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Line 4: | prevname = | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | type = [[WarShip]] − | class = [[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]] + | class = [[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]] | prevclass = | prevclass = | servicesince = | servicesince = | serviceuntil = [[2792]] | serviceuntil = [[2792]] }} }} − The LCS '''''Ulm''''' was a ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the [[First Succession War]]. − ==History== ==History== − In [[2792]], the ''Ulm'' was one of the six-corvette [[WarShip]] [[squadron]] deployed by [[Archon]] [[Richard Steiner (29th c.)|Richard Steiner]] on [[Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE]] under the overall command of [[Kommodore]] [[Gustav Sharae]].<ref name="FSWp68">''First Succession War'', pp. 68–69: "Shark Fin Soup"</ref> + The '''''Ulm''''' was a ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during and possibly before the [[First Succession War]] as the LCS ''Ulm''. In [[2792]] the ''Potsdam'' was one of the six-corvette [[WarShip]] [[squadron]] deployed by [[Archon]] [[Richard Steiner]] on [[Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE]] under the overall command of [[Kommodore]] [[Gustav Sharae]].<ref name="FSWp68">''First Succession War'', p. 68-69, "Shark Fin Soup"</ref> − Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE ("Shark Fin Soup") called for Sharae to take his squadron to the [[Finmark]] system and either seize or neutralize both the [[Roe Weapon Systems]] shipyard in the system and Finmark itself, as both were considered strategic threats to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] by the Archon, and Sharae's orders were explicit that any perceived threat was to be neutralized with extreme prejudice; to ensure that this was accomplished, Richard had Sharae's squadron equipped with strategic nuclear weapons.<ref name="FSWp67">''First Succession War'', p. 67: "The Fist of Defiance: Steiner's Campaigns"</ref> + Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE - "Shark Fin Soup" - called for Sharae to take his squadron to the [[Finmark]] system and either seize or neutralise both the [[Roe Weapon Systems]] shipyard in the system and Finmark itself, as both were considered strategic threats to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] by the Archon, and Sharae's orders were explicit that any perceived threat was to be neutralised with extreme prejudice; to ensure that this was accomplished, Richard had Sharae's squadron equipped with strategic nuclear weapons.<ref name="FSWp67">''First Succession War'', p. 67, "The Fist of Defiance: Steiner's Campaigns"</ref> − Sharae's squadron consisted of six corvettes and ten [[DropShip]]s. The corvettes were a pair of ''Vincents'', the ''Ulm'' and a sister ship, the [[Potsdam|LCS ''Potsdam'']], and four ''[[Mako]]s'', including the [[Hadrian|LCS ''Hadrian'']] and Sharae's flagship, the [[Constantius|LCS ''Constantius'']]. The DropShips consisted of six ''[[Leopard CV]]'' fighter carriers and four ''[[Fury (DropShip class)|Fury]]''-class DropShips fully loaded with marines, and the squadron easily seized the Finmark zenith [[Space Station|jump station]] after destroying the single defending ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''-class DropShip. Although Finmark had become the capital of a new minor [[Periphery]] state, the [[Finmark Free Republic]], as part of an effort to pull together systems from the former [[Finmark Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] into a coherent state, the Finmark government couldn't resist the strength of the LCAF, and initially appeared to acquiesce to Sharae's demands to cede control of the shipyards to the Lyran Commonwealth.<ref name="FSWp68"/> + Sharae's squadron consisted of six corvettes and ten [[DropShip]]s. The corvettes were a pair of ''Vincents'', the ''Ulm'' and a sister ship, the [[Potsdam|LCS ''Potsdam'']], and four ''[[Mako]]s'', including the [[Hadrian|LCS ''Hadrian'']] and Sharae's flagship, the [[Constantius|LCS ''Constantius'']]. The DropShips consisted of six ''[[Leopard CV]]'' fighter carriers and four ''[[Fury|Furies]]'' fully loaded with marines, and the squadron easily seized the Finmark zenith [[Space Station|jump station]] after destroying the single defending ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]'' DropShip. Although Finmark had become the capital of a new minor [[Periphery]] state, the [[Finmark Free Republic]], as part of an effort to pull together systems from the former [[Finmark Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] into a coherent state, the Finmark government couldn't resist the strength of the LCAF, and initially appeared to acquiesce to Sharae's demands to cede control of the shipyards to the Lyran Commonwealth.