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| − | The ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer SLS '''''Marseilles''''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] [[WarShip]] that survived the [[Hegemony Campaign]] to liberate [[Terra]] from the forces of [[Stefan Amaris]], and subsequently followed [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]].
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| − | Following the Exodus, the ''Marseilles'' languished in mothballs as part of a small naval cache in the [[Babylon]] system for centuries. The naval cache with the ''Marseilles'' in would ultimately fall under the control of [[Clan Diamond Shark]], but while many of the ships within the various Diamond Shark naval caches would be restored and added to the Diamond Shark ''[[Clan Diamond Shark Touman|touman]]'' before [[Operation REVIVAL]], the ''Marseilles'' remained in mothballs until the [[Wars of Reaving]].<ref name="WORp172"/>
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| − | Despite the ejection of the Diamond Sharks from the Clan Homeworld systems, the Sharks inserted a Watch team back into homeworlds space in [[3075]]; the Watch contingent consisted of two small [[JumpShip]]s, a dozen ''[[solahma]]'' warriors, two salvage teams, technicians and merchants. The mission undertaken was twofold; to infiltrate the remaining Clans still in homeworlds space and to visit the only remaining Diamond Shark naval cache - namely, the cache in the Babylon system containing the ''Marseilles'' - and restore any ships they could to operational status. The naval cache contained just two WarShips by this point, of which only one would prove to be in good enough condition that the small party could restore it - the ''Marseilles''.<ref name="WORp172">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 172-173, "Clan Diamond Shark"</ref>
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| − | Having restored the ''Marseilles'' and staffed it with a skeleton crew, the bulk of the Watch contingent then travelled to the edge of the [[Lum]] system and began searching for the remains of the ''Potemkin''-class [[Snowflake|CSR ''Snowflake'']] using information provided by [[Clan Snow Raven]]. The party found the ''Snowflake'' and confirmed that the K-F jump drive was in working order despite the ''Snowflake'' having lost large portions of its hull during the battle in the system. After emergency repairs, the ''Snowflake'' managed to execute a successful emergency test jump; this led the Diamond Sharks to rename the ''Snowflake'' to [[Titanic|''Titanic'']], in honor of the ship destroyed at York. The Sharks also renamed the ''Marseilles'' to the '''''Architeuthis''''' and proceeded to make a cautious journey back to the Inner Sphere, with both salvage and work teams continuing to conduct what repairs they could en route.<ref name="WORp172"/>
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| − | Both the newly-renamed CDS ''Titanic'' and CDS ''Architeuthis'' journeyed back to [[Ramora]] in the [[Outworlds Alliance]], arriving in [[3076]] and promptly taking advantage of the Snow Raven repair bays there, which the Diamond Sharks had recently secured rights to use. Each ship underwent repairs at Ramora, although neither stayed any longer than was necessary, and both ships travelled to [[Twycross]] in [[3080]].<ref name="WORp172"/><ref name="FR:Cp8">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 8, "Clan Diamond Shark - Fleet Assets"</ref>
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| − | === The Dark Age ===
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| − | In or around [[3090]] the [[Raven Alliance]] found its need for a dedicated transport fleet of WarShips lessening, and Diamond Shark Khan Nagasawa saw an opportunity for a beneficial trade. In [[3091]] he proposed to [[Clan Snow Raven]] that four Diamond Shark WarShips be exchanged for four Snow Raven WarShips. This proved a contentious proposal for the warriors of the Snow Raven ''[[touman]]'', but ultimately the trade was agreed. The Diamond Sharks transferred four WarShips to the Snow Ravens - the ''[[Nightlord]]''-class battleship ''[[Terror of the Deep]]'', the ''Essex''-class ''[[Tracy]]'' and ''Architeuthis'' and the ''[[Fredasa]]''-class transport ''[[Swift Strike]]'' - and in exchange received three ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruisers (the ''[[Epimetheus]]'', ''[[Treachery]]'' and ''[[Wild Swan]]'') and the ''[[Volga]]''-class transport ''[[Scavenger]]''.<ref name="ER:3145p74">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 74-76, "Alliance Naval Star"</ref><ref name="FM:3145p166">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 166, "The Alliance Fleet"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp18">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 18-19, "Fleet Assets"</ref>
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| − | All of the former Diamond Shark WarShips transferred to the Raven Alliance were renamed, with the two ''Essex''-class ships being fielded by the Raven Alliance under the names ''[[Marshal Ney]]'' and ''[[Mulhacén]]'', but it is unclear which ship was which.<ref name="ER:3145p74"/> For further information consult the individual ship articles on each WarShip.
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
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| − | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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| − | * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
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| − | * ''[[Wars of Reaving]]''
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| | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] |
| | [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | | [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] |
| | [[Category: Individual Essex-class WarShips]] | | [[Category: Individual Essex-class WarShips]] |
