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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser later known as the '''''Alexander''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] which survived the [[Amaris Civil War]] and followed [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS]]. The ''Alexander'' also survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]], becoming a part of the ''[[touman]]'' of [[Clan Widowmaker]]. Following the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Widowmaker by [[Clan Wolf]] the ''Alexander'' and a number of other WarShips were placed in mothballs.<ref name="AT2R22">''AeroTech 2 Revised Edition'', Color Plate 3</ref> | + | The ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser later known as the '''''Alexander''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] which survived the [[Amaris Civil War]] and followed [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation EXODUS]]. The ''Alexander'' also survived the [[Pentagon Civil War]], becoming a part of the ''[[Clan Widowmaker Touman|touman]]'' of [[Clan Widowmaker]]. Following the [[Trial of Absorption|Absorption]] of Clan Widowmaker by [[Clan Wolf]] the ''Alexander'' and a number of other WarShips were placed in mothballs.<ref name="AT2R22">''AeroTech 2 Revised Edition'', Color Plate 3</ref> |
| − | The ''Alexander'' remained in mothballs until [[Clan]] politicking | + | The ''Alexander'' remained in mothballs until [[Clan]] politicking led to the formation of [[Wolf's Dragoons]], raised to perform a detailed reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the [[Inner Sphere]] in advance of a planned invasion. Clan Wolf equipped Wolf's Dragoons with the ''Alexander'' and a number of other WarShips in the belief that large mercenary units operating in the Inner sphere were likely to be equipped with WarShips, deploying the ''Alexander'' as the WDWS ''Alexander''; the ''Alexander'' kept her original Widowmaker color scheme, which fortuitously matched the Wolf's Dragoons regimental color scheme.<ref name="AT2R22"/> |
| − | Wolf's Dragoons swiftly learned that WarShips were effectively extinct in the Inner Sphere, at least in the armed forces of the [[Great Houses]], and left the ''Alexander'' in mothballs in the [[Periphery]] until after [[Operation Revival]], the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. In [[3053]] the decision was made to retrieve the ''Alexander'' and the other WarShips from the Bristol Cache in the Periphery, and a small task force under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Mackenzie Wolf]], son of [[Jaime Wolf]], was assigned to the recovery mission.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', | + | Wolf's Dragoons swiftly learned that WarShips were effectively extinct in the Inner Sphere, at least in the armed forces of the [[Great Houses]], and left the ''Alexander'' in mothballs in the [[Periphery]] until after [[Operation Revival]], the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. In [[3053]] the decision was made to retrieve the ''Alexander'' and the other WarShips from the Bristol Cache in the Periphery, and a small task force under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Mackenzie Wolf]], son of [[Jaime Wolf]], was assigned to the recovery mission.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 95–96</ref> The task force discovered when they arrived at the cache that brigands or looters had discovered the ''Alexander'' and the other vessels and were attempting to loot the ships, and responded to the Dragoon claim to the cache by firing on the task force. Several boarding parties were deployed to reclaim the vessels,<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 116–118</ref> but Mackenzie Wolf was killed during the operation to clear the ''Alexander''.<ref>''Wolf Pack'', pp. 125–127</ref> |
| − | The Dragoons subsequently reactivated the ''Alexander'' and redeployed her to their holding on [[Outreach]], where she formed a part of the Dragoon Naval Command, serving alongside the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Beowulf (Congress)|WDWS ''Beowulf'']], the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Athena (Sovetskii Soyuz)|WDWS ''Athena'']], the ''[[Vincent|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Mars (Vincent)|WDWS ''Mars'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers [[Darius (Lola III)|WDWS ''Darius'']] and [[Nelson (Lola III)|WDWS ''Nelson'']].<ref name="FM:Mrp113">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 113 | + | The Dragoons subsequently reactivated the ''Alexander'' and redeployed her to their holding on [[Outreach]], where she formed a part of the Dragoon Naval Command, serving alongside the ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate [[Beowulf (Individual Congress-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Beowulf'']], the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz (WarShip class)|Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Athena (Individual Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Athena'']], the ''[[Vincent (WarShip class)|Vincent Mk. 42]]''-class corvette [[Mars (Individual Vincent-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Mars'']], and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyers [[Darius (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Darius'']] and [[Nelson (Individual Lola III-class WarShip)|WDWS ''Nelson'']].<ref name="FM:Mrp113">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 113: "Dragoons Naval Command"</ref> |