<ref name="FSWp68"/> When Sharae deployed forces to seize the shipyard, a concealed nuclear weapon contained within the shipyard was detonated, badly damaging the ''Potsdam'', destroying four DropShips - two ''Furies'' and two ''Leopard CVs'', damaging the ''Ulm'' and causing confusion on the part of the remaining ships. Whilst the ''Potsdam'' tumbled out of control with raging internal fires caused by the explosion, desperately calling for assistance, Finmark launched strategic nukes and fighters to engage the squadron; at least one if not two more nuclear weapons detonated nearby, destroying the ''Potsdam'' and ''Ulm'' utterly along with the shipyards.<ref name="FSWp68"/> When Sharae deployed forces to seize the shipyard, a concealed nuclear weapon contained within the shipyard was detonated, badly damaging the ''Potsdam'', destroying four DropShips - two ''Furies'' and two ''Leopard CVs'', damaging the ''Ulm'' and causing confusion on the part of the remaining ships. Whilst the ''Potsdam'' tumbled out of control with raging internal fires caused by the explosion, desperately calling for assistance, Finmark launched strategic nukes and fighters to engage the squadron; at least one if not two more nuclear weapons detonated nearby, destroying the ''Potsdam'' and ''Ulm'' utterly along with the shipyards.<ref name="FSWp68"/> Line 24:
Line 20: Share responded to the attack by regrouping his ships and launching an orbital nuclear bombardment of Finmark that lasted a day. Those on Finmark attempted to make pleas for mercy, but the last communications went quiet ten hours into the bombardment, and by the time Sharae's forces stopped bombing the planet, the debris and ash thrown up into the atmosphere was dense enough that the burning cities on the surface were no longer visible from orbit.<ref name="FSWp68"/> Share responded to the attack by regrouping his ships and launching an orbital nuclear bombardment of Finmark that lasted a day. Those on Finmark attempted to make pleas for mercy, but the last communications went quiet ten hours into the bombardment, and by the time Sharae's forces stopped bombing the planet, the debris and ash thrown up into the atmosphere was dense enough that the burning cities on the surface were no longer visible from orbit.<ref name="FSWp68"/> − As a result of Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE the Finmark Free Republic died stillborn within the following decade.<ref name="FSWp100">''First Succession War'', p. 100: "The Finmark Free Republic"</ref> + As a result of Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE the Finmark Free Republic died stillborn within the following decade.<ref name="FSWp100">''First Succession War'', p. 100, "The Finmark Free Republic"</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 30:
Line 26: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' − [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] [[Category: Individual Vincent-class WarShips]] [[Category: Individual Vincent-class WarShips]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | In [[2792]] | + | The '''''Ulm''''' was a ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 39]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during and possibly before the [[First Succession War]] as the LCS ''Ulm''. In [[2792]] the ''Potsdam'' was one of the six-corvette [[WarShip]] [[squadron]] deployed by [[Archon]] [[Richard Steiner]] on [[Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE]] under the overall command of [[Kommodore]] [[Gustav Sharae]].<ref name="FSWp68">''First Succession War'', p. 68-69, "Shark Fin Soup"</ref> |
| − | Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE | + | Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE - "Shark Fin Soup" - called for Sharae to take his squadron to the [[Finmark]] system and either seize or neutralise both the [[Roe Weapon Systems]] shipyard in the system and Finmark itself, as both were considered strategic threats to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] by the Archon, and Sharae's orders were explicit that any perceived threat was to be neutralised with extreme prejudice; to ensure that this was accomplished, Richard had Sharae's squadron equipped with strategic nuclear weapons.<ref name="FSWp67">''First Succession War'', p. 67, "The Fist of Defiance: Steiner's Campaigns"</ref> |
