MarsGuard Appleseed Class Customs Corvette Class History The Appleseed Class Customs Corvettes were orignally older Epsilon model Tethys partol boats that had been mothballed by the EA. When Mars gained independance, some friendly senators with EarthGov managed to put together an aid package for Mars that had, among other things, seven of these older model ships. Mars accepted the gifts, but the ships were in such disrepair that they needed components and systems that were not readily available to Mars. The ships languished in their mothballed state until 2265, when Mars took possession of them and moved them to dock for refit. The first ship, the MGSC Johnny Appleseed, left dock in early 2266, but had to put back into dock because the components Mars used to refit the ships to the EA's current Kappa standard were substandard and caused many growing pains. The refit of the class was pushed back, even after the Drakh attacked Earth, as the ships and systems were redesigned. The final design, entering service in 2269, used technology developed on Mars primarily. The main weapons had become United Dynamics developed heavy particle beams (identicle in operation to their Centauri equivalents), and close-in defense was handled by dual unipulse cannon turrets. Appleseed Class SCS