TCS Austin is a Terran Confederation Gettysburg-class cruiser. Its officers include Colonel Zaritsky and Major Chapman. It was scheduled to join the TCS Tiger's Claw in the Firekka system as part of the Honor Guard for the Diplomatic Corps who came for the treaty conference about the Firekkans' membershp to the Confederation. After the death of Bossman, Peter Halcyon arranged with Austin so that the ship withdrew to a more defensible position and to lend some of their combat pilots to the Claw.