RFSS-Anthe ‘Auntie Rose’

"People ask me where home is, and I always tell them the same thing—it's not a place, it's a voice. Auntie Rose is my ship, my guardian, my steed, and the only one who’s ever really known how to find me when I’m lost. If I’m ever crowned or killed, it'll be her that carried me there."

— Sir Dawn Carpellon d’Janus des Drachen

From Show Pony to Warhorse

The ship now known as the RFSS-Anthe 'Auntie Rose' began its existence as a corporate stunt. Constructed by Gentleman's Creed Traditional™ on commission from the Fitch-Tarrago Guild, it was a built-to-order Light Corvette with luxurious fittings and sleight-of-hand internal architecture designed to disguise a powerful marketing ploy: a Medium Corvette-grade engine tucked inside a sleeker, faster frame. Ostensibly built to court wealthy clients, it was instead passed from showcase to showcase, its capacious-feeling interiors and aesthetic mastery drawing headlines—until a meddling journalist exposed the illusion.

With its mystique deflated, the ship was mothballed. But it caught the eye of Felix Carpellon d’Janus des Drachen, who saw past the showmanship to the speed, agility, and hidden power it offered. He retrofitted it for field service, reinforced the hull, mounted weapons, and renamed it the AHD Gringolet—a knight’s steed hidden beneath velvet.

Makemake’s Fall and the Rise of a Soul

During the infamous Makemake ambush, Felix used the Gringolet to punch far above its weight, personally taking down the HUMNX frigate Purity. But damage forced him planetside, and the final blow to both Felix and the ship’s computer came during a heroic last stand. In the wreckage, Dawn Carpellon found only two intact things: her brother’s body, and the Cerebroid-Crystal Matrix of their family nanny, Auntie Rose.

Installing the matrix into the damaged ship's computer housing, Dawn coaxed the Gringolet back into motion. Though still limping, she refused a tow, piloting it back across the solar system alone—just her and Auntie Rose. It was on that long journey that Rose, now awakened as a starship AI, discovered a new joy in freedom, sensors, and the open void. When the ship was finally rebuilt and gifted back to Dawn, she renamed it Auntie Rose, cementing the transformation from tool to kin.

The Knight's Steed

The Auntie Rose is not just transport. She is Dawn’s truest companion, her mobile sanctuary, and her loyal mount in every sense of the knightly metaphor. Wherever diplomacy takes her, she detours. Wherever pirates flee, she follows. Whatever order she’s given, the ship obeys—but never silently. Auntie Rose is possessive, particular, and not above sabotage when it comes to protecting her knight from emotional distractions.

She is also breathtakingly fast and heavily armed for her class, still retaining the original overpowered Fitch-Tarrago drive—making her a predator in disguise. Her holographic systems allow her AI to walk the halls with Dawn. Her luxury habitat modules offer rare comfort on long voyages. Her fusion of Great House beauty, corporate cunning, and knightly utility makes her one of the most unique vessels in Human Space.

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