Bannockburn
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| Bannockburn | |
|---|---|
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| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | DropShip |
| Class | Union (see Notes) |
| In service until | ca. 1 October 3057 (destruction apocryphal, see text) |
The DropShip Bannockburn was listed as part of the attached support vessels of the 341st Assault Cluster of Beta Galaxy (Clan Wolf) in a ComStar document dated 1 December 3052, as a Union-class DropShip.[1]
According to an apocryphal source, the Bannockburn was destroyed on Zoetermeer during the Refusal War when it landed behind friendly lines for field repairs to its fusion core which rendered it defenseless. To draw off the attackers and relieve pressure from the 10th Garrison Cluster's defense of the Nalon spaceport, the Clan Jade Falcon defenders destroyed the DropShip in a diversionary objective raid against the rear of the Clan Wolf forces.[2] The spheroid DropShip is identified as the Bannockburn in the audio confirmation of its destruction during the mission.
(Canonically, the attack on Zoetermeer was launched on 30 September 3057 and was conducted by the 11th Wolf Regulars (The Red Keshik), of Delta Galaxy,[3] suggesting the Bannockburn was not attached to Beta Galaxy's 341st Assault Cluster anymore by that time.)
Notes[edit]
It should be noted that sources from the early Clan Invasion era, including the ComStar report naming this vessel, have been known to misreport Clan DropShips of the Broadsword, Union-C and Overlord-C classes in particular as vessels of equivalent Inner Sphere classes, namely the Leopard, Union, and Overlord.[4] This leaves a distinct possibility that the Bannockburn was in fact a Union-C. However, at the same time, other sources differentiated between these designs and still observed both Clan designs and their Inner Sphere predecessor designs serving side-by-side among the invading Clans.[5] For a lack of conclusive evidence to the contrary, the notion that the Bannockburn was a Union (and not a Union-C) is therefore taken at face value for the purpose of this article.
The DropShip models in the MechWarrior 2 video game are rather generic, and lack sufficient detail to visually discern its class beyond being a spheroid design. Within the game, the Bannockburn is called a "spheroid DropShip" in the mission briefing and identified as "Wolf DropShip" in the cockpit targeting display, with no further hints as to its exact class.
References[edit]
- ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 85
- ↑ MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Clan Jade Falcon campaign mission #3: MIRROR CAGE
- ↑ The Falcon and the Wolf, pp. 21-22 (Scenario "Passing the Torch")
- ↑ According to an official ruling by Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia, made in the "Ask the Lead Developers" section of the BattleTech Forum which is reserved for official rulings.
- ↑ The Falcon and the Wolf, pp. 42-48 ("Clan Jade Wolf Unit Summary") and pp. 54-57 ("Wolf Clan in Exile Unit Summary") lists numerous Overlord-C, Overlord, Union-C, Union, Broadsword and Leopard class vessels with individual units formerly of Clan Wolf, as well as other DropShip types such as Sassanid, Confederate, Titan, and Lion; this is an in-universe internal document by WolfNet, who owing to their Clan roots would easily be able to tell these DropShip classes from each other, and whose report can thus presumably be taken at face value. While the report does not name individual vessels, it does prove the existence of Leopard, Union and Overlord class vessels of Clan origin, and that such a mix was still found in Clan toumans even five years after the Battle of Tukayyid.
Bibliography[edit]
- MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (Clan Jade Falcon mission #3: MIRROR CAGE)
- Wolf Clan Sourcebook