In early 4624, Blackwood corporation acquired the assets of Aurora, a small Imperial company specializing in the development of interfaces for military spacecraft. After that, Blackwood bought four more companies that manufactured and designed various components for spacecraft support systems. All of these cases were notable in that the companies were close to bankruptcy due to large contract penalties, which meant that the cost of Blackwood’s acquisitions was at a record low.

Six months later, Blackwood opened a new research department based on the acquired data. One of the company’s key features, the highly developed Ariadne AI, participated in the development of the first ship designed by this department. As a result of the hard work of Blackwood employees and AI, the Saturn destroyer was developed in just one year, with the latest version of the Ariadne on-board assistant supplied with the ship.

At first glance, the design of the destroyer looks unusual, especially the additional units installation system, which involves mounting additional “rings” on the ship. If you ask the onboard assistant about the ship’s name, the answer will be, “The destroyer is named after the Roman god, not after the planet, as one might think because of the rings.”

The ship became publicly known in 4625, when Blackwood showed a video of the destroyer’s battle with a Crystallid predator. In the video, Saturn successfully destroyed the predator and did not suffer any serious damage. Despite the possibility of Ariadne’s deep integration into the ship’s systems, Blackwood stated that it would not give artificial intelligence complete control of the ship. It is telling that Ironside ordered a number of Saturn ships for his personal guard.