FNC Where Angels Fear To Tread

The FNC Where Angels Fear To Tread [DDX-048] was a Contender Class Destroyer in service with the United Nations Space Federation and its Federal Navy Co-Ordination between 2541 and 2582.

History
The Where Angels Fear To Tread was entered into service the year after the Contender Class was initially introduced into service with the FNC. The ship was initially captained for a short stint by future-Fleet Admiral Katherine Williams. For two years the then-Lieutenant Williams led the Angels in anti-piracy operations in the mid Asteroid and Kuiper Belts, and later in leading patrols against the Unified Martian Republic, including a small skirmish with the patrol group lead by the MRN Eridania. Here it suffered some minor damage, and was put into refit at Atrian's Home Station orbiting Cassidence in the Wolf 1061 System. Here, Williams was promoted for leading the Angels in the battle.

Captain Adama Leo-Yiang-Tsu then took command of the vessel. Where Angels Fear To Tread. was then present for the invasion of the Jovian, Saturnian and Uranian Orbital Systems that kickstarted the Mars-Federation War, arriving at Iapetus as the first stages of Federation re-inforcements. Angels was lightly damaged again, however this time the battle killed Captain Leo-Yiang-Tsu, and she was then placed in command of Lieutenant Adriana Harper. Harper took the Where Angels Fear To Tread to her posting in the patrols around Charon, Pluto's largest moon. Here Where Angels Fear To Tread faced her greatest challenge.

Trivia

 * Whilst initially named simply for the names value to the ships daring, Williams later found the Novel of the same name, written by E.M. Forster in the 20th Century.