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==History==
 
==History==
The '''''Impetuous'''''<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119: "Renovation/Construction"</ref> was an ''[[Aegis (WarShip class)|Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser introduced to service by the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]]. When the Hegemony Armed Forces began to introduce the new ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar]]''-class heavy cruiser to service the decision was made to place the bulk of the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruisers in mothballs, orbiting the sun at a position somewhere between [[Terra]] and [[Terra|Mars]], with the exception of a small number of training vessels.<ref name="TRO:2750p132">''Technical Readout: 2750'', p. 132: "Aegis"</ref>
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The '''''Impetuous'''''<ref name="FM:FWLp119">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 119, "Renovation/Construction"</ref> was an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser introduced to service by the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] during the [[Age of War]]. When the Hegemony Armed Forces began to introduce the new ''[[Avatar (WarShip)|Avatar]]''-class heavy cruiser to service the decision was made to place the bulk of the ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruisers in mothballs, orbiting the sun at a position somewhere between [[Terra]] and [[Terra|Mars]], with the exception of a small number of training vessels.<ref name="TRO:2750p132">''Technical Readout: 2750'', p. 132, "Aegis"</ref>
  
 
When [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] of the [[Star League]] chose to bring the ''Aegis'' fleet out of mothballs or limited use in [[2582]] this included the ''Impetuous''. Two thirds of the ''Aegis'' class went on to serve in the newly-formed [[Star League Defense Force]]; the remaining third of the fleet were sold to the various Star League member states. The ''Impetuous'' was retained by the [[SLDF]] and underwent extensive refurbishment and a number of upgrades in the [[Di Tron Heavy Industries]] shipyards in the [[Terran Hegemony]], work which included the fitting of a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]] as standard.<ref name="TRO:2750p132"/>
 
When [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]] of the [[Star League]] chose to bring the ''Aegis'' fleet out of mothballs or limited use in [[2582]] this included the ''Impetuous''. Two thirds of the ''Aegis'' class went on to serve in the newly-formed [[Star League Defense Force]]; the remaining third of the fleet were sold to the various Star League member states. The ''Impetuous'' was retained by the [[SLDF]] and underwent extensive refurbishment and a number of upgrades in the [[Di Tron Heavy Industries]] shipyards in the [[Terran Hegemony]], work which included the fitting of a [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]] as standard.<ref name="TRO:2750p132"/>
  
The ''Impetuous'' went on to serve as the SLS ''Impetuous'' but by the end of the [[Amaris Civil War]] had either been lost, scuttled or abandoned. After the fall of the Star League the ''Impetuous'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was believed to be required to return her to active service. The [[Free Worlds League]] became aware of the location of the ''Impetuous'' thanks to information provided by the [[Word of Blake]], who had relocated to the League after the schism within ComStar and who had decided to assist the League in its [[WarShip]] rearmament program. The Blakists helped the League locate twenty-two assorted derelict WarShips, of which the ''Impetuous'' was one;<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116: "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> the Free Worlds League went on to recover the ''Impetuous'' in secret and moved her to the [[SelaSys Incorporated]] shipyards at [[Loyalty]] where she underwent a complete overhaul of her K-F drives and maneuvering drives, with the intention of relaunching her under the new designation of the FWLS '''''Nueva Badajoz''''' sometime after early [[3060]].<ref name="FM:FWLp119"/> By [[3067]] the ''Nueva Badajoz'' was back in service and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144: "Ships Of The FWL"</ref>
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The ''Impetuous'' went on to serve as the SLS ''Impetuous'' but by the end of the [[Amaris Civil War]] had either been lost, scuttled or abandoned. After the fall of the Star League the ''Impetuous'' was located by [[ComStar]] but was left where it had been found due to the amount of work that was believed to be required to return her to active service. The [[Free Worlds League]] became aware of the location of the ''Impetuous'' thanks to information provided by the [[Word of Blake]], who had relocated to the League after the schism within ComStar and who had decided to assist the League in its [[WarShip]] rearmament programme. The Blakists helped the League locate twenty-two assorted derelict WarShips, of which the ''Impetuous'' was one;<ref name="FM:FWLp116">''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid From The Word of Blake"</ref> the Free Worlds League went on to recover the ''Impetuous'' in secret and moved her to the [[SelaSys Incorporated]] shipyards at [[Loyalty]] where she underwent a complete overhaul of her K-F drives and maneuvering drives, with the intention of relaunching her under the new designation of the FWLS '''''Nueva Badajoz''''' sometime after early [[3060]].<ref name="FM:FWLp119"/> By [[3067]] the ''Nueva Badajoz'' was back in service and was a part of what was publicly considered to be the largest black water navy in the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name="FM:Up144">''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 144, "Ships Of The FWL"</ref>
  