| − | In [[3067]] the ''Alexander'' and the ''Mars'' were deployed in support of [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Brigade]], operating under contract to the [[Draconis Combine]] along the border with the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="FM:Mrp114">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 114 | + | In [[3067]], the ''Alexander'' and the ''Mars'' were deployed in support of [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Brigade]], operating under contract to the [[Draconis Combine]] along the border with the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] Occupation Zone.<ref name="FM:Mrp114">''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 114: "Alpha Regiment: Dire Wolves"</ref> The ''Alexander'' was still deployed in Combine space when [[Word of Blake|Blakist]]-backed mercenaries attacked the Dragoons on Outreach, killing Jaime Wolf and inflicting heavy damage; the loss of the ''Athena'' and ''Beowulf'' to overwhelming defenses in the [[Sol]] system when a large part of the Dragoons and a number of [[Allied Mercenary Command]] units launched Task Force Vengeance and attempted to attack the [[Word of Blake]] on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]].<ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 34, "Debacle Over Mars"</ref><ref>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 34: "Mars: What Happened?"</ref> |
| − | The Word of Blake responded with a counterattack against Outreach in force, deploying a task force escorted by a ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser, an ''Aegis'', two ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers and two ''Lola IIIs''; the Blakist naval forces destroyed the two Dragoon orbital stations,<ref name="DOTJp35">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 35 | + | The Word of Blake responded with a counterattack against Outreach in force, deploying a task force escorted by a ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser, an ''Aegis'', two ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyers and two ''Lola IIIs''; the Blakist naval forces destroyed the two Dragoon orbital stations,<ref name="DOTJp35">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 35: "Fire In The Void"</ref> as well as the ''Darius'' and the ''Nelson'', and deployed ground forces to assault the Dragoon forces still present on Outreach. [[General]] [[Maeve Wolf]] broke through the blockade with the ''Alexander'' and deployed Alpha Brigade<ref name="DOTJp36"/>—approximately two battalions of troops from [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Regiment]]<ref name="TCp41">''Total Chaos'', p. 41: "Another Day, Another C-Bill"</ref>—on Outreach,<ref name="DOTJp36"/> as well as destroying a number of inbound Blakist DropShips before the badly damaged ''Alexander'' had to withdraw to the edge of the system, where it lurked in waiting for an opportunity to do more.<ref name="TCp41"/> With the troops from Alpha Regiment bolstering the defenders against the combined forces of the Blakist [[1st Division (Word of Blake)|First]] and [[4th Division (Word of Blake)|Fourth Militia Divisions]]<ref name="TCp41"/> the Blakists responded with orbital and nuclear bombardments of the planet.<ref name="TCp41"/><ref name="DOTJp36"/> Maeve Wolf ordered a retreat to [[Arc-Royal]] in the last week of December 3067; the ''Alexander'' covered the Dragoons' retreat, inflicting damage on two of the Blakist WarShips, but was destroyed during her valiant defense, leaving the ''Mars'' as the only remaining Dragoon WarShip still active in January [[3068]].<ref name="DOTJp36">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 36: "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"</ref><ref name="TCp41"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:29, 19 September 2023
| Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | WarShip |
| Class | Aegis |
| In service until | December 3068[1] |
History[edit]
