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The spaceship ''Liberator'' is a fictional starship featured in the first three seasons of the BBC television series ''Blake's 7''. ==Background== In the TV series, the ''Liberator'' was an abandoned spacecraft found drifting near Cygnus Alpha. It was equipped with powerful weapons, force field protection, and a system of "battle computers". The ship was originally built by a race of beings known as "The System". The System referred to the ship as ''DSV2'' ("Deep Space Vehicle 2"), a designation that suggests it was specifically designed for long-range forays outside the territory controlled by The System, and confirming more than one such ship had ever been made. It had at least one sister ship, which was destroyed by Orac in the episode "Redemption" (it is never clarified if the sister ship that Roj Blake encountered was ''DSV1''). The ship was controlled by an advanced AI computer calling itself Zen. Although it is not at the time clear whether this was the computer's official name, during the episode "Redemption" the System's controllers, (referred to as "Altas"), had boarded the ship and also referred to the computer as Zen. ''DSV2'' first appeared in the series after it was involved in a space battle, (of which no further details were ever given in the TV series), and it is assumed was abandoned by its crew as a result of severe battle damage, especially as it is later shown that temporary abandonment of the ship is sometimes necessary until the auto-repair systems can restore life support after serious damage. ''DSV2'' was encountered by the Federation prison ship ''London''. The captain of the ''London'' decided to try to salvage the ship, but the first few crew members sent in were killed or disabled by DSV2's automated defence systems. At the suggestion of his second-in-command, the ''Londons captain then ordered the prisoners Roj Blake, Kerr Avon, and Jenna Stannis to enter the ship. Perhaps due to Blake having undergone mind-manipulation at the hands of the Federation, he was able to resist the psychosis-inducing defences and the three succeeded in taking control of the ship and making good their escape. The name ''Liberator'' was then applied to the ship by Zen based on a telepathic suggestion by Jenna. Blake proceeded to use Liberator's superior technical abilities in his bid to attack and defeat the Federation until he disappeared during the battle for ''Star One''. Avon then took over command of the Liberator and continued to harass the Federation until Liberator was destroyed after passing through a cloud of corrosive micro-organisms in the third season final episode, ''Terminal''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberator (Blake's 7)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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