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 ==Dedication Plaque==
-Below is the dedication plaque for ''Circe''.  The quote comes from the Robert Fitzgerald translation of The Odyssey:
+Below is the current dedication plaque for ''Circe''.  The original motto comes from the Robert Fitzgerald translation of The Odyssey: "Dear friends, no need for stealth; here's a young weaver singing a pretty song to set the air atingle on these lawns and paven courts..."
-"Dear friends, no need for stealth; here's a young weaver singing a pretty song to set the air atingle on these lawns and paven courts..."
+However, after her refit to the new "Bastion" command battlecruiser configuration, CIRCE simply adopted the fond nickname her battle-ghardened crew had given her as a new motto: "The Old Witch."
-It's meaning speaks to the beguiling beauty of the sea witch ''Circe''- certainly appropriate for such a beautiful (and deadly) ship, just as her namesake was.
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+[[Image:Circe_plaque_new.png|600px|new CIRCE Dedication Plaque]]
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