ComStar WarShip Fleet

Kept hidden from the Successor States along with the Com Guards for centuries, the ComStar WarShip Fleet was the largest of any post-Star League Inner Sphere power prior to its destruction during the Jihad.

History

Along with the capture of Terra as part of Operation Silver Shield, a large volume of former SLDF material was captured and mothballed by the newly formed organization. Included in this was a large number of battered and shattered SLDF WarShips in the Sol system, while the Order advised the various House Lords that those left were irretrievably lost, they set about preserving and repairing the most promising.

With the formation of the ComStar Guards and Milita this WarShip fleet was also activated and new ships such as the Dante and Faslane classes also created, but the extreme secrecy required eventually resulted in a freeze on expansion of the fleet. While a token defense force was hidden in the Terran system, the bulk was hidden in the uninhibited Luyten 68-28 and Ross 248 systems.

Even with the public unveiling of the Com Guards, the Blessed Order held back on revealing how powerful they really were and fleet remained in hiding. This changed with the Clan Invasion and the arrival of Clan WarShip fleets, though by mutual agreement by Anastasius Focht and Ulric Kerensky WarShip combat was avoided during the Battle of Tukayyid.

With the increasing size of the Successor State fleets, the ever-present Clans and the secular ComStar's desire for openness, the Order revealed the existence of the fleet to a shocked Inner Sphere. However the location of the fleet's home bases remained hidden as a security precaution.

The years after Tukayyid have saw the loss of the vital Titan Yards to the Word of Blake as well as the fleet engaging in offensive operations for the first time in during the reformed Star League's assault on Clan Smoke Jaguar. The Order pledged a number of ships to both Operation Bulldog and Task Force Serpent, losing the Sovetskii Soyuz-class Harmonious Thought and Lola III-class Leander during the disastrous assault on Luzerne and the Essex-class Emerald and Starlight on Huntress, but most returned intact. The fleet suffered a crippling blow during the Jihad, the bulk being lost during Case White, the Order's ill-fated assault on the Blakist held Terran system.

Composition

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• Com Guard First Fleet - Luyten 68-28
  • CSV Invisible Truth - Cameron-Class - ComStar Flagship and command ship of Task Force Serpent.
  • CSV Montpellier - Dante-Class
  • CSV Bordeaux - Dante-class
  • CSV Anastasius Focht - Suffren-class - Physical leadship of the class.
  • CSV Divine Wisdom - Lola III-class
  • CSV Holy Martyrdom - Lola III-class
  • CSV Strength Through Adversity - Lola III-class
  • CSV Vision of Truth - Potemkin-class
  • CSV Fire Fang - Whirlwind-class - Former Clan Ghost Bear ship captured by Task Force Serpent
  • CSV Alacrity - Vincent-class
  • CSV Dover - Faslane-class YardShip
  • CSV Portsmouth - Faslane-class

• Com Guard Second Fleet - Ross 248
  • CSV Blake's Strength - Black Lion-class
  • CSV Narbonne - Dante-class
  • CSV Manchester - Suffren-class
  • CSV Blake's Vision - Lola III-class
  • CSV Ranger - Lola III-class
  • CSV Enlightened Path - Volga-class
  • CSV Defender of Versailles - Essex-class
  • CSV Resilience - Vincent-class
  • CSV Determination - Vincent-class
  • CSV Plymouth - Faslane-class
  • CSV Dun Laoghaire - Faslane-class

• First Independent Squadron
  • CSV Cleansing Fire - Congress-class
  • CSV Blake's Vengeance - Sovetskii Soyuz-class
  • CSV Righteous Fury - Aegis-class
  • CSV Swift Justice - Aegis-class
  • CSV Hammerstrike - Essex-class

• Second Independent Squadron
  • CSV Hollings York - Congress-class
  • CSV Avenging Sword - Aegis-class
  • CSV Deathblow - Essex-class
  • CSV Brandenburg Crusader - Essex-class

Notes

• A further two Faslane-class YardShips were constructed, primarily assigned to Explorer Corps Deep Periphery Columbus facility.

References

• Field Manual: ComStar - pg 44
• Field Manual: Updates - pg 83