The ''Nueva Badajoz'' was suborned by the Word of Blake prior to the [[Jihad]] and her true colors were revealed when the ''Nueva Badajoz'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on 25 October [[3068]], where loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other. The ''Nueva Badajoz'' joined the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']] and one of her escorts, the ''[[Eagle (WarShip class)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Mordred'']], the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Individual Black Lion-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']], the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']] and the ''[[Impavido]]''-class destroyer [[Impavido (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Impavido'']]. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Eagle''-class [[Gawain|FWLS ''Gawain'']], the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Individual Impavido-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Sparta'']], the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Individual Zechetinu-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Scorpion'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Individual Essex-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Raven'']].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2: "True Colors Revealed"</ref>
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The ''Nueva Badajoz'' was suborned by the Word of Blake prior to the [[Jihad]] and her true colors were revealed when the ''Nueva Badajoz'' was involved in a pitched naval battle in the [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]] system on the 25th of October [[3068]], where loyalist and Blakist elements of the Free Worlds League navy turned on each other. The ''Nueva Badajoz'' joined the ''[[Thera]]''-class carrier [[Corinth|FWLS ''Corinth'']] and one of her escorts, the ''[[Eagle (WarShip)|Eagle]]''-class frigate [[Mordred|FWLS ''Mordred'']], the ''[[Black Lion]]''-class battlecruiser [[Xanthos (Black Lion)|FWLS ''Xanthos'']], the ''[[Agamemnon]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Aineas|FWLS ''Aeneas'']] and the ''[[Impavido]]''-class destroyer [[Impavido (Impavido)|FWLS ''Impavido'']]. The Blakist-aligned WarShips attacked the loyalist WarShips in the system, which were mainly lighter destroyers and corvettes, and which consisted of the ''Eagle''-class [[Gawain|FWLS ''Gawain'']], the ''Impavido''-class [[Janos Marik (Impavido)|FWLS ''Janos Marik'']], the ''[[Zechetinu]]''-class corvette [[Sparta (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Sparta'']], the ''[[Zechetinu|Zechetinu II]]''-class corvettes [[Acari|FWLS ''Acari'']] and [[Scorpion (Zechetinu)|FWLS ''Scorpion'']] and the ''[[Essex]]''-class destroyer [[Raven (Essex)|FWLS ''Raven'']].<ref name="JTP:ABC">''Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive Track'', p. 2, "True Colors Revealed"</ref>
  
 
The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/>
 
The naval battle in the Atreus system was a victory for the Blakist forces; none of the Blakist WarShips were destroyed, although all of them had suffered damage, but of the loyalist forces, only the FWLS ''Acari'' and FWLS ''Raven'' escaped to seek refuge in the [[Duchy of Oriente]].<ref name="JTP:ABC"/>
  
The Blakists subsequently redesignated the ''Nueva Badajoz'' the WoBS '''''Impetuous'''''. The ''Impetuous'' was subsequently destroyed in the [[Shiloh]] system in [[3070]] along with the FWLS ''Xanthos'' by the ''Eagle''-class frigates [[Galahad (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Galahad'']] and [[Lancelot (Individual Eagle-class WarShip)|FWLS ''Lancelot'']] and the ''Agamemnon''-class [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108–109 & ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268–269: "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128: "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref>
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The Blakists subsequently redesignated the ''Nueva Badajoz'' the WoBS '''''Impetuous'''''. The ''Impetuous'' was subsequently destroyed in the [[Shiloh]] system in [[3070]] along with the the FWLS ''Xanthos'' by the ''Eagle''-class frigates [[Galahad (Eagle)|FWLS ''Galahad'']] and [[Lancelot (Eagle)|FWLS ''Lancelot'']] and the ''Agamemnon''-class [[Menelaus|FWLS ''Menelaus'']].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', pp. 108-109 & ''Blake Ascending'', pp. 268-269 "Fleet Advisory: Shiloh"</ref><ref name="J:FRp128">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 128, "Word of Blake Naval Assets"</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3070]]''
* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Jihad Turning Point: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive|Jihad Turning Points: Atreus (BattleCorps Exclusive Track)]]''
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* ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Jihad Turning Point: Atreus Battlecorps Exclusive|Jihad Turning Points: Atreus (BattleCorps Exclusive Track)]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
 
 
[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Heavy Cruisers]]
 
[[Category: Individual Heavy Cruisers]]
 
[[Category: Individual Aegis-class WarShips]]
 
[[Category: Individual Aegis-class WarShips]]

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