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The [[DropShip]] '''''Success''''' was listed as part of the attached support vessels of the [[Choyer Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Choyer Garrison Cluster]] of [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Wolf)]] in a [[ComStar]] document dated 1 December [[3052]], as "''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]'' Class Command DropShip."<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 109</ref>
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The [[DropShip]] '''''Success''''' was listed as part of the attached support vessels of the [[Choyer Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Choyer Garrison Cluster]] of [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Wolf)]] in a [[ComStar]] document dated 1 December [[3052]], as "''[[Union]]'' Class Command DropShip".<ref>''Wolf Clan Soucebook'', p. 109</ref>
  
 
Notably, there was a second [[Success (Individual Union-class DropShip)|''Union''-class vessel bearing the same name]] serving in the same unit at the same time, though said other vessel was not identified as a Command DropShip. Context establishes that these were indeed two different vessels.
 
Notably, there was a second [[Success (Individual Union-class DropShip)|''Union''-class vessel bearing the same name]] serving in the same unit at the same time, though said other vessel was not identified as a Command DropShip. Context establishes that these were indeed two different vessels.
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==Implied data==
 
==Implied data==
 
===Exact Class===
 
===Exact Class===
It should be noted that sources from the early [[Clan Invasion era]], like the ComStar report naming the ''Success'', 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 (DropShip class)|Leopard]]'', ''Union'', and ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]''.<ref>According to an official [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=56035.0 ruling] by [[Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia]], made in the "Ask the Lead Developers" section of the [[BattleTech Forum]] which is reserved for official rulings.</ref> This leaves a distinct possibility that the ''Success'' 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]].<ref>''The Falcon and the Wolf'', cf. "1st Wolf Guards/Clan Command (The Golden Keshik)", where 1 Clan ''Overlord-C'' and 3 Clan ''Overlord''s are noted as Support Vessels on p. 54</ref> For a lack of conclusive evidence to the contrary, the notion that the ''Success'' was a ''Union'' (and not a ''Union-C'') is therefore taken at face value for the purpose of this article.
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It should be noted that sources from the early [[Clan Invasion era]], like the ComStar report naming the ''Success'', have been known to (mis-)report [[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]]''.<ref>According to an official [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=56035.0 ruling] by [[Ray "Adrian Gideon" Arrastia]], made in the "Ask the Lead Developers" section of the [[BattleTech Forum]] which is reserved for official rulings.</ref> This leaves a distinct possibility that the ''Success'' 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]].<ref>''The Falcon and the Wolf'', cf. "1st Wolf Guards/Clan Command (The Golden Keshik)", where 1 Clan ''Overlord-C'' and 3 Clan ''Overlord''s are noted as Support Vessels on p. 54</ref> For a lack of conclusive evidence to the contrary, the notion that the ''Success'' was a ''Union'' (and not a ''Union-C'') is therefore taken at face value for the purpose of this article.
  
 
===Command Vessel===
 
===Command Vessel===
 
The source makes a distinction between "''Command Union''" and other ''Union'' class DropShips, and does likewise for ''Command Overlord''s and ''Overlord''s, implying that this refers to the actual subvariant or configuration of the ship in question, and not merely its role.
 
The source makes a distinction between "''Command Union''" and other ''Union'' class DropShips, and does likewise for ''Command Overlord''s and ''Overlord''s, implying that this refers to the actual subvariant or configuration of the ship in question, and not merely its role.
  
(Specific "Command" variants are known to exist for both the ''Union'' and ''Overlord'' class;<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 26 and ''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 24 (''Intruder'' class entry)</ref> it is unknown if corresponding subvariants exist of the ''Union-C'' and ''Overlord-C''.)
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(Specific "Command" variants are known to exist for both the ''Union'' and ''Overlord'' class;<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 26 and ''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 24 (''Intruder'' class entry)</ref> it is unknown if corresponding sub-variants exist of the ''Union-C'' and ''Overlord-C''.)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''
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*''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''
  
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Union-class DropShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Union-class DropShips]]

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