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Line 9: | serviceuntil = 3068 | serviceuntil = 3068 }} }} − ==History== ==History== One of many [[WarShip]]s to be disabled and abandoned or lost during the [[Star League]] era or the early [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]], the ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Enlightened Direction''''' was one of a number of ships recovered by the [[Word of Blake]]<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> and restored to working order in secret.<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> One of many [[WarShip]]s to be disabled and abandoned or lost during the [[Star League]] era or the early [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]], the ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Enlightened Direction''''' was one of a number of ships recovered by the [[Word of Blake]]<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> and restored to working order in secret.<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> Line 17:
Line 16: Following the defeat of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] operation on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in [[3067]]<ref>''The Last Full Measure''</ref> the [[First Circuit]] of [[ComStar]] ordered the execution of [[Case White (event)|Case WHITE]], a plan for a massive counterstrike against [[Terra]] by the bulk of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] black water navy and ten [[division]]s of troops. Case WHITE had originally been drawn up in [[3058]], and by the time it was implemented in March [[3068]] the Word of Blake had been preparing additional defenses in the Sol system for a decade.<ref name="DOTJp88+">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 88-92</ref> Following the defeat of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] operation on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in [[3067]]<ref>''The Last Full Measure''</ref> the [[First Circuit]] of [[ComStar]] ordered the execution of [[Case White (event)|Case WHITE]], a plan for a massive counterstrike against [[Terra]] by the bulk of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] black water navy and ten [[division]]s of troops. Case WHITE had originally been drawn up in [[3058]], and by the time it was implemented in March [[3068]] the Word of Blake had been preparing additional defenses in the Sol system for a decade.<ref name="DOTJp88+">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 88-92</ref> − The Com Guard task force was bedeviled with problems even before arriving in the Sol system, with the Com Guard flagship, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|CSV ''Invisible Truth'']], delayed from joining the operation due to sabotage, and various other ships such as the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Vision of Truth|CSV ''Vision of Truth'']] also suffering attacks from saboteurs.<ref name="TBoCB">''The Breaking of Chemical Bonds</ref> Other ships such as the ''Aegis''-class [[Swift Justice (Individual Aegis-class WarShip)|CSV ''Swift Justice'']] were at least partially suborned, firing on their companions before being disabled themselves,<ref name="TBoCB"/><ref>''Stars in the Time of Dreaming''</ref> and the operation was a massive defeat for ComStar, effectively neutering their forces during the early years of the Jihad.<ref name="DOTJp88+"/> + The Com Guard task force was bedeviled with problems even before arriving in the Sol system, with the Com Guard flagship, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|CSV ''Invisible Truth'']], delayed from joining the operation due to sabotage, and various other ships such as the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Vision of Truth|CSV ''Vision of Truth'']] also suffering attacks from saboteurs.<ref name="TBoCB">''The Breaking of Chemical Bonds</ref> Other ships such as the ''Aegis''-class [[Swift Justice (Aegis)|CSV ''Swift Justice'']] were at least partially suborned, firing on their companions before being disabled themselves,<ref name="TBoCB"/><ref>''Stars in the Time of Dreaming''</ref> and the operation was a massive defeat for ComStar, effectively neutering their forces during the early years of the Jihad.<ref name="DOTJp88+"/> − While the Blakist victory over the Com Guards in the Sol system was total, the Blakist fleet did take casualties; five Blakist WarShips were destroyed in action and not recovered, including the ''Enlightened Direction''. The ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']] was the largest Blakist WarShip to be destroyed as a result of Case WHITE; the other WarShips destroyed were the [[Riga (WarShip class)|''Riga'']]-class frigate [[White Devil|WoBS ''White Devil'']] and the ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class corvettes [[Gorgon (Individual Pinto-class WarShip)|WoBS ''Gorgon'']] and [[Syrstart (Individual Pinto-class WarShip)|WoBS ''Syrstart'']]. The losses taken by the Blakists as a result of Case White would be partly offset by the successful recovery of several former Com Guard WarShips which were salvaged, repaired and restored to operational duty as a part of the Blakist fleet after Case WHITE.<ref name="J:FRp128"/> + While the Blakist victory over the Com Guards in the Sol system was total, the Blakist fleet did take casualties; five Blakist WarShips were destroyed in action and not recovered, including the ''Enlightened Direction''. The ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']] was the largest Blakist WarShip to be destroyed as a result of Case WHITE; the other WarShips destroyed were the [[Riga (WarShip class)|''Riga'']]-class frigate [[White Devil|WoBS ''White Devil'']] and the ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class corvettes [[Gorgon (Pinto)|WoBS ''Gorgon'']] and [[Syrstart (Pinto)|WoBS ''Syrstart'']]. The losses taken by the Blakists as a result of Case White would be partly offset by the successful recovery of several former Com Guard WarShips which were salvaged, repaired and restored to operational duty as a part of the Blakist fleet after Case WHITE.<ref name="J:FRp128"/> − After the Word took Terra, they refitted the ''Enlightened Direction'' as an [[SDS]] control ship. It was able to control up to thirty-six Caspar II drones. After the Case WHITE assault, the ''Enlightened Direction'' received more armor plating and additional anti-aerospace fighter defenses. It also received [[anti-missile system]]s, [[screen launcher]]s, and various sub-capital laser systems. Despite these updates the ship was destroyed in the [[Stone's Coalition|Coalition]]'s assault of Terra.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 178-179</ref> + After the Word took Terra, they refitted the ''Enlightened Direction'' as an [[SDS]] control ship. It was able to control up to thirty-six Caspar II drones. After the Case WHITE assault, the ''Enlightened Direction'' received more armor plating and additional anti-aerospace fighter defenses. It also received [[Anti-Missile System]]s, [[Screen Launcher]]s, and various sub-capital laser systems. Despite these updates the ship was destroyed in the [[Stone's Coalition|Coalition]]'s assault of Terra.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 178-179</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 33:
