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Line 4: | prevname = | prevname = | type = [[WarShip]] | type = [[WarShip]] − | class = [[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]] + | class = [[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]] | prevclass = | prevclass = }} }} ==History== ==History== − The LAS '''''Illustrious''''' was a ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Alliance]] and which was captured by the [[Free Skye]] movement during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. The Free Skye group then attempted to use the ''Illustrious'' and a sister ship from the same class, the suborned [[Indefatigable|FCS ''Indefatigable'']], to capture the vital industrial world of [[Hesperus II]]. This led to both corvettes engaging with the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Simon Davion (Individual Avalon-class WarShip)|FCS ''Simon Davion'']], a Loyalist WarShip supporting [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] which moved to engage the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]], who were being escorted by the two corvettes at the time.<ref name="FCCWp147">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 147, "Hesperus II"</ref><ref name="TDTp82">''The Dying Time'', p. 82-90, "Chapter 11"</ref> + The LAS '''''Illustrious''''' was a ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Alliance]] and which was captured by the [[Free Skye]] movement during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. The Free Skye group then attempted to use the ''Illustrious'' and a sister ship from the same class, the suborned [[Indefatigable|FCS ''Indefatigable'']], to capture the vital industrial world of [[Hesperus II]]. This led to both corvettes engaging with the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Simon Davion (Avalon)|FCS ''Simon Davion'']], a Loyalist WarShip supporting [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] which moved to engage the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]], who were being escorted by the two corvettes at the time.<ref name="FCCWp147">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 147, "Hesperus II"</ref><ref name="TDTp82">''The Dying Time'', p. 82-90, "Chapter 11"</ref> The three WarShips clashed, with the ''Illustrious'' the first WarShip to succumb to the torrents of fire being thrown out,<ref name="FCCWp147"/> the crew forced to abandon ship after a brutal exchange of close range broadsides with the ''Simon Davion''.<ref name="TDTp82"/> The ''Indefatigable'' had taken damage by the time the ''Illustrious'' was destroyed, but was able to close on the ''Simon Davion'' and launch boarding parties; the marines launched by the ''Indefatigable'' successfully captured the ''Simon Davion'',<ref name="TDTp82"/> which went on to fight in support of the Free Skye movement as they attempted to seize Hesperus II.<ref name="FCCWp147"/> The three WarShips clashed, with the ''Illustrious'' the first WarShip to succumb to the torrents of fire being thrown out,<ref name="FCCWp147"/> the crew forced to abandon ship after a brutal exchange of close range broadsides with the ''Simon Davion''.<ref name="TDTp82"/> The ''Indefatigable'' had taken damage by the time the ''Illustrious'' was destroyed, but was able to close on the ''Simon Davion'' and launch boarding parties; the marines launched by the ''Indefatigable'' successfully captured the ''Simon Davion'',<ref name="TDTp82"/> which went on to fight in support of the Free Skye movement as they attempted to seize Hesperus II.<ref name="FCCWp147"/>
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| − | The LAS '''''Illustrious''''' was a ''[[Fox (WarShip | + | The LAS '''''Illustrious''''' was a ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class corvette in service with the [[Lyran Alliance]] and which was captured by the [[Free Skye]] movement during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. The Free Skye group then attempted to use the ''Illustrious'' and a sister ship from the same class, the suborned [[Indefatigable|FCS ''Indefatigable'']], to capture the vital industrial world of [[Hesperus II]]. This led to both corvettes engaging with the ''[[Avalon]]''-class cruiser [[Simon Davion (Avalon)|FCS ''Simon Davion'']], a Loyalist WarShip supporting [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] which moved to engage the [[4th Skye Rangers|Fourth Skye Rangers]], who were being escorted by the two corvettes at the time.<ref name="FCCWp147">''FedCom Civil War'', p. 147, "Hesperus II"</ref><ref name="TDTp82">''The Dying Time'', p. 82-90, "Chapter 11"</ref> |
The three WarShips clashed, with the ''Illustrious'' the first WarShip to succumb to the torrents of fire being thrown out,<ref name="FCCWp147"/> the crew forced to abandon ship after a brutal exchange of close range broadsides with the ''Simon Davion''.<ref name="TDTp82"/> The ''Indefatigable'' had taken damage by the time the ''Illustrious'' was destroyed, but was able to close on the ''Simon Davion'' and launch boarding parties; the marines launched by the ''Indefatigable'' successfully captured the ''Simon Davion'',<ref name="TDTp82"/> which went on to fight in support of the Free Skye movement as they attempted to seize Hesperus II.<ref name="FCCWp147"/> | The three WarShips clashed, with the ''Illustrious'' the first WarShip to succumb to the torrents of fire being thrown out,<ref name="FCCWp147"/> the crew forced to abandon ship after a brutal exchange of close range broadsides with the ''Simon Davion''.<ref name="TDTp82"/> The ''Indefatigable'' had taken damage by the time the ''Illustrious'' was destroyed, but was able to close on the ''Simon Davion'' and launch boarding parties; the marines launched by the ''Indefatigable'' successfully captured the ''Simon Davion'',<ref name="TDTp82"/> which went on to fight in support of the Free Skye movement as they attempted to seize Hesperus II.<ref name="FCCWp147"/> | ||