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The '''''Langschwert''''' ("Longsword") under Captain Braun<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 143</ref> was one of two ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]]s (along with the ''[[Lion]]''-class ''[[William Wallace]]'') that carried elements of the 1st company, 3rd batallion of the [[Royal Black Watch]], from [[Engadin]] to [[Icar]] for extended training maneuvers in January [[2598]]; the other ''Leopard'' was the ''[[Stolz der Schotten]]''.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 42, 50, 142, 143, 153, 221</ref>
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The '''''Langschwert''''' ("Longsword") under Captain Braun<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 143</ref> was one of two ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]]s (along with the ''[[Lion]]''-class ''[[William Wallace]]'') that carried elements of the 1st company, 3rd battalion of the [[Royal Black Watch]], from [[Engadin]] to [[Icar]] for extended training maneuvers in January [[2598]]; the other ''Leopard'' was the ''[[Stolz der Schotten]]''.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 42, 50, 142, 143, 153, 221</ref>
  
 
Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the ''Langschwert'' and ''Stolz der Schotten'', being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 142-143</ref> and were subsequently captured.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 221</ref>
 
Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the ''Langschwert'' and ''Stolz der Schotten'', being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', pp. 142-143</ref> and were subsequently captured.<ref>''Wahnsinn und Methode'', p. 221</ref>

Revision as of 07:37, 10 March 2014

Langschwert
Vessel Profile
TypeDropShip
ClassLeopard

The Langschwert ("Longsword") under Captain Braun[1] was one of two Leopard-class DropShips (along with the Lion-class William Wallace) that carried elements of the 1st company, 3rd battalion of the Royal Black Watch, from Engadin to Icar for extended training maneuvers in January 2598; the other Leopard was the Stolz der Schotten.[2]

Tensions between the Royal Black Watch and local militia units erupted into open fighting on 9 February 2598. Grounded outside a militia base, the Langschwert and Stolz der Schotten, being aerodyne DropShips, could not take off because their runways were blocked,[3] and were subsequently captured.[4] (The William Wallace, being a spheroid design with vertical lift-off capability, escaped.)

Canonicity

Being mentioned only in an apocryphal source (the German-only novel Wahnsinn und Methode), the Langschwert must consequentially be considered apocryphal as well.

Notes

  • The Langschwert and the Stolz der Schotten are repeatedly mentioned as a pair of Leopards. However, one news item from a highly unreliable broadcasting company explicitly described the three Star League vessels as a Lion, a Leopard and a Leopard CV.[5] This may have been a misreporting, or the Leopard CV was yet another ship; but there is also the off chance that either the Langschwert or the Stolz der Schotten were in fact a Leopard CV-class DropShip.

References

  1. Wahnsinn und Methode, p. 143
  2. Wahnsinn und Methode, pp. 42, 50, 142, 143, 153, 221
  3. Wahnsinn und Methode, pp. 142-143
  4. Wahnsinn und Methode, p. 221
  5. Wahnsinn und Methode, p. 61

Bibliography