| − | Sharae's squadron consisted of six corvettes and ten [[DropShip]]s. The corvettes were a pair of ''Vincents'', the ''Ulm'' and a sister ship, the [[Potsdam|LCS ''Potsdam'']], and four ''[[Mako]]s'', including the [[Hadrian|LCS ''Hadrian'']] and Sharae's flagship, the [[Constantius|LCS ''Constantius'']]. The DropShips consisted of six ''[[Leopard CV]]'' fighter carriers and four ''[[Fury | + | Sharae's squadron consisted of six corvettes and ten [[DropShip]]s. The corvettes were a pair of ''Vincents'', the ''Ulm'' and a sister ship, the [[Potsdam|LCS ''Potsdam'']], and four ''[[Mako]]s'', including the [[Hadrian|LCS ''Hadrian'']] and Sharae's flagship, the [[Constantius|LCS ''Constantius'']]. The DropShips consisted of six ''[[Leopard CV]]'' fighter carriers and four ''[[Fury|Furies]]'' fully loaded with marines, and the squadron easily seized the Finmark zenith [[Space Station|jump station]] after destroying the single defending ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]'' DropShip. Although Finmark had become the capital of a new minor [[Periphery]] state, the [[Finmark Free Republic]], as part of an effort to pull together systems from the former [[Finmark Province]] of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] into a coherent state, the Finmark government couldn't resist the strength of the LCAF, and initially appeared to acquiesce to Sharae's demands to cede control of the shipyards to the Lyran Commonwealth.<ref name="FSWp68"/> |
When Sharae deployed forces to seize the shipyard, a concealed nuclear weapon contained within the shipyard was detonated, badly damaging the ''Potsdam'', destroying four DropShips - two ''Furies'' and two ''Leopard CVs'', damaging the ''Ulm'' and causing confusion on the part of the remaining ships. Whilst the ''Potsdam'' tumbled out of control with raging internal fires caused by the explosion, desperately calling for assistance, Finmark launched strategic nukes and fighters to engage the squadron; at least one if not two more nuclear weapons detonated nearby, destroying the ''Potsdam'' and ''Ulm'' utterly along with the shipyards.<ref name="FSWp68"/> | When Sharae deployed forces to seize the shipyard, a concealed nuclear weapon contained within the shipyard was detonated, badly damaging the ''Potsdam'', destroying four DropShips - two ''Furies'' and two ''Leopard CVs'', damaging the ''Ulm'' and causing confusion on the part of the remaining ships. Whilst the ''Potsdam'' tumbled out of control with raging internal fires caused by the explosion, desperately calling for assistance, Finmark launched strategic nukes and fighters to engage the squadron; at least one if not two more nuclear weapons detonated nearby, destroying the ''Potsdam'' and ''Ulm'' utterly along with the shipyards.<ref name="FSWp68"/> | ||
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Share responded to the attack by regrouping his ships and launching an orbital nuclear bombardment of Finmark that lasted a day. Those on Finmark attempted to make pleas for mercy, but the last communications went quiet ten hours into the bombardment, and by the time Sharae's forces stopped bombing the planet, the debris and ash thrown up into the atmosphere was dense enough that the burning cities on the surface were no longer visible from orbit.<ref name="FSWp68"/> | Share responded to the attack by regrouping his ships and launching an orbital nuclear bombardment of Finmark that lasted a day. Those on Finmark attempted to make pleas for mercy, but the last communications went quiet ten hours into the bombardment, and by the time Sharae's forces stopped bombing the planet, the debris and ash thrown up into the atmosphere was dense enough that the burning cities on the surface were no longer visible from orbit.<ref name="FSWp68"/> | ||
| − | As a result of Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE the Finmark Free Republic died stillborn within the following decade.<ref name="FSWp100">''First Succession War'', p. 100 | + | As a result of Operation HAIFISCHFLOSSENSUPPE the Finmark Free Republic died stillborn within the following decade.<ref name="FSWp100">''First Succession War'', p. 100, "The Finmark Free Republic"</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' |
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Corvettes]] | [[Category: Individual Corvettes]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Vincent-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Vincent-class WarShips]] | ||