The Aegis-class heavy cruiser later known as the Alexander was a Star League Defense Force WarShip which survived the Amaris Civil War and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Operation EXODUS. The Alexander also survived the Pentagon Civil War, becoming a part of the touman of Clan Widowmaker. Following the Absorption of Clan Widowmaker by Clan Wolf the Alexander and a number of other WarShips were placed in mothballs.[2]
The Alexander remained in mothballs until Clan politicking led to the formation of Wolf's Dragoons, raised to perform a detailed reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the Inner Sphere in advance of a planned invasion. Clan Wolf equipped Wolf's Dragoons with the Alexander and a number of other WarShips in the belief that large mercenary units operating in the Inner sphere were likely to be equipped with WarShips, deploying the Alexander as the WDWS Alexander; the Alexander kept her original Widowmaker color scheme, which fortuitously matched the Wolf's Dragoons regimental color scheme.[2]
Wolf's Dragoons swiftly learned that WarShips were effectively extinct in the Inner Sphere, at least in the armed forces of the Great Houses, and left the Alexander in mothballs in the Periphery until after Operation Revival, the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. In 3053 the decision was made to retrieve the Alexander and the other WarShips from the Bristol Cache in the Periphery, and a small task force under the command of Colonel Mackenzie Wolf, son of Jaime Wolf, was assigned to the recovery mission.[3] The task force discovered when they arrived at the cache that brigands or looters had discovered the Alexander and the other vessels and were attempting to loot the ships, and responded to the Dragoon claim to the cache by firing on the task force. Several boarding parties were deployed to reclaim the vessels,[4] but Mackenzie Wolf was killed during the operation to clear the Alexander.[5]
The Dragoons subsequently reactivated the Alexander and redeployed her to their holding on Outreach, where she formed a part of the Dragoon Naval Command, serving alongside the Congress-class frigate WDWS Beowulf, the Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser WDWS Athena, the Vincent Mk. 42-class corvette WDWS Mars, and the Lola III-class destroyers WDWS Darius and WDWS Nelson.[6]
In 3067, the Alexander and the Mars were deployed in support of Alpha Brigade, operating under contract to the Draconis Combine along the border with the Clan Ghost Bear Occupation Zone.[7] The Alexander was still deployed in Combine space when Blakist-backed mercenaries attacked the Dragoons on Outreach, killing Jaime Wolf and inflicting heavy damage; the loss of the Athena and Beowulf to overwhelming defenses in the Sol system when a large part of the Dragoons and a number of Allied Mercenary Command units launched Task Force Vengeance and attempted to attack the Word of Blake on Mars.[8][9]
The Word of Blake responded with a counterattack against Outreach in force, deploying a task force escorted by a Black Lion-class battlecruiser, an Aegis, two Essex-class destroyers and two Lola IIIs; the Blakist naval forces destroyed the two Dragoon orbital stations,[10] as well as the Darius and the Nelson, and deployed ground forces to assault the Dragoon forces still present on Outreach. General Maeve Wolf broke through the blockade with the Alexander and deployed Alpha Brigade[11]—approximately two battalions of troops from Alpha Regiment[1]—on Outreach,[11] as well as destroying a number of inbound Blakist DropShips before the badly damaged Alexander had to withdraw to the edge of the system, where it lurked in waiting for an opportunity to do more.[1] With the troops from Alpha Regiment bolstering the defenders against the combined forces of the Blakist First and Fourth Militia Divisions[1] the Blakists responded with orbital and nuclear bombardments of the planet.[1][11] Maeve Wolf ordered a retreat to Arc-Royal in the last week of December 3067; the Alexander covered the Dragoons' retreat, inflicting damage on two of the Blakist WarShips, but was destroyed during her valiant defense, leaving the Mars as the only remaining Dragoon WarShip still active in January 3068.[11][1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Total Chaos, p. 41: "Another Day, Another C-Bill"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AeroTech 2 Revised Edition, Color Plate 3
- ↑ Wolf Pack, pp. 95–96
- ↑ Wolf Pack, pp. 116–118
- ↑ Wolf Pack, pp. 125–127
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 113: "Dragoons Naval Command"
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 114: "Alpha Regiment: Dire Wolves"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 34, "Debacle Over Mars"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 34: "Mars: What Happened?"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 35: "Fire In The Void"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Dawn of the Jihad, p. 36: "Outreach: A Survivor's Account"