The AUS Robert Walpole is a MK1 Statesmen assigned to the 45th expeditionary fleet in 2321 and assigned to explore the Outremer System. The ship was originally part of the fleet in the New Texan system, but was sent to Outremer as a two ship detachment when they received the distress call from the Winston Churchill. Once arrived, the Walpole successfully transited the node that connected the Outremer and Antioch systems, where a detachment fought against old Vrexul bioforms.