Union (Dreadnaught-class)

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 * name=Peregrine
 * manufacturer=Rendili StarDrive
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 * model=Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser
 * class=*Heavy cruiser
 * Space Cruiser {{C|CSEN class system}}
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 * armament=*Quad laser cannons (20)
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 * complement=1 shuttle
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 * crew=2,200
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 * Rise of the Empire era
 * Rebellion era
 * New Republic era
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 * First Battle of Earth
 * Capture of the Union
 * Battle of Mars
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 * Galactic Republic
 * Union of Earth States
 * Union Navy
 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Confederate States of Earth
 * Confederate States of Earth Navy
 * Earth Empire
 * Imperial Navy
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 * 4th Fleet
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 * taskforce=Force E
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 * OOM-293
 * captains=Captain George Anderson {{C|Confederate captain]]
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 * aliases=*Shark {{C|Confederate name}}
 * Quaestor {{C|Imperial name}}
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The Union was a Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser which was donated by the Galactic Republic to the Union of Earth States, a nation on the planet Earth which the Galactic Republic supported against the breakaway Confederate States of Earth, which was allied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

After surviving the First Battle of Earth, Union was captured over Pluto during the Capture of the Union, Union had been sent to recon Confederate-supporting Pluto, when she was hit by Ion rounds and disabled, the local Confederate naval forces decided to take her as a trophy, she was renamed the Shark and was taken into the Confederate Second Fleet, the Confederate States of Earth Navy's cruiser fleet, and was used by Force E.

Shark was captured by the Imperials and was used by the Imperial Navy of the Earth Empire as the Quaestor, in reference to the ship's Union-Imperial role of being a recon cruiser, before being surrendered and retaken into Confederate naval service and receiving her Confederate name Shark.