Earth Alliance Edwards Class Auxilary Carrier EAS Edwards pictured Edwards Class History The Edwards Class was built just before the Earth-Minbari War. It was designed to move large amounts of Starfuries to a colony that needed fighter support, but did not have enough ships in the area to provide that support. It had the maneuverability of an Orestes, only more sluggish due to it's large bulk, but the fighter load of the later Poseidon Supercarrier. She was actually built using the modular hangars used on the later Fleet Carrier. Unfortunately, she was also an easy target once her fighters were launched. She was designed to move into orbit over the planet that needed her protection, and sit there, while the battle took place far from orbit. During the EM war, three of the five Edwards Class ships were destroyed before they could make their lumbering escapes through the local jump gate.. The two that survived went on to uneventful careers, until the Civil War, when the EAS Farnborough defected to Babylon 5's liberation fleet, with only half her fighters switching sides. She was heavily damaged by her own fighters that did not defect when she did switch sides. She managed to survive the war by holding up at Proxima III once it was liberated. The other Edwards Class, EAS Edwards herself, survived at an outer colony by declaring herself neutral. She later was destroyed by the Drahk. Auxilary Carriers always carried older Aurora type starfuries, and sometimes Badgers. They were sometimes referred to as Mobile Fighter Platforms due to their lack of maneuverability. Edwards Class (Alpha Model) SCS