the battleship out of service for a short period of time before their forces were completely wiped out. These events would lead Uhmen to contact the Fleet Admiral of the Fifth with the request of forming a battlegroup around the Akhetaten, with the idea being accepted by the Fleet Admiral and implemented immediately as Task Force Akhetaten, lead by the flagship LNS-Akhetaten.

The Akhetaten's actions and her numerous successes in the field would grant the battleship with the Presidential Unit Citation award, her service being recognized by the Secretary of Defense and all of the Liberty Navy. Today, the Akhetaten is serving the Republic both as a warship capable of operating behind enemy lines and as a powerful foe to face in direct combat, with Task Force Akhetaten being formed under the battleship's command.

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