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==History==
 
==History==
In [[3061]] the ''Carrack''-class transport CDS '''''Devourer''''' was a [[WarShip]] in service with the [[Clan Diamond Shark]] ''[[touman]]''.<ref name="FM:WCp65">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 65, "Naval Assets"</ref> Unlike a number of other WarShips operated by the Diamond Sharks, the ''Devourer'' survived the [[Wars of Reaving]], but in an embarrassing incident for the Clan, the ''Devourer'' suffered catastrophic damage and was lost at [[Twycross]] in [[3084]]. The ''Devourer'' was lost not as a result of combat, but rather as a result of an accident caused by a misfiring thruster. The loss of the ''Devourer'' was linked in part to the amount of capacity from the Diamond Shark orbital facilities at Twycross being directed into the [[Labov Project]] rather than planned conversions, and the increasing number of accidents involving Diamond Shark ships as a result of this reduced capacity - of which the accident involving the ''Devourer'' was one - was the cause of considerable debate among the merchant and technical castes.<ref name="WORp173">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 173, "Clan Diamond Shark"</ref>
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In [[3061]] the ''Carrack''-class transport CDS '''''Devourer''''' was a [[WarShip]] in service with the [[Clan Diamond Shark]] ''[[touman]]''.<ref name="FM:WCp65">''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 65, "Naval Assets"</ref> Unlike a number of other WarShips operated by the Diamond Sharks, the ''Devourer'' survived the [[Wars of Reaving]], but in an embarrassing incident for the Clan, the ''Devourer'' suffered catastrophic damage and was lost at [[Twycross]] in [[3084]]. The ''Devourer'' was lost not as a result of combat, but rather as a result of an accident caused by a misfiring thruster. The loss of the ''Devourer'' was linked in part to the amount of capacity from the Diamond Shark orbital facilities at Twycross being directed into the [[Labov Project]] rather than planned conversions, and the increasing number of accidents involving Diamond Shark ships as a result of this reduced capacity - of which the accident involving the ''Devourer'' was one - was the cause of considerable debate among the merchant and technical castes.<ref name="WORp173">''Wars of Reaving'', p. 173, "Clan Diamond Shark"</ref> While the ''Devourer'' was reported to have been destroyed, it was subsequently determined that the ship was merely disabled and left stranded in the Twycross system.<ref name="FM:3085p115">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115, "The Sharks' Fleet"</ref> The Diamond Sharks redeployed the [[28th Cruiser (Clan Diamond Shark)|Twenty-eighth Cruiser Cluster]] to the ''Devourer'' after the accident.<ref name="FM:3085p115A">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 115, "Gamma Galaxy"</ref>
  
 
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==Notes==

Revision as of 06:59, 19 December 2017

Devourer
Vessel Profile
TypeWarShip
ClassCarrack

History

In 3061 the Carrack-class transport CDS Devourer was a WarShip in service with the Clan Diamond Shark touman.[1] Unlike a number of other WarShips operated by the Diamond Sharks, the Devourer survived the Wars of Reaving, but in an embarrassing incident for the Clan, the Devourer suffered catastrophic damage and was lost at Twycross in 3084. The Devourer was lost not as a result of combat, but rather as a result of an accident caused by a misfiring thruster. The loss of the Devourer was linked in part to the amount of capacity from the Diamond Shark orbital facilities at Twycross being directed into the Labov Project rather than planned conversions, and the increasing number of accidents involving Diamond Shark ships as a result of this reduced capacity - of which the accident involving the Devourer was one - was the cause of considerable debate among the merchant and technical castes.[2] While the Devourer was reported to have been destroyed, it was subsequently determined that the ship was merely disabled and left stranded in the Twycross system.[3] The Diamond Sharks redeployed the Twenty-eighth Cruiser Cluster to the Devourer after the accident.[4]

Notes

  • The Devourer is identified as the base for the 28th Cruiser Cluster as of 31 October, 3085, about a year after its reported destruction.[5]

References

  1. Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 65, "Naval Assets"
  2. Wars of Reaving, p. 173, "Clan Diamond Shark"
  3. Field Manual: 3085, p. 115, "The Sharks' Fleet"
  4. Field Manual: 3085, p. 115, "Gamma Galaxy"
  5. Field Manual: 3085, p. 124, "Gamma Galaxy (Snapping Jaws Galaxy)"

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