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One of many [[WarShip]]s to be disabled and abandoned or lost during the [[Star League]] era or the early [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]], the ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Enlightened Direction''''' was one of a number of ships recovered by the [[Word of Blake]]<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> and restored to working order in secret.<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> | One of many [[WarShip]]s to be disabled and abandoned or lost during the [[Star League]] era or the early [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]], the ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga]]''-class destroyer later known as the '''''Enlightened Direction''''' was one of a number of ships recovered by the [[Word of Blake]]<ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref> and restored to working order in secret.<ref name="FM:Up90">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 90, "Naval Assets and Militia Divisions"</ref> | ||
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Following the defeat of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] operation on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in [[3067]]<ref>''The Last Full Measure''</ref> the [[First Circuit]] of [[ComStar]] ordered the execution of [[Case White (event)|Case WHITE]], a plan for a massive counterstrike against [[Terra]] by the bulk of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] black water navy and ten [[division]]s of troops. Case WHITE had originally been drawn up in [[3058]], and by the time it was implemented in March [[3068]] the Word of Blake had been preparing additional defenses in the Sol system for a decade.<ref name="DOTJp88+">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 88-92</ref> | Following the defeat of the [[Allied Mercenary Command]] operation on [[Battle of Mars|Mars]] in [[3067]]<ref>''The Last Full Measure''</ref> the [[First Circuit]] of [[ComStar]] ordered the execution of [[Case White (event)|Case WHITE]], a plan for a massive counterstrike against [[Terra]] by the bulk of the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] black water navy and ten [[division]]s of troops. Case WHITE had originally been drawn up in [[3058]], and by the time it was implemented in March [[3068]] the Word of Blake had been preparing additional defenses in the Sol system for a decade.<ref name="DOTJp88+">''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 88-92</ref> | ||
| − | The Com Guard task force was bedeviled with problems even before arriving in the Sol system, with the Com Guard flagship, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|CSV ''Invisible Truth'']], delayed from joining the operation due to sabotage, and various other ships such as the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Vision of Truth|CSV ''Vision of Truth'']] also suffering attacks from saboteurs.<ref name="TBoCB">''The Breaking of Chemical Bonds</ref> Other ships such as the ''Aegis''-class [[Swift Justice ( | + | The Com Guard task force was bedeviled with problems even before arriving in the Sol system, with the Com Guard flagship, the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|CSV ''Invisible Truth'']], delayed from joining the operation due to sabotage, and various other ships such as the ''[[Potemkin]]''-class cruiser [[Vision of Truth|CSV ''Vision of Truth'']] also suffering attacks from saboteurs.<ref name="TBoCB">''The Breaking of Chemical Bonds</ref> Other ships such as the ''Aegis''-class [[Swift Justice (Aegis)|CSV ''Swift Justice'']] were at least partially suborned, firing on their companions before being disabled themselves,<ref name="TBoCB"/><ref>''Stars in the Time of Dreaming''</ref> and the operation was a massive defeat for ComStar, effectively neutering their forces during the early years of the Jihad.<ref name="DOTJp88+"/> |
| − | While the Blakist victory over the Com Guards in the Sol system was total, the Blakist fleet did take casualties; five Blakist WarShips were destroyed in action and not recovered, including the ''Enlightened Direction''. The ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']] was the largest Blakist WarShip to be destroyed as a result of Case WHITE; the other WarShips destroyed were the [[Riga (WarShip class)|''Riga'']]-class frigate [[White Devil|WoBS ''White Devil'']] and the ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class corvettes [[Gorgon ( | + | While the Blakist victory over the Com Guards in the Sol system was total, the Blakist fleet did take casualties; five Blakist WarShips were destroyed in action and not recovered, including the ''Enlightened Direction''. The ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Herald of Wisdom|WoBS ''Herald of Wisdom'']] was the largest Blakist WarShip to be destroyed as a result of Case WHITE; the other WarShips destroyed were the [[Riga (WarShip class)|''Riga'']]-class frigate [[White Devil|WoBS ''White Devil'']] and the ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto]]''-class corvettes [[Gorgon (Pinto)|WoBS ''Gorgon'']] and [[Syrstart (Pinto)|WoBS ''Syrstart'']]. The losses taken by the Blakists as a result of Case White would be partly offset by the successful recovery of several former Com Guard WarShips which were salvaged, repaired and restored to operational duty as a part of the Blakist fleet after Case WHITE.<ref name="J:FRp128"/> |
| − | After the Word took Terra, they refitted the ''Enlightened Direction'' as an [[SDS]] control ship. It was able to control up to thirty-six Caspar II drones. After the Case WHITE assault, the ''Enlightened Direction'' received more armor plating and additional anti-aerospace fighter defenses. It also received [[ | + | After the Word took Terra, they refitted the ''Enlightened Direction'' as an [[SDS]] control ship. It was able to control up to thirty-six Caspar II drones. After the Case WHITE assault, the ''Enlightened Direction'' received more armor plating and additional anti-aerospace fighter defenses. It also received [[Anti-Missile System]]s, [[Screen Launcher]]s, and various sub-capital laser systems. Despite these updates the ship was destroyed in the [[Stone's Coalition|Coalition]]'s assault of Terra.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 178-179</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
* ''[[Stars in the Time of Dreaming]]'' | * ''[[Stars in the Time of Dreaming]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Individual WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual WarShips]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | [[Category: Individual Destroyers]] | ||
[[Category: Individual Naga-class WarShips]] | [[Category: Individual Naga-class WarShips]] | ||