The vessel at the heart of the saga
The Stubborn
Dawn
An old Rebel Front Apex gunship recovered from the swamps of Vervain, rebuilt by a crew that understands damaged things, and finally given the name it earned.
Ship record / Apex Gunship
Gunship. Refuge. Home.
Once an evacuation ship lost during Omega's withdrawal, the vessel survives beneath Vervain until Xeno and Rift's signal leads the crew back to it. Tess and Orrulun rebuild its wounded systems; Maddox wakes in its medbay; and at Gannix Haven the crew finally names it Stubborn Dawn.
- Class
- Apex gunship
- Function
- Gunship · refuge · home
- Recovered
- Vervain
- Crew
- The Stubborn Dawn crew
Visual archive
Explore the ship.
The buried Apex gunship becomes a salvage site as the crew begins the long work of bringing it back.
The gunship lies almost consumed by the swamp and the wreckage surrounding it.
Decades of growth conceal the hull before the first systems are brought back online.
Work lights, cranes, and field repairs gather around the damaged hull.
Restored thrusters raise the gunship above the Vervain recovery site.
The newly restored ship leaves Vervain under pursuit and hard rain.
The gunship rests near Gannix Haven before the crew gives it the name it has earned.
Crew and refugees gather beneath the rebuilt vessel at its public recommissioning.
Stubborn Dawn enters the crowded battlespace above the megacity moon.
The ship crosses a scarred lunar horizon with the wider fleet in view.
The gunship threads the hollow remains of an ancient structure.
Stubborn Dawn commits to a route through collapsing machinery and open fire.
A visual reference for the command deck, upper deck, lower deck, landing struts, and entry ramp.