NCRCS Junction City

NCRCS Junction City is a Raptor Class Cloudship captured by the New Canterlot Republic in 2059. After a two year refit, the Cloudship was named in honour of the New Canterlotian Captial, Junction City.

History
The NCRCS Junction City has had a long and complex past, serving over 235 years. Originally apart of the Royal Equestrian Airforce, later serving with both the Grand Pegasus Enclave and New Grand Pegasus Enclave and finally with the New Canterlotian Republic after it's capture during Operation Endgame.

Royal Equestrian Air Force Service
The REAS Eagle was ordered on the 9th of January 1823, laid down on the 21st of the same month and later launched on the 5th of December, 1825. The ship was finally commissioned on the 6th of September, 1826.

Enclave Service
After the end of the Great war with the destruction of Equestria by Zebra Megaspells, the Eagle was pressed into service of the newly founded Grand Pegasus Enclave.

New Enclave Service
After the defeat of the Grand Pegasus Enclave, the Eagle along with 23 Raptor Class and 1 Thunderhead Class Cloudships either left Equestria for almost 28 years. It is unknown what happened during these years. But they returned, reuniting with ten other cloudships wandering the Equestrian Wasteland igniting the Third Great War.

New Canterlotian Service
During Operation Endgame, the NECS Eagle surrendered to CDC-NCR forces after suffering extensive damage. After the battle, the Eagle was transferred to the Manehattan Air Dock where it underwent repairs and refits.

New Canterlotian refitting and modernization
The Eagle underwent a massive refit to modernize it's systems, the changes the eagle underwent transformed the old ship from an anti-dragon weapon into a ship capable of besieging cities and destroying armies, much like the Thunderhead.

The refit was finished after the end of Operation Grizzled Protector and was later assigned to Rio De Janeiro.

World War III
Main Article: World War III

Originally assigned to South America, the Junction City was reassigned to the Asia-Pacific theatre to counter the growing Chinese-North Korean threat.

Chinggid Conflict
Main Article: Chinggid Conflict

The Junction City later took part in the war against the Iron Horde, there the Junction City and her crew served with distinction during the conflict along with the Applejack's Rangers Airship, The Applejack.

Deployment to Israel
Due to tensions between Israel and the Levant Arab Republic, the Junction City was redeployed to Israel to support NCR troops.

Originally, the junction city would stay until Camp Talon was up and operational. but due to the current Embargo against the Levant Arab Republic, the NCRCS Junction City is on permanent deployment in the Middle East.