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Line 10: | serviceuntil = | serviceuntil = }} }} − The '''''Chaffee''''' was a ''[[Tharkad (WarShip class)|Tharkad]]''-class [[battlecruiser]] in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[First Succession War]] as the LCS ''Chaffee'', and was one of the last ships of her class to remain active. ==History== ==History== − In [[2819]], the ''Chaffee'' was one of the Lyran [[WarShip]]s taking part in [[Operation SPIDERWEB]], the operation designed by [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Ranier Hogarth]] to capture the region known as the Solaris Bulge. SPIDERWEB called for two large pincers to encircle and isolate three key systems - [[Kalidasa]], [[Rochelle]] and [[Solaris]] - before moving to capture those three systems, and used a dogged, determined approach in which the naval forces crushed any opposing aerospace forces before dropping multiple [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s onto the planets to capture the system being invaded. The forces in each pincer then waited for reinforcements before moving on to the next system.<ref name="FSWp78">''First Succession War'', p. 78: "Rochelle and Kalisada"</ref> + The '''''Chaffee''''' was a ''[[Tharkad (WarShip class)|Tharkad]]''-class [[battlecruiser]] in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[First Succession War]] as the LCS ''Chaffee'', and was one of the last ships of her class to remain active. In [[2819]], the ''Chaffee'' was one of the Lyran [[WarShip]]s taking part in [[Operation SPIDERWEB]], the operation designed by [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Ranier Hogarth]] to capture the region known as the Solaris Bulge. SPIDERWEB called for two large pincers to encircle and isolate three key systems - [[Kalidasa]], [[Rochelle]] and [[Solaris]] - before moving to capture those three systems, and used a dogged, determined approach in which the naval forces crushed any opposing aerospace forces before dropping multiple [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s onto the planets to capture the system being invaded. The forces in each pincer then waited for reinforcements before moving on to the next system.<ref name="FSWp78">''First Succession War'', p. 78, "Rochelle and Kalisada"</ref> When the two pincers came together to attack [[Rochelle]], they discovered that the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - used to the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]' approach to the various invasions to date - had responded by pulling forces away from all three systems to try and launch a counterattack before the pincers could close. Hogarth capitalized on this by immediately deploying forces to Kalidasa, without waiting for reinforcements. Having captured Rochelle in February 2819, the Lyran forces arrived in the Kalidasa system in April, with the ''Chaffee'' leading the LCAF task force. Having arrived at the zenith [[jump point]], the Lyrans discovered that they had arrived as the [[FWLM]] forces were redeploying from Kalidasa, with a fleet of League [[DropShip]]s making the transfer from the planet out to their transport ships. The Lyran forces were able to chart the DropShips' course and thereby located the waiting [[JumpShip]]s, as well as the two ''[[Soyal]]''-class [[heavy cruiser]]s and a pair of [[corvette]]s escorting them.<ref name="FSWp78"/> When the two pincers came together to attack [[Rochelle]], they discovered that the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - used to the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]' approach to the various invasions to date - had responded by pulling forces away from all three systems to try and launch a counterattack before the pincers could close. Hogarth capitalized on this by immediately deploying forces to Kalidasa, without waiting for reinforcements. Having captured Rochelle in February 2819, the Lyran forces arrived in the Kalidasa system in April, with the ''Chaffee'' leading the LCAF task force. Having arrived at the zenith [[jump point]], the Lyrans discovered that they had arrived as the [[FWLM]] forces were redeploying from Kalidasa, with a fleet of League [[DropShip]]s making the transfer from the planet out to their transport ships. The Lyran forces were able to chart the DropShips' course and thereby located the waiting [[JumpShip]]s, as well as the two ''[[Soyal]]''-class [[heavy cruiser]]s and a pair of [[corvette]]s escorting them.<ref name="FSWp78"/> Line 26:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | In [[2819]], the ''Chaffee'' was one of the Lyran [[WarShip]]s taking part in [[Operation SPIDERWEB]], the operation designed by [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Ranier Hogarth]] to capture the region known as the Solaris Bulge. SPIDERWEB called for two large pincers to encircle and isolate three key systems - [[Kalidasa]], [[Rochelle]] and [[Solaris]] - before moving to capture those three systems, and used a dogged, determined approach in which the naval forces crushed any opposing aerospace forces before dropping multiple [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s onto the planets to capture the system being invaded. The forces in each pincer then waited for reinforcements before moving on to the next system.<ref name="FSWp78">''First Succession War'', p. 78 | + | The '''''Chaffee''''' was a ''[[Tharkad (WarShip class)|Tharkad]]''-class [[battlecruiser]] in service with the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[First Succession War]] as the LCS ''Chaffee'', and was one of the last ships of her class to remain active. In [[2819]], the ''Chaffee'' was one of the Lyran [[WarShip]]s taking part in [[Operation SPIDERWEB]], the operation designed by [[Hauptmann-General]] [[Ranier Hogarth]] to capture the region known as the Solaris Bulge. SPIDERWEB called for two large pincers to encircle and isolate three key systems - [[Kalidasa]], [[Rochelle]] and [[Solaris]] - before moving to capture those three systems, and used a dogged, determined approach in which the naval forces crushed any opposing aerospace forces before dropping multiple [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s onto the planets to capture the system being invaded. The forces in each pincer then waited for reinforcements before moving on to the next system.<ref name="FSWp78">''First Succession War'', p. 78, "Rochelle and Kalisada"</ref> |
When the two pincers came together to attack [[Rochelle]], they discovered that the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - used to the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]' approach to the various invasions to date - had responded by pulling forces away from all three systems to try and launch a counterattack before the pincers could close. Hogarth capitalized on this by immediately deploying forces to Kalidasa, without waiting for reinforcements. Having captured Rochelle in February 2819, the Lyran forces arrived in the Kalidasa system in April, with the ''Chaffee'' leading the LCAF task force. Having arrived at the zenith [[jump point]], the Lyrans discovered that they had arrived as the [[FWLM]] forces were redeploying from Kalidasa, with a fleet of League [[DropShip]]s making the transfer from the planet out to their transport ships. The Lyran forces were able to chart the DropShips' course and thereby located the waiting [[JumpShip]]s, as well as the two ''[[Soyal]]''-class [[heavy cruiser]]s and a pair of [[corvette]]s escorting them.<ref name="FSWp78"/> | When the two pincers came together to attack [[Rochelle]], they discovered that the [[Free Worlds League Military]] - used to the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]' approach to the various invasions to date - had responded by pulling forces away from all three systems to try and launch a counterattack before the pincers could close. Hogarth capitalized on this by immediately deploying forces to Kalidasa, without waiting for reinforcements. Having captured Rochelle in February 2819, the Lyran forces arrived in the Kalidasa system in April, with the ''Chaffee'' leading the LCAF task force. Having arrived at the zenith [[jump point]], the Lyrans discovered that they had arrived as the [[FWLM]] forces were redeploying from Kalidasa, with a fleet of League [[DropShip]]s making the transfer from the planet out to their transport ships. The Lyran forces were able to chart the DropShips' course and thereby located the waiting [[JumpShip]]s, as well as the two ''[[Soyal]]''-class [[heavy cruiser]]s and a pair of [[corvette]]s escorting them.<ref name="FSWp78"/> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook) | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' |
[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Battlecruisers]] | [[Category: Individual Battlecruisers]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Tharkad-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Tharkad-class WarShips]] | ||